Shams: Nets have renewed optimism that Kyrie will play

[Hello Brooklyn]

This is..... a nothing story?? This changes nothing. Feels like there is a new story about Kyrie every 1-2 weeks, just to get/keep his name out there.

I'll pay attention when something actually changes.

it is definitely a story.

If the team has renewed optimism, it needs to be event based. It isnt like marks just woke up and was like "ya know, i feel better about kyrie playing today"

Shams spells out it could be road games, which would be a pivot for marks. he points out KD has talked with him more, to this point that hasnt happened. This on the heels of the plant based vaccine stuff

before today the only real news was eric adamas/NYC mandate stuff or wild speculation about "crytic kyrie IG posts"

this is for sure news

I agree. This isn't nothing.

Shams is as good as it gets. Somebody from KD or Kyrie's camp has leaked this.

And if you look at social media its obvious KD/Kyrie are talking. Liking each others posts and stuff.

I always knew at some point Kyrie would want to come back.

[3pt_chucker]

This was a leak from the Kyrie camp. Shams doesn't really get leaks from the Nets.

Shams laid out things we already knew. We always knew there are 3 ways Kyrie plays this season:

1) He gets vaxed (story gave no indication if he's closer to doing so or not)

2) He plays road games (story does not indicate management is thinking about changing their minds)

3) Mandates will change (nothing new here)

What does this story actually say? There is "renewed optimism"... what does that even mean exactly? No expected timeline, nothing from the team, just a feeling of hope. Sorry but there was tons of optimism that he would get vaxxed before the season and he never did.

Until there is a more concrete leak, this is nothing worth getting worked up over.

[NetsJets]

I hope so we need him.

[3pt_chucker]

This is..... a nothing story?? This changes nothing. Feels like there is a new story about Kyrie every 1-2 weeks, just to get/keep his name out there.

I'll pay attention when something actually changes.

it is definitely a story.

If the team has renewed optimism, it needs to be event based. It isnt like marks just woke up and was like "ya know, i feel better about kyrie playing today"

Shams spells out it could be road games, which would be a pivot for marks. he points out KD has talked with him more, to this point that hasnt happened. This on the heels of the plant based vaccine stuff

before today the only real news was eric adamas/NYC mandate stuff or wild speculation about "crytic kyrie IG posts"

this is for sure news

I agree. This isn't nothing.

Shams is as good as it gets. Somebody from KD or Kyrie's camp has leaked this.

And if you look at social media its obvious KD/Kyrie are talking. Liking each others posts and stuff.

I always knew at some point Kyrie would want to come back.

KD and KAI are friends off the court. Why would KD suddenly stop liking his posts/stop talking to him?? I have friends and family who were unvaxxed for a long time and I'm still friends with them and talk to my family. Everything does not have to be related to basketball.

We all want Kyrie back but that doesn't mean we gotta delude ourselves over a clickbait story.

I guess I'm being a buzzkill debbie downer tho, so I'll keep my thoughts about this to myself going forward.

[Prokorov]

This is..... a nothing story?? This changes nothing. Feels like there is a new story about Kyrie every 1-2 weeks, just to get/keep his name out there.

I'll pay attention when something actually changes.

it is definitely a story.

If the team has renewed optimism, it needs to be event based. It isnt like marks just woke up and was like "ya know, i feel better about kyrie playing today"

Shams spells out it could be road games, which would be a pivot for marks. he points out KD has talked with him more, to this point that hasnt happened. This on the heels of the plant based vaccine stuff

before today the only real news was eric adamas/NYC mandate stuff or wild speculation about "crytic kyrie IG posts"

this is for sure news

I agree. This isn't nothing.

Shams is as good as it gets. Somebody from KD or Kyrie's camp has leaked this.

And if you look at social media its obvious KD/Kyrie are talking. Liking each others posts and stuff.

I always knew at some point Kyrie would want to come back.

Yeah.

To be honest, they should have just let him play road games to start with. Kyrie is just following city rules and making a personal health decision. As unpopular as it may be (and as naive as it may be) it is still his body and its an unprecedented situation. It was never Kyrie's choice to miss games. Missing games was the consequence of sticking to his beliefs

It isnt like Kyrie said he didnt want to play or wanted a coach fired or gave some ultimatum. he was practicing and ready to play every game he was allowed to play. When the Nets decided to not let him play, he handled it as well as possible, with no animosity. While giving up 17 million dollars in the process.

In the mean time, a dozen unvaccinated players got to play in barclays and sweat/breath/sneeze/cough/lick all over Durant and Harden and the rest of our guys. Because they play for road teams.

Kyrie made a health choice. the city restricts people who make that choice. its really not an NBA issue. I think they should have let him play. Tsai tried a power play. but Kyrie isnt going to let money get in the way. they realize that now. i dont think they ever minded kyrie only playing road games, i think they just felt they could strong arm him

Nets are a strong organization. i think they will accept whatever scrutiny comes with reversing their decision for the betterment of the team and to do what was probably the right thing to start with. Its clear there is minimal if any animostiy between Kyrie, the Nets, and the owners (Clara Tsai's interview all but confirmed that. Kyrie said publically he doesnt have any issue with the nets)

Hopefully we see him back soon.

[Prokorov]

This was a leak from the Kyrie camp. Shams doesn't really get leaks from the Nets.

It is likely leaked from KD. KD and Shams are boys. KD has had shams on the KD/ETCs podcast twice. They talk all the time. KD has approached shams about bigger business opportunities.

I think the other news about the plant based vaccine and being happy is probably more a Kyrie camp leaked thing.

Shams laid out things we already knew. We always knew there are 3 ways Kyrie plays this season:

1) He gets vaxed (story gave no indication if he's closer to doing so or not)

2) He plays road games (story does not indicate management is thinking about changing their minds)

3) Mandates will change (nothing new here)

What does this story actually say? There is "renewed optimism"... what does that even mean exactly? No expected timeline, nothing from the team, just a feeling of hope. Sorry but there was tons of optimism that he would get vaxxed before the season and he never did.

It means they were starting to worry he would not be back, but now are optimistic again he will be back at some point.

that change in thinking doesnt happen without good reason.

im sure every player. coach, exec, owner will be asked before tommorows game.

[Prokorov]

it is definitely a story.

If the team has renewed optimism, it needs to be event based. It isnt like marks just woke up and was like "ya know, i feel better about kyrie playing today"

Shams spells out it could be road games, which would be a pivot for marks. he points out KD has talked with him more, to this point that hasnt happened. This on the heels of the plant based vaccine stuff

before today the only real news was eric adamas/NYC mandate stuff or wild speculation about "crytic kyrie IG posts"

this is for sure news

I agree. This isn't nothing.

Shams is as good as it gets. Somebody from KD or Kyrie's camp has leaked this.

And if you look at social media its obvious KD/Kyrie are talking. Liking each others posts and stuff.

I always knew at some point Kyrie would want to come back.

KD and KAI are friends off the court. Why would KD suddenly stop liking his posts/stop talking to him?? I have friends and family who were unvaxxed for a long time and I'm still friends with them and talk to my family. Everything does not have to be related to basketball.

We all want Kyrie back but that doesn't mean we gotta delude ourselves over a clickbait story.

I guess I'm being a buzzkill debbie downer tho, so I'll keep my thoughts about this to myself going forward.

There is nothing clickbait about a Shams story...

and this was a Shams story. this isnt 1 quote from shams from someone elses podcast taken out of context

this was a story shams wrote himself, because he got vetted, sourced, info.

Shams is beyond reproach

[Hello Brooklyn]

it is definitely a story.

If the team has renewed optimism, it needs to be event based. It isnt like marks just woke up and was like "ya know, i feel better about kyrie playing today"

Shams spells out it could be road games, which would be a pivot for marks. he points out KD has talked with him more, to this point that hasnt happened. This on the heels of the plant based vaccine stuff

before today the only real news was eric adamas/NYC mandate stuff or wild speculation about "crytic kyrie IG posts"

this is for sure news

I agree. This isn't nothing.

Shams is as good as it gets. Somebody from KD or Kyrie's camp has leaked this.

And if you look at social media its obvious KD/Kyrie are talking. Liking each others posts and stuff.

I always knew at some point Kyrie would want to come back.

KD and KAI are friends off the court. Why would KD suddenly stop liking his posts/stop talking to him?? I have friends and family who were unvaxxed for a long time and I'm still friends with them and talk to my family. Everything does not have to be related to basketball.

We all want Kyrie back but that doesn't mean we gotta delude ourselves over a clickbait story.

I guess I'm being a buzzkill debbie downer tho, so I'll keep my thoughts about this to myself going forward.

Because they did stop. There wasn't much interaction between them for a while.

Now it seems to have resumed.

Them going back to talking/being friends is a good sign that they are talking hoops. And Kyrie might wanna come back.

Calling Shams clickbait is not fair. Hes 2nd only to Woj in terms of NBA reporters. He doesn't make things up.

[3pt_chucker]

This was a leak from the Kyrie camp. Shams doesn't really get leaks from the Nets.

It is likely leaked from KD. KD and Shams are boys. KD has had shams on the KD/ETCs podcast twice. They talk all the time. KD has approached shams about bigger business opportunities.

I think the other news about the plant based vaccine and being happy is probably more a Kyrie camp leaked thing.

Shams also gets info from Kyrie's camp, so it could be from both. The plant vaccine wasn't from Kyrie. It was speculation from Scoop B. He was a Nets twitter space and broke down that he didn't hear that from Kyrie(he could be lying to cover his source idk) and he was just providing an option that Kyrie might consider.

Shams laid out things we already knew. We always knew there are 3 ways Kyrie plays this season:

1) He gets vaxed (story gave no indication if he's closer to doing so or not)

2) He plays road games (story does not indicate management is thinking about changing their minds)

3) Mandates will change (nothing new here)

What does this story actually say? There is "renewed optimism"... what does that even mean exactly? No expected timeline, nothing from the team, just a feeling of hope. Sorry but there was tons of optimism that he would get vaxxed before the season and he never did.

It means they were starting to worry he would not be back, but now are optimistic again he will be back at some point.

that change in thinking doesnt happen without good reason.

im sure every player. coach, exec, owner will be asked before tommorows game.[/quote]

Again, all the story says is that there is a non-zero chance Kyrie will play for the Nets this season. Would be exciting if we actually didn't know this already. We always knew that the Nets could change their minds or the mandates can change, which is his best path to playing since IMO he is not getting vaxxed at all.

All I'm saying is that it's a clickbait story that hasn't actually changed anything. Would be a lot different if the story was Ky is on the verge or getting closer. Renewed optimism is as empty as it gets.

[3pt_chucker]

I agree. This isn't nothing.

Shams is as good as it gets. Somebody from KD or Kyrie's camp has leaked this.

And if you look at social media its obvious KD/Kyrie are talking. Liking each others posts and stuff.

I always knew at some point Kyrie would want to come back.

KD and KAI are friends off the court. Why would KD suddenly stop liking his posts/stop talking to him?? I have friends and family who were unvaxxed for a long time and I'm still friends with them and talk to my family. Everything does not have to be related to basketball.

We all want Kyrie back but that doesn't mean we gotta delude ourselves over a clickbait story.

I guess I'm being a buzzkill debbie downer tho, so I'll keep my thoughts about this to myself going forward.

Because they did stop. There wasn't much interaction between them for a while.

Now it seems to have resumed.

Them going back to talking/being friends is a good sign that they are talking hoops. And Kyrie might wanna come back.

Calling Shams clickbait is not fair. Hes 2nd only to Woj in terms of NBA reporters. He doesn't make things up.

How do you know they stopped?? BY IG interactions?? I'm pretty sure that's not the only way they communicate

I said the story is clickbait not that he is a clickbait reporter. He's obviously in the know. Renewed optimism can and is most likely real but my point it doesn't really mean and anything towards his actual return.

Can you say with any confidence he plays this month, Jan, Feb...etc, after this article? Nope, just that there is hope he plays this season. How is that anything different from yesterday?

[Karate Diop]

Stop playing games with my heart...

[MGrand15]

The only thing I could see is KD + Harden pushing the team to let him play road games.

I'm personally not getting my hopes up at all. Kyrie could get vaccinated today and I have no faith that he won't randomly disappear or get hurt to end the year. He's an amazing player but hes proven to be unreliable and not durable.

I agree with Durability... concern going back to high school.

Reliability, i would challenge. until this year, he hadnt missed alot of time to non-injury. he missed 4 games to personal reasons related to having a child (milsap missed 3 for the same thing this year). He missed 2 games when kobe died, the game the night he died and the next one.

To me, those are all legit.

He missed a game in minnesota basically protesting all the racist stuff/police shootings. i believe KAT sat that game out for the same reasons.

The issue with kyrie is you dont get the reasons or the insight in real time. its "personal reasons" then the media goes for the throat then later we get the reason, which 9 times out of 10 has been really reasonable.

I'm not going to debate the validity behind any of the Kyrie stuff. I was defending Kyrie more than anyone when he was out after the capital riots and missed 7 games.

My thing is in the last 5 or 6 years - he either ends up hurt, being in tense situations, or checking out on the team. You stomach it because he's an incredible player and (IMO) doesn't have bad intentions. It's all fine - some if not all is probably not his fault. Personally I'm just not getting my hopes up. I wouldn't bet any amount of money on Kyrie having an injury free and drama free season.

[CalamityX12]

Kyrie coming back would solve our offensive issues and combined with our near elite defense, I can't see anyone beating us. The team would finally function as Marks envisioned when he built this roster.

I think you can put kyrie at SG, move patty to the bench and keep Bembry starting even when harris is back. I cant see our defense getting worse just swapping patty for kyrie. Our offense would go back to being all-time great and our bench also goes nuclear...

Harden | Kyrie | Bembry | KD | LMA

Mills | Harris | [STAR] | Johnson/Brown | Claxton/Blake

Carter | Cam Thomas | Duke Jr. | Milsap | Sharpe

Thats title favorites.

I am not getting my hopes up, but I doubt Shams would put this out there if it didn't have legs.

I can't see him sitting out the year. he said in his instagram live back right before the season started he isnt retiring and he isnt looking to miss an entire season. That and his increase social media presence, more and more (legit) insider stuff leaked and it seems optomistic to me he will play....

I've seen tweets (no one legit) speculating he will start playing road games until the plant vaccine is a thing. who knows maybe him and marks can put a plan together?

At the end of the day, if KD says let him play road games, he's playing road games. so there is some semi-good news even if he is waiting on some plant thing.

Someone on twitter brought up a good point: If Kyrie does happen to return even at least for road games, him being around the team and having them in his ear instead of the echo chamber that he has around him while being isolated could lead him to eventually caving in and getting the vaccine so that he can be available 100% for the playoffs.

And yes, you absolutely keep Bembry in the starting line up if Kyrie comes back.

Adding Kyrie and Harris to this mix will boost our offense from #12 to 6 or higher. Add that with our top 10 defense, and we're looking at a championship.

Kyrie doesn't come off as someone who caves in from what I've seen.

I'm more concerned what influences he would have on others rather the reverse

[MrDollarBills]

it is definitely a story.

If the team has renewed optimism, it needs to be event based. It isnt like marks just woke up and was like "ya know, i feel better about kyrie playing today"

Shams spells out it could be road games, which would be a pivot for marks. he points out KD has talked with him more, to this point that hasnt happened. This on the heels of the plant based vaccine stuff

before today the only real news was eric adamas/NYC mandate stuff or wild speculation about "crytic kyrie IG posts"

this is for sure news

I agree. This isn't nothing.

Shams is as good as it gets. Somebody from KD or Kyrie's camp has leaked this.

And if you look at social media its obvious KD/Kyrie are talking. Liking each others posts and stuff.

I always knew at some point Kyrie would want to come back.

KD and KAI are friends off the court. Why would KD suddenly stop liking his posts/stop talking to him?? I have friends and family who were unvaxxed for a long time and I'm still friends with them and talk to my family. Everything does not have to be related to basketball.

We all want Kyrie back but that doesn't mean we gotta delude ourselves over a clickbait story.

I guess I'm being a buzzkill debbie downer tho, so I'll keep my thoughts about this to myself going forward.

Why keep your thoughts to yourself? You are free to express your skepticism dude. Even I said I am not getting my hopes up.

However, I do think that for Shams to come out with this and state that the coaches and players want Kyrie back as soon as possible says to me that something has changed.

Most likely, the Nets have warmed up to the idea of Kyrie playing on the road and trying to figure out how to get him full time in the process. Something is better than nothing and we have to reduce KD and Hardens minute load.

I think in the interim, the Nets absolutely need to speak with Eric Adams next month and question why unvaccinated players are allowed in Barclays while Kyrie isn't. I don't think the Nets should ask for an exemption for Kyrie, because that would be unconscionable, but they absolutely need to say "hey we don't want unvaccinated players from opposing teams to be allowed in our arena". That will help level the playing field a bit (but not much, since 98% of the league is vaxxed).

[MrDollarBills]

I think you can put kyrie at SG, move patty to the bench and keep Bembry starting even when harris is back. I cant see our defense getting worse just swapping patty for kyrie. Our offense would go back to being all-time great and our bench also goes nuclear...

Harden | Kyrie | Bembry | KD | LMA

Mills | Harris | [STAR] | Johnson/Brown | Claxton/Blake

Carter | Cam Thomas | Duke Jr. | Milsap | Sharpe

Thats title favorites.



I can't see him sitting out the year. he said in his instagram live back right before the season started he isnt retiring and he isnt looking to miss an entire season. That and his increase social media presence, more and more (legit) insider stuff leaked and it seems optomistic to me he will play....

I've seen tweets (no one legit) speculating he will start playing road games until the plant vaccine is a thing. who knows maybe him and marks can put a plan together?

At the end of the day, if KD says let him play road games, he's playing road games. so there is some semi-good news even if he is waiting on some plant thing.

Someone on twitter brought up a good point: If Kyrie does happen to return even at least for road games, him being around the team and having them in his ear instead of the echo chamber that he has around him while being isolated could lead him to eventually caving in and getting the vaccine so that he can be available 100% for the playoffs.

And yes, you absolutely keep Bembry in the starting line up if Kyrie comes back.

Adding Kyrie and Harris to this mix will boost our offense from #12 to 6 or higher. Add that with our top 10 defense, and we're looking at a championship.

Kyrie doesn't come off as someone who caves in from what I've seen.

I'm more concerned what influences he would have on others rather the reverse

It's worth a try.

Also, the whole team is vaccinated. The worst fear I have is Kyrie actually getting sick and sparking an outbreak like we are seeing on the Bulls and Hornets.

[NetsWorld]

I think he will get vaccinated; no way this story cracks for him to be a part time player. I don't see it. We need him full time come playoffs anyway. But I will go out limb and say do not be surprised if the vaccine stance was all a cover to take personal time off and bring him back to shock other teams around the league. Many of the teams around the league built their teams to beat the Nets, not the other way around. If Kyrie comes back, they won't like it.

[Hello Brooklyn]

KD and KAI are friends off the court. Why would KD suddenly stop liking his posts/stop talking to him?? I have friends and family who were unvaxxed for a long time and I'm still friends with them and talk to my family. Everything does not have to be related to basketball.

We all want Kyrie back but that doesn't mean we gotta delude ourselves over a clickbait story.

I guess I'm being a buzzkill debbie downer tho, so I'll keep my thoughts about this to myself going forward.

Because they did stop. There wasn't much interaction between them for a while.

Now it seems to have resumed.

Them going back to talking/being friends is a good sign that they are talking hoops. And Kyrie might wanna come back.

Calling Shams clickbait is not fair. Hes 2nd only to Woj in terms of NBA reporters. He doesn't make things up.

How do you know they stopped?? BY IG interactions?? I'm pretty sure that's not the only way they communicate

I said the story is clickbait not that he is a clickbait reporter. He's obviously in the know. Renewed optimism can and is most likely real but my point it doesn't really mean and anything towards his actual return.

Can you say with any confidence he plays this month, Jan, Feb...etc, after this article? Nope, just that there is hope he plays this season. How is that anything different from yesterday?

How do I know they stopped?

Because KD literally said so.

Kevin Durant, like James Harden the day before, said Thursday that he hasn't spoken to Kyrie Irving since the Brooklyn Nets announced Irving wouldn't be permitted to be a part-time player

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nets-kevin-durant-on-kyrie-irving-what-is-being-mad-going-to-do-youre-not-going-to-change-hismind/#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20%2D%2D%20Kevin%20Durant,be%20a%20part%2Dtime%20player.&text=%22Kyrie%20made%20his%20decision%20on,the%20team%20did%20the%20same

Its not a "clickbait" story. Its reporting that KD and Kyrie are in communication about coming back. How is that not a big deal?

We haven't heard that in months.

Just cause it doesn't give us a clear answer doesn't mean its useless. Its still good info

[NetsWorld]

Because they did stop. There wasn't much interaction between them for a while.

Now it seems to have resumed.

Them going back to talking/being friends is a good sign that they are talking hoops. And Kyrie might wanna come back.

Calling Shams clickbait is not fair. Hes 2nd only to Woj in terms of NBA reporters. He doesn't make things up.

How do you know they stopped?? BY IG interactions?? I'm pretty sure that's not the only way they communicate

I said the story is clickbait not that he is a clickbait reporter. He's obviously in the know. Renewed optimism can and is most likely real but my point it doesn't really mean and anything towards his actual return.

Can you say with any confidence he plays this month, Jan, Feb...etc, after this article? Nope, just that there is hope he plays this season. How is that anything different from yesterday?

How do I know they stopped?

Because KD literally said so.

Kevin Durant, like James Harden the day before, said Thursday that he hasn't spoken to Kyrie Irving since the Brooklyn Nets announced Irving wouldn't be permitted to be a part-time player

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nets-kevin-durant-on-kyrie-irving-what-is-being-mad-going-to-do-youre-not-going-to-change-hismind/#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20%2D%2D%20Kevin%20Durant,be%20a%20part%2Dtime%20player.&text=%22Kyrie%20made%20his%20decision%20on,the%20team%20did%20the%20same

Its not a "clickbait" story. Its reporting that KD and Kyrie are in communication about coming back. How is that not a big deal?

We haven't heard that in months.

Just cause it doesn't give us a clear answer doesn't mean its useless. Its still good info

My hope is KD got his ass to commit fully to the Nets team so they can bring a damn ring to Brooklyn.

[Prokorov]

KD and KAI are friends off the court. Why would KD suddenly stop liking his posts/stop talking to him?? I have friends and family who were unvaxxed for a long time and I'm still friends with them and talk to my family. Everything does not have to be related to basketball.

We all want Kyrie back but that doesn't mean we gotta delude ourselves over a clickbait story.

I guess I'm being a buzzkill debbie downer tho, so I'll keep my thoughts about this to myself going forward.

Because they did stop. There wasn't much interaction between them for a while.

Now it seems to have resumed.

Them going back to talking/being friends is a good sign that they are talking hoops. And Kyrie might wanna come back.

Calling Shams clickbait is not fair. Hes 2nd only to Woj in terms of NBA reporters. He doesn't make things up.

How do you know they stopped?? BY IG interactions?? I'm pretty sure that's not the only way they communicate

I said the story is clickbait not that he is a clickbait reporter. He's obviously in the know. Renewed optimism can and is most likely real but my point it doesn't really mean and anything towards his actual return.

Can you say with any confidence he plays this month, Jan, Feb...etc, after this article? Nope, just that there is hope he plays this season. How is that anything different from yesterday?

Before this i had cautious optimism he would play again for the nets this year

after reading this. im 99.9% certain he plays for the nets again in some capacity. the "when" is the unkown. before the "if" and the "when" were unknown

[Prokorov]

How do you know they stopped?? BY IG interactions?? I'm pretty sure that's not the only way they communicate

I said the story is clickbait not that he is a clickbait reporter. He's obviously in the know. Renewed optimism can and is most likely real but my point it doesn't really mean and anything towards his actual return.

Can you say with any confidence he plays this month, Jan, Feb...etc, after this article? Nope, just that there is hope he plays this season. How is that anything different from yesterday?

How do I know they stopped?

Because KD literally said so.

Kevin Durant, like James Harden the day before, said Thursday that he hasn't spoken to Kyrie Irving since the Brooklyn Nets announced Irving wouldn't be permitted to be a part-time player

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nets-kevin-durant-on-kyrie-irving-what-is-being-mad-going-to-do-youre-not-going-to-change-hismind/#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20%2D%2D%20Kevin%20Durant,be%20a%20part%2Dtime%20player.&text=%22Kyrie%20made%20his%20decision%20on,the%20team%20did%20the%20same

Its not a "clickbait" story. Its reporting that KD and Kyrie are in communication about coming back. How is that not a big deal?

We haven't heard that in months.

Just cause it doesn't give us a clear answer doesn't mean its useless. Its still good info

My hope is KD got his ass to commit fully to the Nets team so they can bring a damn ring to Brooklyn.

I dont think there was ever a time Kyrie wasn't fully committed to the Nets.

People see it as "just get the shot, you can play. your teammates did, why are you bailing on them?

When in reality its closer to...

Damn, i love basketball but i also value more then anything being true to myself and what i put in my body.

in other words. its like if your wife wanted you to pick her up from work and your daughter wanted you to pick her up from band practice, at the same time, on opposite ends of town. you want both, but you can only choose 1.