Shams: Kyrie Irving opting in

[SK21209]

I think Kyrie expect a 4 years max contract,so he will opt out for sure,the question will be if one team will offer him what he want?

To the contrary, I think he wants a full 4 year max but no team with cap space will give him that. So if he wants the full 4 year max, he will have to get it from an over the cap team he is traded to. The best chance for him to do that is for him to opt in and get traded with the understanding of a max extension.

[TheLand13]

[jfs1000d]

Lol.

Kyrie is a franchise killer.


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[jfs1000d]

Kyrie to the Knicks please, just for the comedy(and drama).

I don't think Thibs who requires max effort on every defensive possession and Kyrie would be a good fit!

Thins and Kyrie? Have to fire thibs. He will bench kyrie defensively.


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[jfs1000d]

[Stephen A. Smith] Kyrie Irving last season would conduct his own team practices after Steve Nash

A little more explanation and details would be helpful. Was it essentially a group of motivated guys staying longer to get shots up, do 1on1s and work on their games or was Kyrie really the coach that had a different set of plays? I doubt guys were really willing to do two consecutive full practices aka 4 hours in a row because of the fatigue and the wear and tear. The skillwork, 1 on 1s and shooting would make a lot of sense.

Well and Stephen A is not the most reliable with insider information either

What u talking about? Stephen A is about as plugged in as anyone. Lol. If you do t like him, just say so. He is polarizing. But the info? He doesn’t go on tv unless he has it nailed.


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[TheNewEra]

A little more explanation and details would be helpful. Was it essentially a group of motivated guys staying longer to get shots up, do 1on1s and work on their games or was Kyrie really the coach that had a different set of plays? I doubt guys were really willing to do two consecutive full practices aka 4 hours in a row because of the fatigue and the wear and tear. The skillwork, 1 on 1s and shooting would make a lot of sense.

More than likely it was the former. If you look at Tatum and Brown, you see how much skilled they became from working w/ Kyrie when he was there.

Kyrie might have the biggest disconnect between how fans feel about him and how other players do. Players generally like Kyrie a lot...even in Boston when chit got bad

This is so true. The entire narrative when he left was the drama would end but then the whole Kemba situation happened. Even with all that Kyrie can definitely add a tank of fuel to the smallest of fires

[dc]

It would be good to know exactly what the impasse is all about. Is it total amount of money/years, a player or team option, or is it that the Nets want to make the contract incentive laden and related to number of games played, how far the team advances, etc....?

And I agree with what others have said: the Nets wouldn't be taking this kind of stance w/o having some level of support from KD (even though he's signed long term).

[OkcSinceSGA]

Spoiler:

You got a be a complete idiot to think overturning roe vs wade allows people the freedom to do want they want to to their own bodies.

I don't want this thread locked also, let's try to keep to the subject matter in OP. I commit to doing the same this time so I don't participate in the derailment.

Drop it please. We don't need another thread derailed.

[DrCoach]

Kyrie is also Impasse about passing the Ball

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

Are we sure Kyrie is still trying to win?

I'm not so sure anymore. He might just want checks now.

Plus DC is a short train ride back to NJ where his family is.

I'm not saying it has any chance of happening. Just an idea.

I'm not an east coast person....so a dumb question..... Do rich people ride trains? If not, is it close enough driving where it makes a difference? Like Google says 4.5 hours driving but I could imagine driving is hell through there. At that point, you could just say play in Milwaukee or a city with direct flights to Neward and you would probably get there just as quickly.

[dribble1614]

durant/simmons and elite role players is a title contender. they certainly don't need kyrie as he is an incredibly overrated player, proven by how most teams that get better once he leaves.

[Gert42]

I wonder how likely it is he just hangs it up if he can't play with KD and/or in his "home" market (Nets or Knicks)?

0%. Kyrie wants to get paid.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

Had a hunch he would not return with Brooklyn. LeBron probably trying to trade for him.

[dockingsched]

Giving Kyrie a max deal and giving the nets the assets they’d need to facilitate a sign n trade is something only a desperate or stupid franchise would do. He’s not going to the clippers cause they’re neither of those two, guess they can prove us wrong though.

Lakers are definitely desperate.

[thamadkant]

The best and simplest trade

1 for 1

Kyrie for Fox

Kings can play the ‘win now let’s make the playoffs’ game

Kyrie can do whatever the hell he wants playing for a franchise that nobody pays attention to

Fox can fit in well with a run and gun team with shooting

Teams just then let Simmons and Fox take mid range shots all game and wait 48 minutes for the win.

[Nate505]

This guy is one of the biggest franchise cancers I've ever seen.

[JujitsuFlip]

I wonder how likely it is he just hangs it up if he can't play with KD and/or in his "home" market (Nets or Knicks)?

0%. Kyrie wants to get paid.

Are we sure anyone wants to do that?

[DavidSterned]

durant/simmons and elite role players is a title contender. they certainly don't need kyrie as he is an incredibly overrated player, proven by how most teams that get better once he leaves.

Right, it's really odd that people continue to overlook this simply because the dude plays flashy.

This past season was a perfect example. For all the talk about how he ruined the Nets season by not playing, there is some actual evidence to the contrary. They were 30-23 without him and 14-15 with him playing last season, and then 0-4 in the playoffs. And this fits the pattern of most of his career, where he never demonstrably raises the floor of his teams and in some cases doesn't really raise the ceiling either (Boston/Brooklyn).

[Lou Fan]

LeBron could never dream of achieving this level of fückery and toxicity the (former) student has really become the master

[Hello Brooklyn]

Are we sure Kyrie is still trying to win?

I'm not so sure anymore. He might just want checks now.

Plus DC is a short train ride back to NJ where his family is.

I'm not saying it has any chance of happening. Just an idea.

I'm not an east coast person....so a dumb question..... Do rich people ride trains? If not, is it close enough driving where it makes a difference? Like Google says 4.5 hours driving but I could imagine driving is hell through there. At that point, you could just say play in Milwaukee or a city with direct flights to Neward and you would probably get there just as quickly.

Yes rich people take the Acela all the time. I've actually taken it before and ran into NBA players.

Acela will get you between in less than 3 hours.

Flying involves security, checking bags in. A lot of nonsense people don't want to deal with. The whole process will take 5+ hours.

Flight from Milwaukee would be much more of a hassle. And there are not nearly as many direct flights from Milwaukee-Newark as the constant flights/train from DC to Newark.