TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[IamDougieFresh]

Kyrie's is crazy AF, but if this is the price, count me in. He's one of the best ballers in the world.

I’m in too lol

[ItsGoTime]

I’m getting that same feeling as before the KP trade. Hopefully this one works out better.

https://twitter.com/thenbacentral/status...62881?s=46&t=DRE9uuTiXsjZzRig3PtJFw

I’m very hesitant on including DFS in a Kyrie trade where there’s a chance we only have him for 2 months. Huge gamble, also, in any Kyrie contract going forward, it should absolutely have games played incentives (Big money incentives). I don’t think asking for Claxton is too much either if we were to include DFS and Wood to SD.

[Ghost of Podkolzin]

No...there's a lot of folks on this board right now making up issues with Kyrie that don't exist.  Plenty of other ones to focus on so it's strange that we're trying to find new ones.

When Kyrie Irving is on the basketball floor the only team he is causing problems floor is the opponent.

Are these not facts?

Cleveland:
Left to be the man

Boston:
Couldn't gel with two young superstars
Promised Boston he'd resign, then signed with Brooklyn

Brooklyn:
Battled with Harden
Battled with Nash
Missed home games because he's antivaxx
Played in only 20, 54, and 29 games until this year (which is a contract year)

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status...8336797698

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status...2842557441

[Kammrath]

I mean, I don't think Kyrie could be worse than SD, so there's that at least.

[Jason Terry]

DFS, SD, THJ, Bertans, McGee for Kyrie, Simmons, Curry. Almost even salary 

Our problems for your problems kinda deal

[BigDirk41]

I'm in if the Mavs aren't gutting the team and future picks to get him. I'm completely out if the haul is huge. Basketball wise, he's amazing. Mentally he's F'n crazy.

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DFS, SD, THJ, Bertans, McGee for Kyrie, Simmons, Curry. Almost even salary 

Our problems for your problems kinda deal

Simmons is so broke..lol. I'm not sure he's fixable at this point.

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status...8324895750

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/statu...2496184323

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status...1974718465

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status...1261609984

[KillerLeft]

When he is on the floor, the guy competes, there's very little sign otherwise.  He has played in 80% of the games this year and it would be more if not for the suspension.

Sure, he likes to play basketball, but on his terms only. I stand by what I said: He no longer likes to compete in the NBA for a team.

And I'll believe the cost will be cheap when I see it. 

He's a bad, bad person, and extremely stupid. Of every professional basketball player in the world, Irving is who I'd want to put in a locker room with Luka the least. This would be the single worst move they can make, and it might end my fandom. Surely, surely they can't be this dumb.

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/...3083281408

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status...1611922433

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/statu...3337039872

[SleepingHero]

I mean, I don't think Kyrie could be worse than SD, so there's that at least.

When he doesn't suit up for 3 months because he wants the league to look into the conspiracy of Old MacDonald's farm I'd say that is MUCH worse than Dinwiddie.

[Kammrath]

When he doesn't suit up for 3 months because he wants the league to look into the conspiracy of Old MacDonald's farm I'd say that is MUCH worse than Dinwiddie.

Nah.

[KillerLeft]

Has Kyrie ever had that issue with Durant?

Not sure, but Durant sure has a problem with Irving. That was the whole reason behind Durant's trade request this summer! It was also why Harden pulled the ripcord and tantrum'd his way out of Brooklyn. 

The Durant thing was less overtly stated in the media than the Harden one - there's loads of info about how Kyrie is what made Harden bail - but I remember Windhorst and others doing some talks over the summer about "follow the actions, not the words" and it was EASY to see, based on timing, that Durant was done with Irving. 

HE IS A BAD TEAMMATE WHO DOESN'T CARE ABOUT TEAM SUCCESS ANYMORE, IF HE EVER DID. I can't believe people are talking themselves into this. It is objectively a terrible, awful thing to do, targeting him.

[Ghost of Podkolzin]

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status...1261609984

Let's get them both, then Jovik hoping Jokic follows.

PG Doncic
SG Bogdanovic
SF Bogdanovic
PF Jovik
C Jokic