04-05-2023, 03:15 PM
(04-05-2023, 02:14 PM)cow Wrote: They had a meeting scheduled with Jalen for the start of free agency and then Jalen left them at the alter. If Nico had that skillset, a conversation would have at least happened but alas.
Though losing Jalen certainly ranks up there I think Jalen always had some would like to be in New York thoughts even when he was a kid. I think the only chance we ever had was before Jalen realized he might have that chance. I think that was pretty early on. At the point we could have extended his less confident self no one including this board was willing to give him the contract he got. We never really had a chance no matter how much we blame and complain. Jalen shocked the world to some degree even himself and then reaped his chosen reward. To his credit he then gave us everything he owed us and more.
Now I guess we get behind his quality replacement Kyrie. We hopefully be pleasantly surprised by finding an even better than DFS replacement for him. Who knows maybe Kyrie soon becomes as popular as Jet became. But this whining and blaming needs to stop. Jalen won and 4 years of his great benefits to us was over. I hope the new CBA is more favorable to teams keeping their own and it looks like it might be.