07-03-2022, 12:45 PM
Kyrie Irving with a 38 year old candidate for greatest player of all time, an icon of success and respect in the African American community, soon to be one of the first black billionaires, if he isn't already? That has a chance of working. I STILL would be worried if I were the Lakers, but their franchise player is 38 - they really need to make desperate moves.
Kyrie Irving with a 23 year old Eastern European player with whom he has nothing in common and probably doesn't really respect all that much? Bad, bad idea. I mean, I am 100% positive that Irving respects Luka's game, but come on...he's still a kid. And, playing in DFW? Kyrie? I'd say you're going to have a bored and disgruntled Irving before Christmas, and he'll find a way to completely let the team down by missing a ton of games, as he has for basically the last 5 seasons. There is NO chance of Luka, DFS, Kleber or any of Dallas' team-first guys influencing him, while there is significant risk, imo, of Irving having a negative influence on Dallas' 23-year old superstar, who is likely still extremely impressionable in some ways.
Oh, yeah...they'd give up assets to do this act of terrorism to their own team. And oh yeah, it's 99% sure to last only one season, at the most. They'd wind up without Irving, without what it cost to acquire him and without a championship to show for it. Worse off than they are right now, with Doncic a year older and with a lot of new ideas.
I cannot stress enough how bad of an idea I believe this to be. Irving is an INCREDIBLE player, no doubt. Please, Mavs, I am begging you to let him get his attention somewhere else.
Kyrie Irving with a 23 year old Eastern European player with whom he has nothing in common and probably doesn't really respect all that much? Bad, bad idea. I mean, I am 100% positive that Irving respects Luka's game, but come on...he's still a kid. And, playing in DFW? Kyrie? I'd say you're going to have a bored and disgruntled Irving before Christmas, and he'll find a way to completely let the team down by missing a ton of games, as he has for basically the last 5 seasons. There is NO chance of Luka, DFS, Kleber or any of Dallas' team-first guys influencing him, while there is significant risk, imo, of Irving having a negative influence on Dallas' 23-year old superstar, who is likely still extremely impressionable in some ways.
Oh, yeah...they'd give up assets to do this act of terrorism to their own team. And oh yeah, it's 99% sure to last only one season, at the most. They'd wind up without Irving, without what it cost to acquire him and without a championship to show for it. Worse off than they are right now, with Doncic a year older and with a lot of new ideas.
I cannot stress enough how bad of an idea I believe this to be. Irving is an INCREDIBLE player, no doubt. Please, Mavs, I am begging you to let him get his attention somewhere else.
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