02-03-2023, 09:40 PM
(02-03-2023, 09:29 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: The team that trades for him is going to give him a 4 year max. That's what he wants, that's the point of the trade request, and someone is going to offer it..
Up front? No they won't!
They will either trade for him
1 as a 2-month rental, after which they have to compete for him in free agency (and possibly lose him) and have to pay him as much as 50M/year average, or
2 as a 2 year, 2 month commitment, with the guarantee they don't have to worry about him walking in the summer, and with an average 39M/year
Those are the ONLY choices. There is no choice where a team can trade for Kyrie with a longer commitment.
To me you can't justify sending hardly anything to BKN to just get 2 months worth of his services, and then possibly have nothing left after that.