TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[KillerLeft]

Irving clearly doesn't trust Brooklyn, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual. But perhaps Nico can use the trust he has built with players over the years to say something like:

With respect, you're not seeing it, fully. 

You know who Kyrie's uncle is? Rod Strickland, one of the first players ever to get obscenely wealthy in the NBA and then totally stop trying. One of the OG "money stealers" if you will. That's Kyrie's role model, all his life. 

This is not a matter of trust. This is a matter of a conman, a truly evil person, trying to trick someone into giving him one more huge, guaranteed deal so he can go right back to finding excuses to miss road trips, not play, and generally be one of the worst teammates in league history. Whoever invented the term "team cancer" was describing Kyrie Irving, they just didn't know it at the time. 

He's asking for a trade now because he has realized the Nets aren't going to fall for it this time, despite him doing his job for a full 3-weeks. (Wow!)

This is about Kyrie and his agent finding a mark who's too stupid to avoid being his last victim. This isn't something "relationships" can fix, because at the end of the day, this is not a serious person worth any kind of investment, whatsoever.

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You think BKN will GET value for Kyrie.

Or not trade him, with the latter being possibly more likely. Correct.