BREAKING: The Brooklyn Nets are trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and picks

[JoelB]

Can you link me?

“This Ain’t A Democracy It’s A Pecking Order James”The Official 2022-23 Sixers Season Thread

I wanna keep him, but I wont be mad if he's shipped out :manny: Breh can barely run and dribble at the same time struggles to finish around the rim still struggles to hit the corner 3 He's had several years to improve guess that ass whooping got people attention too bad we dropped the game...

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[Regular_P]

You never know, I could see the Bulls accept Westbrook and picks. They still have that very stingy owner and would probably love reducing their payroll next season with Westbrook's huge expiring. Lavine might be the Lakers next best option.

 

[Gotright]

Do you hold this same sentiment to others?

Don’t give me that revisionist history either

Yes I would if I could remember in my 24 years of watching basketball that the whole world knew who was gone win the finals every year. Don’t know about any times before that

 

[firemanBk]

Anybody acting like this is a bad deal for Dallas must be on crack or something
West is wide open
This at least gives them a chance to hit WCF like they got to last year

The big issue is their frontcourt is complete garbage and can be exploited but it's not like that wasn't already an issue. The ceiling has been raised and that's all that matters. If Kyrie leaves so what, it's not like they were gonna make a serious run with Dinwiddie anyway

 

[The God Poster]

Yes I would if I could remember in my 24 years of watching basketball that the whole world knew who was gone win the finals every year. Don’t know about any times before that

Y’all ridiculous with the agendas. Plenty of seasons players have stacked the deck & were overwhelmingly favorites

Just because KD n them actually finished the job you still mad

 

[Doctor Doom]

breh why u aint posting in our season thread

My nikka really making sure dudes checking in

 

[Left.A1]

I would too

 

[Turk]

This was a stupid trade for Dallas. They still ain't gon win shyt

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Your wish of Kyrie ruining the Nets will not happen, Hoppin’ Bob

Law is about as plugged into the Clippers as anybody. If he says it, it’s more than likely true. Little Mountain, Cyborg and PG era is coming

Be wrong twice about Kyrie, brehs.

 

[feelosofer]

This is a good deal for the Nets too. They have flexibility now. They can package some of those guys and picks for a secondary big.

 

[cornercommission2k12]

You never know, I could see the Bulls accept Westbrook and picks. They still have that very stingy owner and would probably love reducing their payroll next season with Westbrook's huge expiring. Lavine might be the Lakers next best option.

If the owners were still on that type of time then they don't resign lavine to that huge deal this off season and he likely gets traded last season before the deadline. They are not oblivious to what the salary was going to be. They traded butler beforehand because they didn't want to P pay him. If they were ever going to do a Westbrook deal it would be done already. They are not behind the scenes mulling over the offer. The likelihood is they already turned it down a long time ago

 

[NatiboyB]

This is a good deal for the Nets too. They have flexibility now. They can package some of those guys and picks for a secondary big.

They don’t have flexibility like that and don’t have a lot of guys. Basically they can’t replace a player of the level of Kyrie.

 

[Elim Garak]

This was a stupid trade for Dallas. They still ain't gon win shyt

But Dallas will have cap space so they can fail to sign a big name yet again.

 

[Remote]

The rumor in the off-season was the Lakers would move Westbrook to San Antonio to make room for Kyrie.

It didn’t happen because SAS would have demanded a 2027 or 2028 1st round pick and the Lakers are short on draft picks as it is. And moving Westbrook and picks would have meant the Lakers would have had even less to offer Brooklyn.

So what changed from September to now? It was always unlikely that LAL would land Kyrie. They never had the pieces to make it happen.

LAL’s best move is to trade Lebron and Davis. Not because they aren’t title contenders. But because they’re the only guys on the roster who still have value. They will suck for a while. But it’s better than the alternative.

LAL fans are delusional.

 

[lib123]

If the owners were still on that type of time then they don't resign lavine to that huge deal this off season and he likely gets traded last season before the deadline. They are not oblivious to what the salary was going to be. They traded butler beforehand because they didn't want to P pay him. If they were ever going to do a Westbrook deal it would be done already. They are not behind the scenes mulling over the offer. The likelihood is they already turned it down a long time ago

I disagree, last year there was way more optimism surrounding the Bulls potential. Now that it's become apparent that they're struggling team, the ownership is probably re-assessing.