They were literally the 2 seed before KD got hurt and offered Kyrie more money than anyone. This nikka wanted them to offer him a deal no one in the market offered last summer include the Lakers. What the Nets logically bet on was that Kyrie would behave for a year so that someone would pay him this off-season. He and his family blew that up mid season because he thought unlike every other player in history with availability issues he should get all his money regardless. His trump card was KD and he thought he could behave however because of KD. Once ownership showed a willingness to trade KD, he had no leverage. Now he’s traded to a Mavericks team with no guarantee of an extension after the season and the most they can offer is 2 years 80 million. No Kyrie and his stepmother fukked this up. The worst thing that happened to him was firing Roc Nation because they tried to be real with him on shyt.
Kyrie seems like a decent person to deal with one on one as players but he lacks self-awareness. Ask yourself, if that was Steph Curry would this be an issue in paying him or trading everything for him? Jokic? Embiid? Tatum? Mitchell? Brown? Why is this guy the one superstar that people aren’t backing up the brinks truck for? Because he played 50 percent of his games the last 4 years and people feel like you pay him and he will act a fool.
