Swapping Kyrie for one of his boys isn't farfetched at all, but regardless that's not the point. Kyrie was shopped around the draft, that's been confirmed.Not at the expense of Kyrie. And Cleveland wasn’t going to do that deal anyway. David Griffin and Kyrie were very close.
You really think Bron was trying replace Kyrie Irving with Eric Bledsoe breh? He only wanted George. He only wanted Bledsoe once Kyrie himself requested a trade and the Cavs were being active. And even then he met with the owner asking him to “just bring Kyrie to camp”
And I’d never seen that 180 mil number before... all I saw was the most Bos could offer Ky was 136/5yrs whereas Cleve could offer a true supermax of 205/5yrs. Once u get traded there is no such thing as a “supermax” just a max.
But if u got any receipts I stand corrected
As far as the contract numbers:
Thanks to the structure of NBA contracts and increased TV revenue next year, Irving will be eligible to sign a five-year deal worth $188 million if he chooses to stay with the Celtics, who retained his Bird rights in the trade from the Cavs allowing them to go over the salary cap to retain a player.
And if he does choose to opt for another team, it would still be more lucrative than extending this summer. A max free-agent deal for Irving with a team that’s not the Celtics next season would be worth $139 million over four years.
The can't offer the full $200m super max but because they acquired his bird rights they can add that 5th year and crack $180m.
