I don't think it's that deep. Kd came to Brooklyn to play with kyrie and the front office refused to extend kyrie beyond this year. I think it's that simple, that is what's been reported the last few weeks. Kd gave them an ultimatum and they made their choice. Now he making his.
It’s wild people actually think this makes sense. They literally just made a big ass documentary on players on the last year of a deal, you may have heard of it it’s called THE LAST DANCE
KD has no competitive fire. And I hate talking like this, but he’s also not very smart. Literally every move he makes is like a bizzaro world lebron. Same motivation but terrible execution.
Like hey dummy, if you actually do want to play with kyrie, play the year out—-they had the 2nd best odds to win it all according to Vegas—-then if you don’t win it all and you still want Kyrie, demand a trade and make way to the same team Kyrie can
chose to go to.
If he truly doesn’t care about a stacked team, he could have went to LA next year. Kyrie comes in as a free agent as Russ is off the books , lakers after a failed year trade AD for KD. Easy peasy. He’s a dumbass