Kyrie Irving has asked the Cavs to trade him; Lebron blindsided by trade request

[Optimus Prime]

He has, at the least, 10 years left of a career

How is it career suicide



Kyrie not even in his prime yet...

Lebron was going to jump ship A THIRD TIME anyway.

Bron stans


Team was built around Lebron when it was promised to Kyrie and he rolled with it "to be a part of something great". Now that "something great" is looking like another cakewalk into the finals where Lebron gets all the praise and they get swept again by one of the superteams out west. So then Lebron will get none of the blame (again) but now it's career suicide for Irving to try to go somewhere else and restart his own journey?

If he was viewed as equal instead of "just a sidekick" then maybe he would stay.

This is the same cat who told Kobe he'd beat him 1v1 when he was still fresh in the league. nikka ain't trying to be known as a sidekick then stuck in Cleveland with Lebrons leftover pieces

You can't seriously believe this. No one talks about Kyrie's losing record in the Finals. No show leads off about Kyrie letting the Cavs down in playoff games. No articles are written about Kyrie's decision making in the final 2 minutes.

 

[Malta]

Kyrie is going to find Giannis open?

Sure, Giannis plays as a rim roller at times, and Kyrie averaged more apg than anyone on the Bucks.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Kyrie is my favorite non-Rocket but you gotta stop lying about what this dude's skillset is



Being "a hoe" has nothing to do with fitting into a system. Chalmers was out of the NBA last season

What am I lying about with his skillset

Is he NOT one of the top PG's in the league?

Just because he struggled with a trash team from like 19-22 doesn't mean anything.

 

[IWunD3r]

it must suck ass to be a professional leech 4 a living... ya whole livelihood is dependent on worrying about another man. nikka ain't got time 4 nothing, all he do is write and speak about other Mens all day.

scorn balding groupie.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

You can't seriously believe this. No one talks about Kyrie's losing record in the Finals. No show leads off about Kyrie letting the Cavs down in playoff games. No articles are written about Kyrie's decision making in the final 2 minutes.

I'm very serious were you not watching TV after the loss?

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

I don't think we know for sure what the reason is that Kyrie asked to be traded. We need to hear from Kyrie.

But excuse my rant here.
Lebron James will finish his career as one of the 10 best players of all-time.
Kyrie won't be one of the 10 best point guards of all-time.

Given Lebron's greatness and stature, if he indeed was "sonning" you (and I can't imagine how, given that on the court you both touched the ball about the same)....tough titty.

if these weren't the reasons, wouldn't kyrie have spoken up by now?

 

[jwinfield]

You can't seriously believe this. No one talks about Kyrie's losing record in the Finals. No show leads off about Kyrie letting the Cavs down in playoff games. No articles are written about Kyrie's decision making in the final 2 minutes.

Because the talk is always about how Bron needs help, how the team can't afford for him to sit on the bench for two minutes.

 

[Mad Good Dro]

I think Minnesota is aware that caproom alone won't get them star players. I'm not a fan of what they did but they are hungry to make the playoffs and this should do it. I think Philly is in a different spot though since its a major market.

Paul George would be dumb as hell not to give them a look if Embiid can play 60+.

 

[Trece]

Yea but its always going to be like that when you play with a super star. But Lebron takes a lot of heat when they lose even with great individual performances.

But he really doesnt, I have noticed the NBA ESPN analysts start blaming everyone else but Lebron James when the Cavs lose. Lebron is perfectly fine with this. As a matter of fact notice how he goes hyperactive trying to pad his stats so he can be the guy that looks good in a loss. He is on some but I got me a triple double. Instead of pulling up for a 3 to make up the difference he will settle for a cherry picked lay up late in games when the Cavs are hopelessly behind. He is out there boxing out Tristan Thompson for rebounds and shyt, trying to get his numbers. He learned this during the 2015 finals when the cavs were down two players and he went out there and playing like an individual stat machine to the praise of the media. He has been taking the same approach ever since.

 

[Houston911]

I think Minnesota is aware that caproom alone won't get them star players. I'm not a fan of what they did but they are hungry to make the playoffs and this should do it. I think Philly is in a different spot though since its a major market.

Paul George would be dumb as hell not to give them a look if Embiid can play 60+.

Embiid bout to get a max

 

[Optimus Prime]

I'm very serious were you not watching TV after the loss?

Lebron had one of the greatest starts to a playoffs ever and he had a bad game 3 against Boston and the world almost ended
"What's wrong with Bron"!
Is he hurt!
Is this the end
He can't be great since he had one bad game

 

[Optimus Prime]

Because the talk is always about how Bron needs help, how the team can't afford for him to sit on the bench for two minutes.

but how the team performs when he's out is FACT, no one is making that up...

 

[Flight]

@Houston911

What would you offer if you were Philly and Phoenix though for Kyrie?

 

[Houston911]

@Houston911

What would you offer if you were Philly and Phoenix though for Kyrie?

Fultz

Bledsoe and josh Jackson

 

[Tunez]

Sure, Giannis plays as a rim roller at times, and Kyrie averaged more apg than anyone on the Bucks.

5.8

giannis had 5.4

MIddleton in the playoffs 5.3