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Report: Kyrie Irving not happy in Cleveland, wants out

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by plutoblue11, Mar 1, 2016.

  1. Jontro

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    It's pretty clear he wants to come to Houston. Move this to the GARM.
     
  2. A_3PO

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    If Woj didn't report it, it's not true. :p
     
  3. T FOR 3!!!

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    If he can't play next to Lebron, I really don't know of any star back-court player he would flourish with. Lebron is the ultimate play-maker for a non-point guard. Very strange...
     
  4. BackdoorHarden

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    With Irving as the #1 players on the Cavs, the Cavs ended up with the #1 pick overall, twice.

    Irving reminds me of Stephen Marbury- Phil Jackson
     
  5. YOLO

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    Look who the coach is. why would he be happy
     
  6. ROXTXIA

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    Don't know how true any of this is or if it's clickbait, but the mix is a little off in Cleveland (given how they want to win it all, not just "place", so to speak).

    If (when?) the Cavs don't win it all this season, I could see Kyrie or Love going elsewhere (especially if the incoming players somehow better the team while reducing their payroll, which is already in 2016-17 salary cap-land).

    Then again, giving all that money to players like Shumpert, Thompson....
     
  7. Caesar

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    LeBron needs the ball in his hands at all times, you always hear this thing that LeBron is the greatest teammate as if he's Magic Johnson, yet everyone seems to get worse stats playing next to him and can't ever get in a good rhythm when only LeBron chooses when you can have the ball.
     
  8. Air Langhi

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    Every team he plays for wins a lot of games when he leaves they seem to suck. So maybe having the ball in his hands work.
     
  9. Caesar

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    Absolutely, but after he gets past the weak eastern conference, he comes up short when it counts more times than not and then no matter how good his teammates are, "he needs more help."
     
  10. hooroo

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    Where he can be no.2 to another franchise player/GM
     
  11. MrButtocks

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    I suppose he should have beat the Warriors last year without Love and Irving. And beating the West two out of four years in Miami was so easy. If your biggest criticism of his game is that his teammates aren't always in a rhythm, then he must be an amazing player.
     
  12. Mr. Clutch

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    He's overrated
     
  13. ivanyy2000

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    Kyrie Irving is the definition of empty stat. Very good one on one offense player, very bad defender and team player.

    A team featuring him as the No.1 option will chase No. 1 pick every year.
     
  14. TechieOne

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    Yeah probably doesn't like being #2 or even #3 at times when he was #1 all those years.
     
  15. RedRedemption

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    If they can get a decent return for him, this will be a net positive.
     
  16. CertifiedTroll

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    Kyrie Irvings defense is elite. He is also one of the best off the ball point guards in the league. Lets also not forget he is durable and has a great track record for health. And for my final reminder I hope we all can recall how sarcasm works.
     
  17. Sanity2disChaos

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    Can we say Iverson but definitely not Iverson....
     
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