I am not entirely against this, assuming what I know about next years pick is correct - we have the rights to SWAP picks with Brooklyn. Is that correct? Or do we own rights to both? If we only have rights to swap, then hear me out. Ignore this blabber if my assumption is incorrect. KD has made it publicly known that his loyalty isn't to Brooklyn or to the franchise, but to Kyrie Irving - and if he leaves... so does KD. If we can entice (or trade for) Kyrie to bring him out here that immediately crumples the Nets, and gives us the rights to swap a pick in the mid teens to early 20s for one in the lottery. Jalen Green and Kyrie Irving are seemingly friends, or workout partners at the very least. This gives us very much needed playmaking at the point guard position and hopefully moves us more in the direction of building a culture that enjoys the feeling of winning. Draft Banchero at #3, trade up for Mark Williams. Dump Wall/Wood and maybe a teaser for a disgruntled Kyrie and an overpaid Joe Harris and watch them crumple while we own all of their picks. Kyrie/Nix Green/KPJ Harris/or Eason Banchero Williams/Sengun Turner/Ayton/Gobert/Bamba can all be had too.
Kyrie for KPJ and Wood? Making Harden to Bklyn just an end around for Harden for Kyrie? I am listening.
Only 1 can stay. I'd be blowing the phones up with trade ideas on Wood and KPJ until I could get someone to bite. I do think our team is getting hurt by KPJ running point. He has talent no doubt, but obviously he's got some serious maturity and entitlement issues. A person like that running point (and learning point) is going to hurt this team's growth. Kyrie has his own issues, but he's a true point and a vet. The bar might be low but I think he'd do a slightly better job of running the team. It's only for 1 year and if it doesn't work out, you have cash for a FA replacement. Tank time is over and if you can improve for 0 cost then I'd take it.
Kyrie would single handedly stunt the development of the entire guard position for this team if not more. Stone is smarter than this, but there is no such thing as bad publicity and having the Rockets with their worst record in the league still have their moments of relevance is refreshing. We'll be back better than ever in a few years.
Sometimes people think it's smoke but, in reality, it's just a very very dusty room that nobody wanted to be in.
Depends on how you want to use Kyrie. Personally I would entertain it for the Wall treatment. Just sit him out until someone else offers us draft picks.
I dont know. Wall wasnt very good so it made sense not to thrust him out there for personal glory and give way to player development. I think Kyrie is a great player. If he wasnt so batshit crazy I could be convinced to see a future with him if he genuinely wanted to be here, but again - he's coo coo for cocoa puffs and trading for him only to sit him doesnt make a ton of sense to me.
No way you can play him to poison our core. He made the Celtics soo much worse. He's a chucker, ball stopper and very one dimensional. Overrated.
Kyrie is owed 36.5 million next season if he opts in, so if you could trade Wall for him straight up it would allow you to buy him out straight up at a significant savings over Wall. And if Kyrie is willing to negotiate the buyout, all the better. It would also help implode the Nets. So I'd be for it for that reason. I have absolutely zero interest in seeing Kyrie in a Rockets jersey though. None. I wouldn't want him to play a single minute for us.
Are the Nets deferring their #23 pick to Philadelphia? June 1 is their official deadline. Also, Kyrie and Wall's player option deadline is AFTER the draft (June 29). Do I have that right?
Of course the Nets would never do this. Kyrie is still top 5-10 player in the NBA. He is a head case so theres that
