2022 Everything Free Agency/Trades Thread
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What's this Barnes coming off the bench I keep hearing? Guy dam near averaged most min on the team last year, shot the final shot of the game 80% of the time and all of a sudden is going on the bench? Don't think so. What's gonna happen is our rookie is going to go on the bench and get frustrating minutes all year.
Speaking of witch why are we giving up on queina so fast. I think he will beast this year if given a chance. Trade Holmes for peanuts get him out of here already
Speaking of witch why are we giving up on queina so fast. I think he will beast this year if given a chance. Trade Holmes for peanuts get him out of here already
I'm sure many teams WANT Kyrie the player, but unfortunately, you also get Kyrie the person. In many cases, the person doesn't impact the player. There are many a-holes and weirdos throughout sports history that support this statement. Unfortunately, Kyrie's decisions as a person impact who he is as a player, and to many teams, they're not willing to take the risk. Nor is Brooklyn looking to unload him at a discount. What team would be left in Sacramento to build around Kyrie?
It's not being obtuse, but rather being logical and recognizing the reality of Kyrie, the person, in addition to Kyrie, the player.
It's not being obtuse, but rather being logical and recognizing the reality of Kyrie, the person, in addition to Kyrie, the player.
Maybe I'm just old, but I do remember a guy who litterally got suspended a whole year, fought a whole crowed full of fans being traded here for a fan favorite and it didn't work out so bad for us, in fact most fans where cheering for it. I don't think Kyre is unplayable is all I'm saying. And he played no games because new York wouldn't let him. Let not act like he just sat out just to do it.
FYI I'm just playing devils advocate. I love fox. But we are the Kings if we could add a player like Kyre to the squad no way I'd turn that down because he's got issues
FYI I'm just playing devils advocate. I love fox. But we are the Kings if we could add a player like Kyre to the squad no way I'd turn that down because he's got issues
Absolutely no one is saying Kyrie is unplayable. I think the general consensus is that he's an all-star level player. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that the guy has accumulated so much baggage at this point that most people don't think it's worth having him on their team anymore.
Kyrie missed a full season worth of games combined for Brooklyn BEFORE the whole vax thing sprung up, including knee issues dating back to his Cav days. So I guess if he wasn't missing games for the hell of missing games, he was missing them because he was injured which probably makes things worse? The fact that people don't seem to want to play with him only exacerbates the issue.
The guy's on the wrong side of thirty, is going to be a free agent next year and probably looking for a max contract, and is the loosest of cannons. If this was Lebron or KD or Giannis we were talking about, sure, sign me up. But you don't completely alter the course of your franchise for Kyrie Irving.
Kyrie missed a full season worth of games combined for Brooklyn BEFORE the whole vax thing sprung up, including knee issues dating back to his Cav days. So I guess if he wasn't missing games for the hell of missing games, he was missing them because he was injured which probably makes things worse? The fact that people don't seem to want to play with him only exacerbates the issue.
The guy's on the wrong side of thirty, is going to be a free agent next year and probably looking for a max contract, and is the loosest of cannons. If this was Lebron or KD or Giannis we were talking about, sure, sign me up. But you don't completely alter the course of your franchise for Kyrie Irving.
Might be worse. They already lost Harden, and are likely to soon lose Durant. They will be left with the old version of only Russ of the Big-3.
Point is not what Nets want or their strategy. It's that stars (and their agents) get their way more often than not. In recent times, Sixers did the most I can think of in terms of penalizing a player. Yet, they too had little option but to trade away Simmons and added compensation for a right to overpay Harden. Durant carried his injury to a huge pay-day with the Nets, and after little to show for the mammoth contract and trust the Nets put in him, might walk away to chase another ring. Teams have very little leverage if a star player wants out. Their can be fake injuries, lacklustre play, and poisonous locker room. If the star vetoes some teams, they don't make offers even when they might be able to give more, since they don't want to import an uninterested star and the problems, while gutting their roster. So, this is no slight to Nets or their exec team. They had created an excellent roster, which, but for COVID, could have gone all the way.
Point is not what Nets want or their strategy. It's that stars (and their agents) get their way more often than not. In recent times, Sixers did the most I can think of in terms of penalizing a player. Yet, they too had little option but to trade away Simmons and added compensation for a right to overpay Harden. Durant carried his injury to a huge pay-day with the Nets, and after little to show for the mammoth contract and trust the Nets put in him, might walk away to chase another ring. Teams have very little leverage if a star player wants out. Their can be fake injuries, lacklustre play, and poisonous locker room. If the star vetoes some teams, they don't make offers even when they might be able to give more, since they don't want to import an uninterested star and the problems, while gutting their roster. So, this is no slight to Nets or their exec team. They had created an excellent roster, which, but for COVID, could have gone all the way.
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Former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova is working out with the Sacramento Kings in Vegas, in hopes of making a return to the NBA. Delly played for Melbourne United in Australia last season. He got his NBA start in CLE playing for coach Mike Brown, who is now w/ SAC
Former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova is working out with the Sacramento Kings in Vegas, in hopes of making a return to the NBA. Delly played for Melbourne United in Australia last season. He got his NBA start in CLE playing for coach Mike Brown, who is now w/ SAC
