'Irving is prepared to sit out the remainder of the campaign amid his growing frustration with the Nets, KRON-TV’s Jason Dumas reported Wednesday. The star point guard, who has missed Brooklyn’s last five games while the NBA investigates videos of his maskless partying, reportedly is irate with the organization for multiple reasons, including the hiring of head coach Steve Nash.'
'There also are reports indicating Brooklyn’s acquisition of James Harden was not approved by Irving, who reportedly was not answering the Nets’ calls as recently as Wednesday afternoon.'
Absent this guy having real mental health issues, he is one bizarre character. From believing the earth is flat to his comments to the media before the season to this...
If I was Sean Marks, Steve Nash, or anyone in the organization, I'd be beyond pissed with this guy. The dude has gone completely AWOL in the middle of a season that has championship aspirations.
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Apparently he is expected to play saturday
lol. that movie wasn't great, but it was a lot better than I thought it would be...
Agreed. Sounds like an episode. Hope he gets back into his right mind.
i have entirely talked myself into being very excited about the trade. i think part of my coping is i can get excited for the cavs too with the Allen.
i have entirely talked myself into being very excited about the trade. i think part of my coping is i can get excited for the cavs too with the Allen.
you got a guy who's made first team all nba SIX TIMES. Allen is good but he's about to get really expensive. Lavert is good but he's always hurt and you no longer need him. There is obviously risk with the picks...but only on the back end. I'd be very excited.
I'm glad you were able to muster some enthusiasm for three first-ballot Hall of Famers in there primes being on your team! (sarcasm: ON). Just kidding, a trade like that must be a shock to the system for a fan. Now excuse us Knicks fans while we watch our starting backcourt go 4-30 from the field tonight.
really its a matter of kyrie playing- if he does- sky is limit- if he doesnt- the other 2 are going to have a difficult (but still possible) track to the finals
i have entirely talked myself into being very excited about the trade. i think part of my coping is i can get excited for the cavs too with the Allen.
My buddy is from Cleveland and told him he'll like watching Allen.
Cleveland has received some 'fan favorites' in the last few days with Allen and Gimenez
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from harden to houston on his IG today.
i have entirely talked myself into being very excited about the trade. i think part of my coping is i can get excited for the cavs too with the Allen.
My buddy is from Cleveland and told him he'll like watching Allen.
Cleveland has received some 'fan favorites' in the last few days with Allen and Gimenez
Cleveland fans and press are finally starting to warm to the job my friend doing as GM.... as if inheriting a departing king and crazy kyrie was some easy starting point for him.
they have a good young core and some vets to trade.
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In comment 15123584 hitdog42 said:
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from harden to houston on his IG today.
i have entirely talked myself into being very excited about the trade. i think part of my coping is i can get excited for the cavs too with the Allen.
My buddy is from Cleveland and told him he'll like watching Allen.
Cleveland has received some 'fan favorites' in the last few days with Allen and Gimenez
Cleveland fans and press are finally starting to warm to the job my friend doing as GM.... as if inheriting a departing king and crazy kyrie was some easy starting point for him.
they have a good young core and some vets to trade.
I am assuming they will be moving Drummond next?
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In comment 15123584 hitdog42 said:
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from harden to houston on his IG today.
i have entirely talked myself into being very excited about the trade. i think part of my coping is i can get excited for the cavs too with the Allen.
My buddy is from Cleveland and told him he'll like watching Allen.
Cleveland has received some 'fan favorites' in the last few days with Allen and Gimenez
Cleveland fans and press are finally starting to warm to the job my friend doing as GM.... as if inheriting a departing king and crazy kyrie was some easy starting point for him.
they have a good young core and some vets to trade.
just think how much further along they'd be if they didn't botch the Kyrie trade...
when a guy demands a trade, and you have to get back a vet, a defender, and picks as well... its very hard to find what can work. that had some gilbert in it- the demand.
also he got the nets unprotected pick. the nets outperformed and the pick was 8--- had it been top 5 they get ayton, doncic, young, jaren jackson possibly.
Im not sure what they really could have done much different.
when a guy demands a trade, and you have to get back a vet, a defender, and picks as well... its very hard to find what can work. that had some gilbert in it- the demand.
also he got the nets unprotected pick. the nets outperformed and the pick was 8--- had it been top 5 they get ayton, doncic, young, jaren jackson possibly.
Im not sure what they really could have done much different.
compared to other superstar trades, the return was weak. And it was borderline malpractice to take on Isaiah and not know if he was healthy. Even if he was healthy, he was a UFA after a year. And of course the Celtics were sitting on a pile of assets at the time. All kinds of picks from other teams...not to mention Smart, Rozier, Bradley, Brown, Taytum, etc.
Lebron wanted a vet pg a 3 and d guy and Koby wanted picks
You can call it whatever you want but nothing was out there at the time - I think I know a bit about how it went down - and a key was the pick as lebron was 100 percent leaving after that anyways while still complaining and demanding on every move
The fact is he has rebuilt the team post star to have pieces in place nicely - and that is without having any lotto luck
Sources: Kyrie Irving will be out due to health and safety protocols for Saturday’s game against Orlando.
While Irving has expressed a desire to return, sources say, the extensive time away from the court requires a period of ramping up basketball activities.