Kyrie Irving opts in.... Will stay with Nets

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Why would this come from Klutch??

This is coming from Kyrie’s agent to try and create leverage in a situation where he has NONE

He’s got the leverage. If he goes, KD asks for a trade. Lebron and Co. have been planting this seed on every talking head show that Kyrie is willing to play for $6 million to get next to Lebron. No way, no how.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

He’s got the leverage. If he goes, KD asks for a trade. Lebron and Co. have been planting this seed on every talking head show that Kyrie is willing to play for $6 million to get next to Lebron. No way, no how.

Kyrie has NO INTENTION of playing for a $6 million MLE

Nobody really has the cap space to sign Kyrie for the max he wants anyway and nobody wants to deal with a pain in the ass like him also

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

I don't even understand how this works money wise or why it's being discussed. It makes no sense. And what sense does it make for the Nets to play along with this.

That’s why I think it’s coming from the Lakers side. Broussard was on TV this morning talking about he’s “heard” Kyrie would play for the mid-level exception ($6 million) for Lebron.

The Lakers have no money and no assets. They/Klutch just wanted to force themselves into a conversation for what’s a pipe dream at best. From what I’ve read the Knicks and Clippers are the only playoff contending teams who can make adequate space for Kyrie.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Kyrie has NO INTENTION of playing for a $6 million MLE

Nobody really has the cap space to sign Kyrie

I’m with you brother, just repeating what Broussard said

 

[Nero Christ]

he is the most important one outside of Cristiano ronaldo

and he still doesn't influence their overall business decisions

they dropped Neymar in a heart beat over an accusation and have been letting go of contracts with high profile athletes for some time now

this article goes into detail about Nike's new corporate strategy: Why did so many top players leave Nike?

But Nike's marketing strategy has changed, because the focus on certain issues has also changed, and therefore, sustainability, social injustice and climate emergency are some of the new goals that Nike wants to meet - and Mathieu Flamini explained it to us in this interview. From this point of view, the company believes that players such as Rashford, Sancho or Mbappe (talents on the pitch, images of redemption from a problematic reality outside) are hypothetically better exploitable icons than other top players, such as Asensio or Coman.

why care about an individual athlete when you're a sponsor for a team/club or a whole league

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Lebron out here colluding again

 

[Mr. Brown]

Hope this happens. Kyrie and Phil will be holding team building seminars on the benefits of peyote and the importance of embracing life’s journeys while they get a shaman on team payroll

Then Kyrie will find out that he’s 1/64th part Mexican and go on a month sabbatical exploring his roots like the time Zack found out he was part native american on Saved By The Bell

 

[steph_harden]

Alright, all jokes aside, this is how I think the Lakers could pull this off (this is contingent upon Kyrie actually wanting to play for LAL):

1. Kyrie opts OUT (not in, like most people say), becoming a free agent.

2. Opting out, Kyrie contacts the Lakers and tells them he wants in, so they need to do whatever they need to do to get out from under Russ. This has to be done on the low, so that other teams don't move to stop the Lakers from moving Russ to prevent the acquisition of Irving, like Popovich does.


3. The Lakers IMMEDIATELY move Russ to whatever team needs an expiring contract, most likely Charlotte, and sweeten the deal with the 2027 pick. Some of y'all ain't gonna like that, but a potential future with AD and Irving leading the Lakers for the next 4 years is more important than some dude that's currently in middle school.

4. Kyrie gets 30-36 million, and the Lakers have 11-17 million left to fill out the roster. Bring back Melo and Dwight, and look at Monk like this:

A roster of Bron, AD, Kyrie, Melo, Dwight, Reeves, Stanley, Monk* and some 3 and D guys is championship caliber in this NBA climate


Alternatively, Kyrie can opt-IN, but this would require the Nets to work with the Lakers to get rid of one of their premiere players. This is clearly the more difficult option and one that, although possible, runs the risk of other teams getting involved, or Brooklyn not moving. And the problem is that it would have to involve Russ, who Brooklyn has no desire for, and would piss off Durant and maybe cause him to move.

Opting in requires too many moving parts, but it's *technically* possible.

Sign and trade triggers the hard cap and makes it basically impossible for the Lakers to fill out the roster, so that's out.

If Kyrie really wants that Laker move he’d opt in tho. Because he’d lose 35 mil otherwise. That’s just too much money for an unpredictable injury prone guy like Kyrie to lose…and he knows that.

 

[Voice of Reason]

I DIDNT TOUCH THAT THREAD.

DONT TAG ME WITH STUPID shyt.



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You are mod though correct

 

[Voice of Reason]

$35.3M trade exception and getting under the cap

And again none of this matters because Ky is just using the Lakers, Bron/Handy reunion, KD threats as leverage and it will work.

Could they use that 35 million to sign someone out right if they renounce it?

 

[Raw Sauce]

Could they use that 35 million to sign someone out right if they renounce it?

No, but the exception can be used to trade for a player or multiple players with salaries adding up to that amount without adding to their cap and luxury-tax liabilities.

 

[staticshock]

and he still doesn't influence their overall business decisions

they dropped Neymar in a heart beat over an accusation and have been letting go of contracts with high profile athletes for some time now

this article goes into detail about Nike's new corporate strategy: Why did so many top players leave Nike?



why care about an individual athlete when you're a sponsor for a team/club or a whole league

Bruh LeBron has a lifetime contract. I know some of y’all hate him but acting like he’s just another athlete signed to Nike is ridiculous.

 

[Voice of Reason]

No, but the exception can be used to trade for a player or multiple players with salaries adding up to that amount without adding to their cap and luxury-tax liabilities.

So even with an exemption the Nets have nothing to trade besides Simmons. I don't see how they get Kyries replacement in this scenario. Either Beal or Dame would be ideal.

 

[god shamgod]

There were reports saying that Jimmy would have recruited Kyrie to Chicago had they committed to him. I believe the Miami being a landing spot for him noise out there

Jimmy was dikkriding kyrie , they don’t even talk like that

Here is what Jackie McMullen wrote about the Boston star, who told her that he has not spoken to Butler much since 2016 (via ESPN):

“Irving says he’s aware that he’s been linked to Jimmy Butler in persistent free-agent rumors regarding a mutual desire to play together in New York, but he says he’s had no such discussions with Butler. In fact, he says, the last time he talked to Butler at length was when they were both playing with USA Basketball,

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Why would Kyrie opt out of 47mil to sign with the lakers for 6/7mil? I hate these nonsense stories.

This is like when stephen A said OKC should buyout CP3 so he could sign with the lakers even though CP3 was making 40+ mil. fukking nonsense.