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

[Th3Birdman]

Again a player of Kyries talent a team will move mountains to obtain. Kyrie is not worthy of his worth right now

Yeah, but the Lakers weren't in a position to call shots here. They needed a phone call from Ky, a guarantee that he wanted to come here, so they could begin the arduous process of shopping Russ. That then would involve the 2027 pick, and I maintain Charlotte would have looked long and hard at a Russ deal, as they NEEDED the expiring contract.

Ky needed to publicly opt out and contact LAL, and he didn't; that's not on the Lakers. We literally can't do anything because nobody wants to eat that Russ contract and we don't want to give up the pick without Ky stating he wants to come here

 

[MeachTheMonster]

he wasn't a free agent, he never hit the market

He talked to teams. He was on the market

Otherwise we aren’t having this conversation.

 

[FaTaL]

he wasn't a free agent, he never hit the market

nets gave his agent permission to engage in trade talks with other teams

 

[Dwight Howard]

nets gave his agent permission to engage in trade talks with other teams

Right but the list of teams he listed were all contenders without reasonable means of acquiring him. Clippers, Lakers, sixers, heat, mavericks...neither of those teams could offer a realistic package that would entice the Nets do a deal. The best offer I can probably think of from the teams listed is Tobias Harris, Maxey, and picks. If your Brooklyn do you do that?

 

[Jblaze204]

Good. i still want to see if the Nets can figure this thing out. now they gotta address the non-existent defense and Nash has to do more than just say "cmon guys, lets go"

and if that bytch Simmons still has back problems the whole team needs to jump him

 

[FaTaL]

Right but the list of teams he listed were all contenders without reasonable means of acquiring him. Clippers, Lakers, sixers, heat, mavericks...neither of those teams could offer a realistic package that would entice the Nets do a deal. The best offer I can probably think of from the teams listed is Tobias Harris, Maxey, and picks. If your Brooklyn do you do that?

I’m going to assume none of the teams was interested except for the lakers. I don’t think kyrie understands how skittish teams are over signing him long term. I never expected him to opt out, nice drama though

 

[beenz]

He got 230 million from basketball
50-100 from Nike

I'm sure he doesn't give a fukk being he lost 17 million last year

He doesn't live lavish. He will be fine

I don't give a damn how rich he is. I don't think anyone wants to willingly leave $17M on the table.

 

[beenz]

his agent obviously told him to opt in, and play a full season so he can finesse one of these teams out of another max deal.

 

[old pig]

He obviously could not get the max from NJ…

of course he couldn’t bcuz there’s no fukking team in NJ…have some fukking respect

 

[old pig]

I have been watching NBA basketball since the BAD BOYS era, and I have never seen an NBA elite player dropped a potential championship season and fumbled the bag all in one year. Kyrie is delusional. He really thought he had leverage to gain a max contract after sabotaging the Nets' chance of winning a title with his choice of missing games.

ya I don’t see how cats are not getting this lmao

 

[old pig]

his agent obviously told him to opt in, and play a full season so he can finesse one of these teams out of another max deal.

if he opts in I believe brooklyn becomes the only team that can max him and he’s gonna have to have a flawless season for them to consider that so no major injuries either…I don’t think he can hold it together for a full season…it’s either he holds onto his principles and realize he’s gonna have to sacrifice some money as a result or if he wants that money then he’s gonna have to sacrifice some of his principles…he can’t have his cake and eat it too in this situation…ya he’s super rich but he still lives in the same world that we all do

 

[Boug92]

The earth is round bytch ass nikka.

 

[THE 101]

Nets brehs, I wish y’all well in y’all future endeavors. We finna blow our shyt up regardless, y’all on the other hand are banking on this nikka to help legitimize yall whole franchise. Good luck brehs

Blow it up with zero picks, LLLLLLaker brehs

 

[MeachTheMonster]

of course he couldn’t bcuz there’s no fukking team in NJ…have some fukking respect

i still can’t stop doing that

 

[Ukbrotha]

Shame. He wont have a better on court chemistry than he had with Lebron. And vice versa. They should have made that happen.