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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on Jun 30, 2022 15:30:11 GMT -5
Such a little bitchboy. This new attempt at Super team didn’t work out. Next Superteam please. GTFOH.
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Post by giantlegacy on Jun 30, 2022 17:59:14 GMT -5
NY area basketball is officially cursed
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Post by Kruunch on Jun 30, 2022 18:10:27 GMT -5
I don’t blame him.. Playing with Kyrie Irving must have felt like purgatory.
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on Jun 30, 2022 18:37:08 GMT -5
I don’t blame him.. Playing with Kyrie Irving must have felt like purgatory. Kyrie was part of his Nets requirement. Now he just allows them to trade Kyrie as well.
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Post by TheAnalyst on Jun 30, 2022 18:51:44 GMT -5
'The cool thing right now is not the Nets'
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Post by SG88 on Jul 1, 2022 13:35:29 GMT -5
If I were the Nets, I wouldn't even trade him. They have his rights for the next 4 years. He's getting paid over 40+ million per year and wants to win a championship. What is he going to do, leave all of that money on the table for the next 4 years? Call his bluff, raise the pot, and watch him fold.
As far as Phoenix is concerned, any trade that does not include Devin Booker should be declined by the Nets. Non-lottery picks in the NBA are borderline useless.
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Post by TEM on Jul 1, 2022 13:58:25 GMT -5
If I were the Nets, I wouldn't even trade him. They have his rights for the next 4 years. He's getting paid over 40+ million per year and wants to win a championship. What is he going to do, leave all of that money on the table for the next 4 years? Call his bluff, raise the pot, and watch him fold. As far as Phoenix is concerned, any trade that does not include Devin Booker should be declined by the Nets. Non-lottery picks in the NBA are borderline useless. I question who would what his contract at his age? Don't get me wrong. He had a good season but 34,35,36 37. It is a gamble if he will be in decline or not. He is not 25 or 30 where that risk is manageable.
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Post by Kruunch on Jul 1, 2022 14:01:11 GMT -5
If I were the Nets, I wouldn't even trade him. They have his rights for the next 4 years. He's getting paid over 40+ million per year and wants to win a championship. What is he going to do, leave all of that money on the table for the next 4 years? Call his bluff, raise the pot, and watch him fold. As far as Phoenix is concerned, any trade that does not include Devin Booker should be declined by the Nets. Non-lottery picks in the NBA are borderline useless. I would like to see the Nets try to do that.. to tell one of the biggest faces of the league to go pound sand.. It’s admirable, and will certainly get players around the leagues attention. However, you and I both know it’s a star driven league. These primadonnas in tank tops are ever so powerful now. They create their super friends, and dictate to the owners, coaches, and management what their demands are. And if they’re denied, they take their ball and go home. I agree with your line of thought, a team should never let a player dictate their decisions. No matter how great, and productive they think they are. I fully expect the Nets to cave, and look for a trade partner, the sooner the better.
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Post by Fletch842 on Jul 2, 2022 6:57:56 GMT -5
If I were the Nets, I wouldn't even trade him. They have his rights for the next 4 years. He's getting paid over 40+ million per year and wants to win a championship. What is he going to do, leave all of that money on the table for the next 4 years? Call his bluff, raise the pot, and watch him fold. As far as Phoenix is concerned, any trade that does not include Devin Booker should be declined by the Nets. Non-lottery picks in the NBA are borderline useless. I would like to see the Nets try to do that.. to tell one of the biggest faces of the league to go pound sand.. It’s admirable, and will certainly get players around the leagues attention. However, you and I both know it’s a star driven league. These primadonnas in tank tops are ever so powerful now. They create their super friends, and dictate to the owners, coaches, and management what their demands are. And if they’re denied, they take their ball and go home. I agree with your line of thought, a team should never let a player dictate their decisions. No matter how great, and productive they think they are. I fully expect the Nets to cave, and look for a trade partner, the sooner the better. sadly you're right. NBA the players have the power like no other league. While it sounds great to have the Nets play tough, just won't happen. Nets will need to trade him for as much return as they can get and retool once again.
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on Jul 2, 2022 14:47:52 GMT -5
If I were the Nets, I wouldn't even trade him. They have his rights for the next 4 years. He's getting paid over 40+ million per year and wants to win a championship. What is he going to do, leave all of that money on the table for the next 4 years? Call his bluff, raise the pot, and watch him fold. As far as Phoenix is concerned, any trade that does not include Devin Booker should be declined by the Nets. Non-lottery picks in the NBA are borderline useless. The Nets aren’t even fighting because they know what KD knows. They aren’t good enough to win it all. Now they can get an enormous haul and rid themselves of KD and KI. It’s BE in a respect. But as a Nets fan I wouldn’t be too upset. They are about to get the biggest trade haul in the history of the league. I’d be fine with Ayton and the ton of capital that will get from Phoenix. That’s just my opinion. You will lose the leagues best individual player, but you will become a better team in the long run.
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Post by Fletch842 on Jul 2, 2022 14:56:46 GMT -5
If I were the Nets, I wouldn't even trade him. They have his rights for the next 4 years. He's getting paid over 40+ million per year and wants to win a championship. What is he going to do, leave all of that money on the table for the next 4 years? Call his bluff, raise the pot, and watch him fold. As far as Phoenix is concerned, any trade that does not include Devin Booker should be declined by the Nets. Non-lottery picks in the NBA are borderline useless. The Nets aren’t even fighting because they know what KD knows. They aren’t good enough to win it all. Now they can get an enormous haul and rid themselves of KD and KI. It’s BE in a respect. But as a Nets fan I wouldn’t be too upset. They are about to get the biggest trade haul in the history of the league. I’d be fine with Ayton and the ton of capital that will get from Phoenix. That’s just my opinion. You will lose the leagues best individual player, but you will become a better team in the long run. as talented as Kyrie is, the team is better off without him. He's nothing but team cancer. Never seen such a talented player that I would never want anywhere near my team!!
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Post by SG88 on Jul 3, 2022 0:30:33 GMT -5
I would like to see the Nets try to do that.. to tell one of the biggest faces of the league to go pound sand.. It’s admirable, and will certainly get players around the leagues attention. However, you and I both know it’s a star driven league. These primadonnas in tank tops are ever so powerful now. They create their super friends, and dictate to the owners, coaches, and management what their demands are. And if they’re denied, they take their ball and go home. I agree with your line of thought, a team should never let a player dictate their decisions. No matter how great, and productive they think they are. I fully expect the Nets to cave, and look for a trade partner, the sooner the better. sadly you're right. NBA the players have the power like no other league. While it sounds great to have the Nets play tough, just won't happen. Nets will need to trade him for as much return as they can get and retool once again. If the Nets do what I am suggesting and just stick to their guns, it would shift some of the control back to the front offices. I don't mind a player requesting a trade. I also don't mind a team saying hell no to that request. The Nets hold all of the cards and all Durant can do is either show up for work or not show up and not get paid. Have some balls, Brooklyn front office.
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Post by Fletch842 on Jul 3, 2022 5:52:41 GMT -5
sadly you're right. NBA the players have the power like no other league. While it sounds great to have the Nets play tough, just won't happen. Nets will need to trade him for as much return as they can get and retool once again. If the Nets do what I am suggesting and just stick to their guns, it would shift some of the control back to the front offices. I don't mind a player requesting a trade. I also don't mind a team saying hell no to that request. The Nets hold all of the cards and all Durant can do is either show up for work or not show up and not get paid. Have some balls, Brooklyn front office. I understand, but do you really think they have the cahones to do so, they way that the entire league has capitulated the last decade or so? I'd love to see them do it, will be surprised out of my boots if they do though. Typically in sports, I am far more sympathetic to the players position, but the situation in the NBA shows what can happen when the players get too much control. Balance is a tough thing to achieve with contracts/team control/Free Agency...
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on Jul 3, 2022 15:59:41 GMT -5
Accuracy from the interwebs:
The Brooklyn Nets paid Kevin Durant to sit on the sidelines and rehab for an entire season on the understanding that he was in it for the long haul.
Instead, Durant demanded a trade after playing just 90 games for the Nets.
Durant was also the one who urged Brooklyn to sign Kyrie Irving, the man who pushed James Harden away and set the wheels in motion for this whole thing to fall apart.
KD also played a major role in pushing Brooklyn to sign a completely washed Deandre Jordan to a ridiculous $40 million contract.
The Nets did everything Durant asked for, and he repaid them by setting the team up for failure and then quitting on them.
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Post by Fletch842 on Jul 4, 2022 6:42:13 GMT -5
Accuracy from the interwebs: The Brooklyn Nets paid Kevin Durant to sit on the sidelines and rehab for an entire season on the understanding that he was in it for the long haul. Instead, Durant demanded a trade after playing just 90 games for the Nets. Durant was also the one who urged Brooklyn to sign Kyrie Irving, the man who pushed James Harden away and set the wheels in motion for this whole thing to fall apart. KD also played a major role in pushing Brooklyn to sign a completely washed Deandre Jordan to a ridiculous $40 million contract. The Nets did everything Durant asked for, and he repaid them by setting the team up for failure and then quitting on them. yet Kyrie felt the need to post a tweet showing a bird escaping a cage (I wonder if the bird was the Nets, and the cage was the prison that the 2 of them imposed on the team, lol)
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