(01-13-2021, 05:45 PM)cow Wrote: Even with Allen, the Nets were trash defensively so I like the Harden addition. Harden will keep KD happy and opens up the possibility of moving Kyrie which would have ticked him off without the Harden addition. At some point, even KD has to get fed up with the space cadet routine. The real question is, what could you get in return for him.
What you aren't thinking about is all the crap that JH was pulling in Houston...not showing up for film sessions, not showing up on time for games or planes, and how Westbrook was yelling at film sessions "Just start without his ***" and all that... KD isn't going to put up with that crap. That's going to get old fast.
Kyrie is a space cadet and KD is figuring that out....this move won't keep KD happy, and in fact, it will drive him out of BKN.
Also, on the defense, Taruean Prince and Allen were the ONLY guys on that team that actually played defense and the team was winning by 20. There is no way that their scoring will increase, but their defense will get worse...100.
The only thing I wondered was "do they know that Kyrie isn't coming back?" No THAT makes this look a whole lot different and more like a desperation move...a swing for the fences to save what is about it implode...and it may still. They may be just staving off the implode that was already happening for a month or two.
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