06-12-2023, 07:48 AM
(06-12-2023, 12:39 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: Thankfully this is all just speculation and that HOU doesn't seem to be all that interested in Kyrie, nor does there seem to be any apparent interest either from Kyrie's side. But the incentive (and threat) is there for both HOU and Kyrie to work together should the Mavs come in and play games with Kyrie.
Stein talked about this on his podcast. He said "Houston will weigh a run at Kyrie if they are unsuccessful in attracting Harden". He went on to say "the only verified confirmed team bidding for Kyrie is Dallas". Houston will 'weigh it', but no evidence of anyone else showing interest at this point. "Kyrie by all accounts wants to stay with Dallas".
Haynes said "that would be interesting" and he hadn't heard that one. The Houston owner "is not happy" and "getting a star if priority number one". But he said he thinks Kyrie returns to Dallas. "It would take a real hang-up in negotiations to veer him off that course". He does think some teams are going to "surface expressing interest in Kyrie trying to line up meetings" in the next week or so. That last part sounded like he knew something (if you listen to Haynes, he likes to drop these little teases and then come back later and tell us what he knew when he said such-and-such).
Stein said Dallas is trying to thread the needle and get the most team friendly deal that Kyrie will accept. Kyrie needs external interest to get some leverage.