(03-04-2025, 04:35 PM)audiosway Wrote: Let me explain further. When Kyrie was in Boston the team found out he was trying to get KD to Boston and that's why he gets booed when he plays there.
I don't think Kyrie came to Dallas and resigned with the purpose of trading Luka. I think he and Klay had probably talked about playing together with KD and AD as they did playing with team USA.
Klay and KD had played together with GS as well. Then, KD and Kyrie played together in Brooklyn.
I think over time Kyrie saw the discontent with Nico and Kidd toward Luka and just saw the opportunity to get AD and KD in Dallas. He has great respect for Kidd as a coach since he is playing for his hero. He also learned from his time in Boston to keep things more close to the vest. That would make a lot of sense as to why Nico said no one could know they were trading Luka.
These guys from the player empowerment movement are close and have known each other since high school. They want to win and if they see opportunities to play together they want to do it.
Klay would be mad if he had come to Dallas to play with Luka and then Luka gets traded less than a year later. Kyrie said after the trade that it was a ruthless business. He acted very nonchalant at the presser after the game when he was asked about it. Sure, it's a business. But, it's not every day that a player like Luka is traded.
A lot of this is circumstantial I know. However, the pieces have always been there. KD and Kyrie wanted to play together and with AD. Klay and KD played together. Nico has known all of these guys since they were teenagers. Cuban brought in Nico because of his relationships with players in getting big names. Kidd was brought in to coach since he can handle big egos.
I think once Kyrie saw the relationship eroding with Luka and the team he stepped in.
Look at it this way, if you are getting complaints from management at your job over a period of say a couple of years about your performance would you be shocked if they fired you? Luka looked devastated like he had no idea there was a problem. Then, to find out Kyrie was the go between?
Maybe this is all tin foil hat stuff. I've found that usually if there is smoke there is a fire somewhere.
On a lonely hill with a big tin foil hat. That is quite some convoluted thinking you have. Most of the time I agree with you, but naw, not on this one. I just think Nico is an idiot and/or caved to the new owners.
I'm not through yet! Let me explain. All the pieces are there, and a lot of it is circumstantial. But I think this is the first steps in moving the Mavs to a city I won't name, where they will be known as the--Las Vegas High Rollers. Yeah...I have posted that before.