06-22-2026, 06:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-22-2026, 06:49 PM by RoyTarpleysGhost.)
(06-22-2026, 03:41 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I get the Kyrie shock potential, in a sense.
But, things are changing daily for the Mavs, as we've seen. How sure are you that he's excited about playing in support of a 19 year old AND for a college coach? To be fair, I have no idea - he might love both of those things. He IS different. But, would it shock you if he wasn't into it? Further, it's the same conversation we're having in the other thread about Trae Young/AD for me. How excited are YOU to give Kyrie another deal after this one? Doesn't it make sense for all involved, teams and player, for Kyrie to get somewhere contention-ready enough to offer him another lucrative deal? I'm not 100% positive that won't happen in Dallas, but it doesn't strike me as likely and he's obviously already thinking about that. He's not stupid.
I think there is zero upside to trading him now coming off an ACL tear. I don't logically understand the urgency of trading him now versus at the trade deadline. At all. It feels like fans have a to do list of things they want to accomplish and there's this anxiety to accomplish everything on that list ASAP. Sometimes it's best to just let things play out and let opportunities present themselves.
I'd much rather take the gamble he is looking like Kyrie Irving 3-4 months into the season, than trade him for a pupu platter right now because omg he doesn't fit the timeline and we gotta do something.