(07-03-2022, 12:41 PM)Winter Wrote: But that's the rub. Just about everyone on this board can say that and mean it. It is ALL about the price.
Who would we give up? How many picks? First round picks? We're just now recovering from the Porzingas payment of picks. The next few years would be ugly.
How long do we get to keep Kyrie is he's successful? He walked out on both LeBron and Tatum. What do you think we would get for him in a trade if he's not successful? If he's not successful, I would venture to say he's trending downward and there's little return.
We're hoping to draw an inside straight, and we'll be paying this off for years if we lose.
I think Durant is where the Nets' haul is going to come from. Kyrie currently has insanely low trade value for a star player like he is because a. he's Kyrie and b. he's expiring. I've seen reports of them considering trading him for Westbrook.
When I say a cheap offer for Kyrie I mean something like Powell + THJ or Dinwiddie. No picks (although Cuban would probably throw them a 2nd rounder just because). I would do it at that point. If the price goes much beyond that I'd be out though.
As toxic as Kyrie is, it hard to say he did permanent damage to the Celtics considering they just made the Finals