(04-11-2023, 05:45 PM)cow Wrote: If they really burned an unprotected future first with no assurances that Kyrie would resign, it's time to trade Luka and start from scratch.
I'm assuming they probably expect that no team that Kyrie would actually want to go to will have the cap space to get him, meaning capital coming back. I'd expect the Lakers to keep Russell so it's not like there's many options for Kyrie to simply walk to.
Kyrie already obviously doesn't have the best rep around the league, but unlike say CWood, people overlook it a bit due to pure talent. I wonder if the shit show that just occurred with the Mavs season going down the toilet after he came (which I know isn't really his fault), will actually put Kyrie more firmly in a box now to where teams are gonna be even less willing to actively recruit him. I actually wouldn't be surprised if the market for him (teams with and without cap space), isn't as receptive to wanting to bring him in as he might expect given his likely contract demands.
I actually would prefer the team doesn't offer him a long term deal. It's a risk offering him less years, but I genuinely don't think the market for him now is gonna be all that. We are another in a growing list of teams, whether his fault or not, that have fallen off the wagon after he has joined.