2017 NBA OFFSEASON

IT and jae is easy tho

Brian Windhorst‏Verified account @WindhorstESPN 2m2 minutes ago
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Cavs and Celtics on verge of a deal: Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and 2018 Nets pick unprotected, sources say

whoo boy

i would not trade that nets pick

danny gets mocked relentlessly for hoarding those picks but if he loses out on markelle fultz, marvin begley and/or michael porter jr i don't know how it will end up looking

Woooo do that deal

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Cavs agree to deal Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and 2018 Nets pick, source told ESPN.

pretty great outcome for the cavs

Def best case scenario

severely diminished their chances of winning the title this year but get a guy who is like 90% as good as kyrie, one of the best contracts in the league, an all but certain top 5 pick, and another first rounder... all for a guy who may not actually be that great outside of very specific situations

jeez wow at all this

can't wait for the cavs to get kyrie on a pick and roll switch for bron to back him into the basket column

NBA BACK BABY

i've been a staunch danny defender in this whole process but out of paul george, jimmy butler and kyrie i think i like kyrie the least

i think the read between the lines here is that the celtics think the nets are gonna be better than one of the three worst teams in the league

they just might be

so what does the celtics depth chart look like now?

lol celtics fans who had killed danny for hoarding are now losing their minds.

lots of "the 2018 nets might be better than you think" articles now getting swept under the rug.

we'll never know what happened with butler and george but i don't think it's fair to say danny was 100% of the lever on those guys coming/not coming to boston

yeah by all indications both the pacers and bulls just "preferred" the terrible trades they took for whatever reason

those boston youngsters better be ready to contribute

thing abt kyrie is hes younger than george and butler and doesnt have a boner for los angeles, only thing of great value they sent over was that bk pick really, guess well see if kyrie is ready to do stuff besides score

that's the big question, i find kyrie to be an uncomfortable weirdo who doesn't do as many basketball things as he should.

hes def capable of doing more weve seen him do more its just a mindtype scenario from here out friends

trading that bk pick cld def blow up in their faces but its prob the right move on the percentages

a percentage of this from the boston end has to be hoping that kyrie is motivated to murder lebron in a series

making a big trade for a guy and telling him hes the man when thats what he wants should be motivating

guess well see if kyrie is ready to do stuff besides score

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 22, 2017 7:45 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark

*arrested development narrator voice*

jordan, dont do this

i will really miss rooting for IT

absolutely cannot mentally picture IT and lebron as teammates idk why

yeah IT rules

can't wait for the nba finals where every single play is just a series of picks until either steph or IT is defending a bigger player

oh god lol

wont happen tho since bron is gonna trade himself

lmfao wow

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DH3275PWsAAcyAk.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DH33GfnVYAA11Tp.jpg

lol ainge still wont trade terry

http://i.imgur.com/MU59e6E.png

Boston reporter: "Hello, I'm from the Globe."

Kyrie: "Excuse me?"

— Justin Spears (@JustinESports) August 22, 2017

lmaoooooooo

aaaa wtf

I know all metrics type stuff says trade Thomas for kyrie ten times out of ten but I still don't wanna do it

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, August 22, 2017 6:38 PM (two hours ago)

which metrics are these? the biggest thing kyrie has going for him is old-school small sample size playoff voodoo

Also height

age

metrics have IT as a slightly better player but kyrie is younger and less of a scary guy to max

slightly better player in 2017 i mean

i will miss kyrie's dazzling and magical finishes but cad otm he is an uncomfortable weirdo and I'm really really psyched to have IT and crowder!! overall I feel really good about this we just added some very good and really likeable players

feel like I gotta stream some Boston sports radio tomorrow

there are like 2.5 guys on boston sports radio who even have a cursory understanding of the nba just fyi

felger and mazz don't even sound like human names

lol.

within the parameters of what they do i actually like felger and mazz a fair amount but neither of them knows a single thing about the nba