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Talk me off the ledge....
« on: August 22, 2017, 07:29:10 PM »

Offline celticsclay

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If have traded the Brooklyn Pick, Zizic, Crowder and IT for Irving. We will have helped our biggest rival in the east. Given up a chance at a transcendent talent and given them a pick they can use to acquire another star to make them compete with the Warriors or crush us all while destroying our team chemistry... I have never felt this baffled by a trade before, and as much as I trust Ainge in general, this is a flat out awful trade if true.

Re: Talk me off the ledge....
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2017, 07:29:54 PM »

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If have traded the Brooklyn Pick, Zizic, Crowder and IT for Irving. We will have helped our biggest rival in the east. Given up a chance at a transcendent talent and given them a pick they can use to acquire another star to make them compete with the Warriors or crush us all while destroying our team chemistry... I have never felt this baffled by a trade before, and as much as I trust Ainge in general, this is a flat out awful trade if true.

You're asking the wrong guy...I'm literally about to vomit..

Re: Talk me off the ledge....
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2017, 07:31:50 PM »

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This is TERRIBLE.

I live Kyrie. I think he is better than Isaiah.  But we just made our biggest rival BETTER! Why?!

This is what is happening, Lebron and IT are going to love playing together in Cleveland and both resign and they are going to get Michael Porter with the second pick.

The Lakers are going to get the first pick. AND WE GET SCREWED.

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« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2017, 07:34:38 PM »

Offline celticsclay

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This is TERRIBLE.

I live Kyrie. I think he is better than Isaiah.  But we just made our biggest rival BETTER! Why?!

This is what is happening, Lebron and IT are going to love playing together in Cleveland and both resign and they are going to get Michael Porter with the second pick.

The Lakers are going to get the first pick. AND WE GET SCREWED.

we have screwed ourself in the present (helping our biggest rival out of a bad situation) and the future (giving up a chance at an elite player and giving him to our biggest rival as an asset that can help keep Lebron...)

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« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2017, 07:36:16 PM »

Offline Dino Pitino

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I'm as pro-Danny as they come.

I got nothing.

What in the hell...
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« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2017, 07:37:14 PM »

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I'm as pro-Danny as they come.

I got nothing.

What in the hell...

Me 2...i have nothing.  Awful deal.

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« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2017, 07:39:03 PM »

Offline celticsclay

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I have been able to at least understand all of his trades. This one has be completely baffled. We are going to be the laughingstock of the league on this one.

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« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2017, 07:40:16 PM »

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That's not really the deal is it?

Because that would indeed be a big setback.


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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2017, 07:40:18 PM »

Offline CelticD

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Zicic hasn't shown much of anything yet. Doesn't seem like he'd get significant minutes on a team looking to contend. Crowder is a great role player, but the C's have more than enough players that can fulfill his role. It also gives the younger guys more chance to shine.

For me, the element that breaks or makes this trade is the pick. If the Nets can bounce back and have a decent season and send that pick outside the top 8, this trade is win for me. Anywhere in the top 5 and I think it's an L.

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« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2017, 07:42:12 PM »

Offline rondofan1255

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I'm as pro-Danny as they come.

I got nothing.

What in the hell...

Me 2...i have nothing.  Awful deal.

Same!

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« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2017, 07:42:20 PM »

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1. Lakers will still be bad, solid chance of it coming our way.
2. If not, look at the kings roster and come back and tell me how good they will be next year.
3. IT is an expiring contract (less value), coming off potential recurring hip injury vs Irving with longer term contract, bigger on defense and like IT he breaks down defenses. Kyrie is better long term.
4. We have a Brown and Tatum to develop, taking on 2 high draft picks to integrate would be challenging, this gives us more focus on these players.
5. We can now have room to extend Smart, who is a good player.
6. If we were going to trade a nets pick, i feel this is the one considering our team development timeline.

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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2017, 07:43:33 PM »

Offline celticsclay

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That's not really the deal is it?

Because that would indeed be a big setback.

it is what i have seen reported Roy...

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« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2017, 07:43:37 PM »

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After winning trade after trade and building a warchest of assets Ainge overpays for Kyrie Irving?! Great player but my god he doesn't move the needle at all.

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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2017, 07:44:54 PM »

Offline BostonClamCrowdah

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Set back??

We just got 3 years younger swapping our best player for a better player


Draft picks are always unpredictable on a number of levels

We just got the best PG in the NBA who's gonna be cheaper than IT

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« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2017, 07:48:44 PM »

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Can't believe we leveraged our future for a 2 year rental. Can not believe we gave up the Brooklyn pick!! And how does the team feel about losing IT???

On paper this sucks bad. Marginal upgrade at the deepest position in the nbA.

Nice job Danny, hand the team with LeBron a chance at the next LeBron.

I love Kyrie, but this suuuuuuuuuucks!
Truuuuuuuuuth!