If Irving demands a trade to Ny.,our hands may be tied . Try this 1 Kanter-Burks-Knox for irving and yabu. We would only be able to pick from their roster.Knox 6-9 18yearold swing foMrward draft 9. I hope KI resigns . But he seems to want to go home to the big apple. He went to HS in N JER.He wasNCAA MVP , when leading Michigan to national title.He has had injuries to the neck and a broken arn. May be a slow developer. Has a very high a/to ratio. Good shooter and would be lookin for a relatively cheap pay day .<Made less than 2M this year and will be an UFA in 2019,as will Kanter 18M. Some times you are forced into deal as we did too Clev yo get Irving . We might be able to resign Rozier and Burks to replace KI and save millions in tax.
Adding Knox is far more preferable, but we can definitely find a better deal. And if we can't, keeping Kyrie for a season is better for us, as it gives us a legitimate title shot. Kyrie hasn't really indicated that he wants to go to NYC, it's just a nothing story in between the fun of free agency and the draft, and pre-season.
Burke might be a slow developer, but he's 8 months younger than Kyrie. That's it. 8 months. Kyrie is only 2 years older than Embiid, one year older than AD, and is almost a year younger than Kawhi. I don't think we've seen the best he has to offer, and it would be foolish to move him for drastically lesser pieces