Agreed. But let's not act like it's not advantageous for Donovan as well to keep the good guy routine alive.Makes me appreciate how Donovan has handled all the noise out of Utah and NY.
Agreed. But let's not act like it's not advantageous for Donovan as well to keep the good guy routine alive.Makes me appreciate how Donovan has handled all the noise out of Utah and NY.
KD is about to be shipped to the Shanghai Sharks.
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Agree but its not over yet. Many times when negotiations stall that's when it starts to get messy. So Knicks won't give up the goods and Donovan then needs to apply the heat (if its really what he wants). So if he hasn't been moved by time we are into training camp we will see how he is handling things. That's when things got messy with Harden and more messy with Simmons.Makes me appreciate how Donovan has handled all the noise out of Utah and NY.
Or he'll pull a Ben Simmons, perhaps.So, has anyone asked the obvious follow-up question to KD? He laid out his ultimatum, “either trade me, or get rid or Marks/Nash.” So, has anyone gotten the answer to: “or what?”
That’s a bluff I’d be willing to call.Or he'll pull a Ben Simmons, perhaps.
Between Kyrie and KD they can make things pretty ugly. It will be bad for them too but everyone kinda suffers. If Tsai fires Marks/Nash its a major ego hit... those types of guys won't willingly just take that. If they trade KD and Kyrie its kind of an eff you to them... Do nothing and its ugly as hell.So, has anyone asked the obvious follow-up question to KD? He laid out his ultimatum, “either trade me, or get rid or Marks/Nash.” So, has anyone gotten the answer to: “or what?”
Exactly. Just tell him ‘we’ll sit you for four years. Good luck as a free agent when you’re 38’.That’s a bluff I’d be willing to call.
Yeah, but that's Ben Simmons. He was always a D-Bag. Spida still goes out of his way with the fans. Like him or not, he is classy with the fans.Agree but its not over yet. Many times when negotiations stall that's when it starts to get messy. So Knicks won't give up the goods and Donovan then needs to apply the heat (if its really what he wants). So if he hasn't been moved by time we are into training camp we will see how he is handling things. That's when things got messy with Harden and more messy with Simmons.
Wasn’t hiring Nash he and Kyrie’s idea, too?Asking for a trade is one thing. Demanding that the GM be fired is out of line. In any case, if KD wanted this kind of leverage with the Nets, he should have signed a 1-year deal rather than a 4-year max extension.
Also, the reason that the Nets are low on assets is because they emptied them to trade for James Harden, something KD and Kyrie wanted. Then trading James Harden was again something KD wanted.
I think the Nets will trade KD to get rid of him at this point.
They almost certainly signed off on it. Nash was said to be somewhat close with Nash. Now they are saying “nah… that was overstated”.Wasn’t hiring Nash he and Kyrie’s idea, too?
Yeah. I don’t feel bad for the Nets AT ALLThey almost certainly signed off on it. Nash was said to be somewhat close with Nash. Now they are saying “nah… that was overstated”.
It’s a joke… but Nets had to know it was combustable with those two.
Nah. He’s not that guy.Wondering if the Durant and Donovan dramas are going to be pushed to be resolved soon by Silver.
As well as watching as his best friends on the team all got dropped or traded.Makes me appreciate how Donovan has handled all the noise out of Utah and NY.
Maybe behind the scenes, but not out in front of scrutiny. You can’t convince me that someone as influential as Adam Silver has stayed completely on the sidelines as the perfect NBA star has basically been aligned to end up in the leagues biggest TV market.Wondering if the Durant and Donovan dramas are going to be pushed to be resolved soon by Silver.
Mitchell-to-NY has all sorts of narratives that could sell. Makes me wonder if he backchannels to New York on the tampering deal. "Trade for Mitchell or sit tight. Either way, you are losing 1st rounders."Maybe behind the scenes, but not out in front of scrutiny. You can’t convince me that someone as influential as Adam Silver has stayed completely on the sidelines as the perfect NBA star has basically been aligned to end up in the leagues biggest TV market.
Maybe behind the scenes, but not out in front of scrutiny. You can’t convince me that someone as influential as Adam Silver has stayed completely on the sidelines as the perfect NBA star has basically been aligned to end up in the leagues biggest TV market.
Maybe I am not as bought into conspiracy theory NBA but... I am thinking Silver doesn't care about this at all and that the tampering is just because they obviously tampered and didn't follow the superficial rules of tampering. Can't make it that damn obvious.Mitchell-to-NY has all sorts of narratives that could sell. Makes me wonder if he backchannels to New York on the tampering deal. "Trade for Mitchell or sit tight. Either way, you are losing 1st rounders."