Still really fucking irritated we traded him to Boston. Maybe we had to trade him eventually, but we didn't have to be panicked into trading him to Boston.
We didn’t panic....and Boston made the most sense by far. Unfortunate but the truth.
Kyrie was willing to go to 5 teams.
Spurs. Knicks. Wolves. Heat. Celtics.
Spurs-Best offer of Murray, Aldridge, pick. Terrible.
Heat-Dragic, Bam, Winslow....yikes.
Knicks- protected 1st. Ntilikina. Lee. Eww.
(They could have had him for KP but they were never trading KP,Cavs tried...hard..believe me)
Wolves-Teague,Wiggins(excuse me whilst i hurl...and Cavs would have had to wait to Dec 15 to get this deal...was never happening)
Kyrie back-channel threatened to leave in 2 years to the Suns, Nuggets, Bucks and others.
Nuggets wouldn’t include Murray(would have been a disaster because he doesn’t even look that good)
Suns wouldn’t do Jackson/Bledsoe(Jackson doesn’t look like something I’d want over the Bkn pick either). We got a better deal than that from Boston anyways.
Bucks offered Middleton and Brogdon..:but then you’re giving Giannis Kyrie to run with which is just as bad...and they wouldn’t include Jabari or Maker or a Pick because Kyrie told them he’d leave.
Cavs made the obvious deal. It was the best deal. And they had to make it.