Cavaliers sign Rose, Kyrie Wants out
Derrick Rose signed a one-year $2.1M contract to play for the Cavaliers. The deciding factor was apparently that Rose can start if Kyrie leaves. I don't think they will trade Kyrie, since he is one of the most valuable assets of the NBA, due to his age and skill. Him and Lebron will have to try and work it out... if thats even possible. After all, Kobe's request to be traded out of the Lakers in 2007 was denied and he went on to win two more championships with them. I wonder if Rose can add value to Cleveland. He is fast and one of Cleveland's problems is that they are too slow, but in essence he's damaged goods...
If Kyrie wants to go, let him go. Trade him and try to fix whatever other weaknesses the team has. Not sure if I would call Rose damaged goods, last time I saw him play, he still looked explosive, agile etc. Not the 2011 Rose but still...
I think the way Rose plays exacerbates his injuries. Taking those sharp cuts to the rim will wreck anyone.
Probably yes, but then again that's his game...
Good article with some videos: Kyrie Irving Wants To Be A No. 1, But He’s Better As A Sidekick
Doesn't make sense to me on why he wants to leave. He's a good PG, but a PG won't beat a Lebron team, Harden, or GSW or even OKC now. So he'll average 30+ points and not win over 43 games by himself and win 0 rings.
I also think it's weird because this season Kyrie had 1.5 x as many shots per game as Lebron. Lebron has never not lead his team in shots per game...
He is an awful PG. Ranked 40th in assist percentage and 71st in defensive RPM among PGs last year. Think about that, there are only 30 teams which means there are 30 pgs and 30 backups, he is ranked 71st AMONG PGs. The dude is a 6'2 SG that plays no D masquerading as a PG. As an SG people are looking for Klay Thompson types (beautiful shot, great length, good defense), not undersized ball hogs.
Because he wants to be the sole star and face of a franchise.
Wouldn't mind seeing Kyrie go out and play with D. Cousins & Anthony Davis.
D Rose has paper mache knees tho
Non-existent*
I think the only way this is good for the Cavs is if they can finagle a 3 team trade that lands them Melo and Eric Bledsoe.
Also Rose puts up some really empty stats. He's inefficient but Lebron makes teammates better so we'll see what happens.
Rose can come off the bench if they get Bledsoe, I actually think this trade makes the Cavs a better team. You can't overestimate how much of a liability Kyrie is on defense, the Cavs will be fine as far as scoring goes. Bledsoe will make them better defensively and the offense won't totally fall apart when Lebron is off the floor because Bledsoe is a real PG.
100% agree with your Bledsoe comment I think he is really good. Kyrie is trash on defense, that one on-off split with him and Lebron is really telling. Something like Kyrie is ~-7 with Lebron off the floor.
I'm fairly sure that Kyrie made his choice somewhere between This(
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Don't forget that this guy believes that the earth is flat. What an idiot.
Wait, what? Kyrie believes the earth is flat?
Just like B.O.B
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