Idk what it is… something about the uniform, the shot, the kid from Jersey, the build up from the last couple years… but this picture is just beautiful
Since the NBA wants to pretend Kyrie doesn’t exist for the social justice award I’m gonna highlight some of the things he’s done in just the last year and a half in this thread:
If Kyrie opts out, he’s eligible to sign a 4 year, $186M extension in the off-season.
That would tie Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons to Brooklyn for the next 4+ years.
Legitimately terrified that we’re never gonna be able to sign a good FA again… who’s gonna look at the team owned by Joe Tsai and say ‘yeah I want to play for the guy who saw 3 top 15 players ask out within a year’.
Perkins just hates the nets, he provides no analysis. Said ‘the nets looked great in the regular season last year and then get swept, so I can’t trust them’. At what point did the nets look great in the regular season last year? They were a play-in team.
Kyrie Irving in the last 12 months:
✅ Bought a house for George Floyd’s family
✅ Had a child
✅ Donated masks/food to NYC homeless
✅ Paid college tuition for HBCU students
✅ Donated $1.5M to WNBA players skipping bubble for health concerns
✅ All while having a career year
Kyrie Irving in the last 12 months:
✅ tried to get players NOT to play in the bubble
✅ 2 weeks AWOL from Nets
✅ starts burning sage in areas
✅ Takes games off for his bday
✅ 1st career ejection after scrap w/ Schroder over n-word
✅ Out tomorrow, says, “personal reasons”
Nets record when KD scores more than 30: 8-9
Nets record when KD scores less than 30: 15-4
Basically, Nets are a lot better when KD isn’t the only one scoring.
Based on Twitter reactions, seems like a lot of nets fans are… kinda cool watching KD walk if it means a good return.
You know how bad you gotta fuck up to see nets fans not really care about the most talented player in their team’s history just walk?
Nets are 9-0 when Harden scores 30+
Nets are 15-1 when Harden grabs 10+ rebounds
Nets are 12-1 when Harden has 13+ assists
I think that’s the definition of MVP
KD, Kyrie and Ben are 3 of the most hated stars in the league. If you were wondering why the Nets aren’t talked about during this streak, look no further.
If Sean Marks watched Cam Thomas and Mikal Bridges over the last month
And comes to the conclusion that the answer is keeping Bridges and trading Thomas
I’m done with this franchise.
The blue print is so clear for the Nets…
You could realistically have:
• Cam Thomas
• Nic Claxton
• Jalen Green
• Top 5 pick this year (Sarr? Buzelis? Holland?)
• Top 5 pick next year (Cooper? Ace? Harper?)
That’s how dynasty’s and good teams are built.
So Claxton didn’t make ESPN’s top 100… and here are some players that did…
Mitchell Robinson
Valancunis
Sexton
Grant Williams
Barnes
Conley
Quickley
Hart
John Collins
Timelord
Looney
Cam Johnson
Clarkson
Poole
Reaves
Gobert