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    Sure is.lol
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    No one wants Westbrook. Why would Nets want Simmons and Westbrick on the same team? That’s the dumbest trade I can think of.
     
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    The picks might end up worth it. Lakers might suck even with Irving and in the next few years who knows?
    Guess it depends on the protections placed on the picks?
     
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    No one really wants Kyrie and his bullshit either... that's what Kyrie found out when the Nets told him to go out there and test the waters and he came back to them with his tail between his legs. So taking one guy that you don't want who only has a year left on his contract for another guy you don't want who is also on the last year of his deal... plus getting 2 first rounders in the process actually seems like a good idea.

    They're not getting someone of use out of Kyrie... most teams that could use him can just wait until he's a free agent, get him for a lower salary and without having to send back compensation. The Lakers are in a position where they have a very quickly shrinking window to maximize what they get out of LeBron and AD. In order to do that they need to get rid of Westbrook's toxicity, LeBron also has a history of success with Kyrie. The Lakers might be the only team in the league that would give the Nets anything of value for Kyrie and they're definitely the only team in the league that the Nets would have leverage over and could get anything close to two picks and an expiring from for Kyrie.
     
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    Had to do a quick search, Cat is only 46? Man, he went gray real quick.
     
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    So did I FAMS!
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    Must be the carpet because the drapes went missing entirely a long time ago.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Other teams have picks to offer.
     
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    No one wants Kyrie?? Kyrie can still play. Westbrook can't. Even with Kyrie's craziness, he is worth a lot more than Westbrook. That's why the Lakers wouldn't hesitate to make this trade. I have no idea why Brooklyn would make this deal. Other teams have picks you can get without having to take on Westbrook to throw up bricks with Simmons.
     
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    What teams have you heard have interest in Kyrie? What I've read is that he was given permission by the Nets to go out and see what he could get from other teams before he chose whether to opt in or out of the final season of his contract... he opted in. I've also read that the only team with real interest in him is the Lakers.

    So, if you've heard or read different please let me know.
     
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    Maybe teams aren't interested in giving him a big contract (what he wants), but he has value. He can play. Westbrook can't. Kyrie would be worth more to the Nets this season than Westbrook would. The very fact that he can play is why the Lakers would love him. Kyrie would make the Lakers a Top 5 favorite for the title and they didn't even make the play-in last season. And as for the Blazers, who do you want playing PG for the Lakers this season? Westbrook or Kyrie? I know my answer.
     
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