lol This. There's a host of reasons to dislike (or even really despise) Kyrie. I didn't want to comment on stuff and start anything political, but there's a lot of justified 'hate' of Kyrie.PatAg said:
What is this nonsense that people only dislike Kyrie because he didnt want to take the vaccine.
Sports media/fans have disliked him long before that. Je has ended up being locker room cancer at every team he has played at.
The vaccine take was just the latest in a long line of "stupid" things he has said in the press that they dont like.
No one ever says he is bad at the game itself
M.C. Swag said:lol This. There's a host of reasons to dislike (or even really despise) Kyrie. I didn't want to comment on stuff and start anything political, but there's a lot of justified 'hate' of Kyrie.PatAg said:
What is this nonsense that people only dislike Kyrie because he didnt want to take the vaccine.
Sports media/fans have disliked him long before that. Je has ended up being locker room cancer at every team he has played at.
The vaccine take was just the latest in a long line of "stupid" things he has said in the press that they dont like.
No one ever says he is bad at the game itself
Not according to Shak
And now, any talking head alludes to his vax days as if he wasn't 100% justified in being anti vax. Nothing new…****ty people will rewrite history when it benefits their narrative and not rewrite it when it doesn't
The media definitely did not disdain the guy the way they do now before the vaccine stuff. I think that clearly has had the biggest impact on the way the media views and talks about him.PatAg said:
What is this nonsense that people only dislike Kyrie because he didnt want to take the vaccine.
Sports media/fans have disliked him long before that. Je has ended up being locker room cancer at every team he has played at.
The vaccine take was just the latest in a long line of "stupid" things he has said in the press that they dont like.
No one ever says he is bad at the game itself
Also, not sure how valid the team cancer statements are...the players on the Celtics still love him, LeBron does, and KD has remained incredibly loyal to the guy.
I guess I meant more like, cancer to the coaching staff and front office of the team vs within the locker room I guess. Has he ever left a team on good terms?Zachary Klement said:The media definitely did not disdain the guy the way they do now before the vaccine stuff. I think that clearly has had the biggest impact on the way the media views and talks about him.PatAg said:
What is this nonsense that people only dislike Kyrie because he didnt want to take the vaccine.
Sports media/fans have disliked him long before that. Je has ended up being locker room cancer at every team he has played at.
The vaccine take was just the latest in a long line of "stupid" things he has said in the press that they dont like.
No one ever says he is bad at the game itself
Also, not sure how valid the team cancer statements are...the players on the Celtics still love him, LeBron does, and KD has remained incredibly loyal to the guy.
and my point is they DID have the same dislike of him before the vaccine stuff, it is just the latest in a long list of things. Though I guess the Hitler stuff is now more recent, lol. Hes just constantly said ridiculous stuff for the last 10 or so years.
Oh definitely, it has just felt like a lot of the media went from viewing him as a primadonna or quirky or weird to now genuinely hating the guy.PatAg said:I guess I meant more like, cancer to the coaching staff and front office of the team vs within the locker room I guess. Has he ever left a team on good terms?Zachary Klement said:The media definitely did not disdain the guy the way they do now before the vaccine stuff. I think that clearly has had the biggest impact on the way the media views and talks about him.PatAg said:
What is this nonsense that people only dislike Kyrie because he didnt want to take the vaccine.
Sports media/fans have disliked him long before that. Je has ended up being locker room cancer at every team he has played at.
The vaccine take was just the latest in a long line of "stupid" things he has said in the press that they dont like.
No one ever says he is bad at the game itself
Also, not sure how valid the team cancer statements are...the players on the Celtics still love him, LeBron does, and KD has remained incredibly loyal to the guy.
and my point is they DID have the same dislike of him before the vaccine stuff, it is just the latest in a long list of things. Though I guess the Hitler stuff is now more recent, lol. Hes just constantly said ridiculous stuff for the last 10 or so years.
He's definitely an odd guy, but I do think he means well and seems like a good enough person.
To pretend that the covid vax stuff is not relevant in the media criticism of Kyrie is to ignore reality.
This is not true at all. It grew in 2021 by a significant amount. I can remember the tone of the basketball podcasts before then and how they changed in 2021 because I'm a grown adult and it was only 2 years ago.PatAg said:I guess I meant more like, cancer to the coaching staff and front office of the team vs within the locker room I guess. Has he ever left a team on good terms?Zachary Klement said:The media definitely did not disdain the guy the way they do now before the vaccine stuff. I think that clearly has had the biggest impact on the way the media views and talks about him.PatAg said:
What is this nonsense that people only dislike Kyrie because he didnt want to take the vaccine.
Sports media/fans have disliked him long before that. Je has ended up being locker room cancer at every team he has played at.
The vaccine take was just the latest in a long line of "stupid" things he has said in the press that they dont like.
No one ever says he is bad at the game itself
Also, not sure how valid the team cancer statements are...the players on the Celtics still love him, LeBron does, and KD has remained incredibly loyal to the guy.
and my point is they DID have the same dislike of him before the vaccine stuff, it is just the latest in a long list of things. Though I guess the Hitler stuff is now more recent, lol. Hes just constantly said ridiculous stuff for the last 10 or so years.
Yeah he definitely disliked him mostly because of his Celtics bias.Guitarsoup said:
Bill hated Kyrie way before that
Sure, he hated that Kyrie left the Celtics. He never said Kyrie "doesn't want to play basketball" until the vax year. He impugned Kyrie's work ethic because Kyrie didn't want to risk bodily harm.Guitarsoup said:
Bill hated Kyrie way before that
They make it seem like Kyrie could just walk away for half a season and you won't know where he is because that's what happened in 2021. Except he did that in 2021 for a legitimate reason. They just don't think it's legitimate.
Again, setting aside the political stuff because it's just not worth it. He's been a bad business partner for every NBA team he's been a part of. He's gone AWOL multiple times, gets hurt constantly, teams give him EVERYTHING he wants and will demand to be traded, randomly decides to miss playoff games because now he's observing Ramadan(?) I think he even purposefully delayed a knee surgery to use as leverage to force a trade out of cleveland? My memory is a little shot on that one.
Since that title in Cleveland (which I attribute to Lebron), there hasn't been a situation that was IMPROVED by Kyrie Irving's presence. In fact, it's only gotten worse.
It's also true that Kyrie Irving needs to be on the Mavs this upcoming season. Hopefully it's as friendly of a deal to the Mavs as possible.
If the Mavs are smart we can convince him it's us with him against the world. Focus his negative energy outward lol.
Having said all of that, I think his move this week to seemingly diss the mavs a bit by "taking meetings" isn't making me too confident on the kyrie maturing front. Sure, he can do what he needs as it is a business, but it's pretty obvious the mavs weren't going to lowball him. Honestly, taking a big deal from us and saving face would've been in his best interests by far because the last 72 hours have been nothing but media roasting of him as they clown on him for thinking there's a market for his services. Bit of a head scratcher to extend the cat and mouse game if he indeed stays in Dallas.
Never know with Cuban lolzgolfz85 said:
we're all justifiably in a love/hate with Kyrie. I still hold out hope that he'll be more mature this late into his career and that a lot of what he's done in the past has been due to immense pressure, immaturity and being a largely misunderstood personality in a league largely full of dudes that just want to hoop and not be political or philosophical, etc. I feel for him in a way as it must be very tough to be in his shoes and be told to shut up and just play ball when he has a mind that wanders a lot more than most of his peers. I don't think he's handled a lot of it very well and I'm far from famous and have handled a lot of my **** improperly too, so can't imagine being in the limelight 24/7 with the expectations of perfection that come with that.
Having said all of that, I think his move this week to seemingly diss the mavs a bit by "taking meetings" isn't making me too confident on the kyrie maturing front. Sure, he can do what he needs as it is a business, but it's pretty obvious the mavs weren't going to lowball him. Honestly, taking a big deal from us and saving face would've been in his best interests by far because the last 72 hours have been nothing but media roasting of him as they clown on him for thinking there's a market for his services. Bit of a head scratcher to extend the cat and mouse game if he indeed stays in Dallas.
Again, never know with Cuban!zgolfz85 said:
Ha touche…surely cubes isn't that dumb though
Breaking: Kyle Kuzma has agreed on a four-year, $102M deal to return to the Washington Wizards, sources tell @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/R8FVEPSP4e
— ESPN (@espn) June 30, 2023
Surprising move by Kuz.
shack009 said:Breaking: Kyle Kuzma has agreed on a four-year, $102M deal to return to the Washington Wizards, sources tell @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/R8FVEPSP4e
— ESPN (@espn) June 30, 2023
Surprising move by Kuz.
This is why the Wizards will never be good
Free agent guard Josh Okogie has reached an agreement to return to the Phoenix Suns, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 30, 2023
Decent defender but horrific shooter who is always left wide open. If the Suns have to keep running Okogie out there for long minutes, they have a ceiling that is not the finals.
Bruce Brown got almost DOUBLE the MLE on this.
— Nick Angstadt (@NickVanExit) June 30, 2023
Way more than the Mavs could've given him. Good for him. https://t.co/y3zjdmMkZA
Twitter: The Mavs aren’t doing ANYTHING during Free Agency
— Don Denham (@don_denham) June 30, 2023
Me: pic.twitter.com/pyyIut7Rjh
Free agent Kyrie Irving has agreed to a three-year, $126 million contract to return to the Dallas Mavericks, with a player option in third season, @TheAthletic @Stadium learned.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2023
Jerami Grant new average salary is $32 million per year.
— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 30, 2023
That is higher than:
Brandon Ingram
Jamal Murray
Devin Booker
Jalen Brunson
Karl-Anthony Towns
Tyler Herro pic.twitter.com/BdSqwdZ1MD
shack009 said:Jerami Grant new average salary is $32 million per year.
— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 30, 2023
That is higher than:
Brandon Ingram
Jamal Murray
Devin Booker
Jalen Brunson
Karl-Anthony Towns
Tyler Herro pic.twitter.com/BdSqwdZ1MD
Clown world
Our guy, winner. https://t.co/xiGXPMOFrC
— Nick Angstadt (@NickVanExit) June 30, 2023
It has to be trolling at this point, right?
I feel like Luka and Kyrie SHOULD be able to be a very dangerous combo, we'll see if Kidd can figure it out. I hate putting more responsibility on Luka, but I think he needs to figure out how to be more effective off the ball
Tim MacMahon on ESPN just said Luka was in contact with Kyrie and wanted/urges him to re-sign fwiw
— Zach Naidu (@ZachNaidu) June 30, 2023
Free agent Yuta Watanabe has agreed on a deal with the Phoenix Suns, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2023
How?