/nba/ general - flashed edition

How bad did the Cavs fuck themselves?

Leltics lost the trade

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danny you SNAKE!

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>Lebron isnt a ring chasing Snake

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>tfw 6th seed

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>my face when the Celtics wont' even get past the Raptors/Wizards once everyone realizes their defense is shit

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Soon. Literally, like next year soon.

>yfw when LeGod gets another one for da land

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*wins another blockbuster*

>>77756042
It was really their best option.

Thomas and TT for Dragic and Whiteside straight up

>>77756078

bait

>>77756057
>LeBron is better than MJ
>b-but muh rings
>lol why does LeBron want to win rings

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>TheLand makes great trade
>/sp/ so mad they have to fall back on LeBron leaving rumors.

Lol.

This trade sealed the fate of the Eastern conference.

>>77756116
I know. Wizards will go to the finals

>celtics weaken their opponent while taking their best player and giving them their worst player
>lost the trade
and before draftcucks say something, you don't trade for future potential lmao. it's like trading for giannis over lebron just because giannis might be good in the future...

>>77756003
They will be shit post-lebron no matter what. They can beat warriors if they sign D wade and trade pick for a quality player.

>>77756108

>needing 4 different teams to win rings

Will IT play off the bench

>>77756083

Fuck do I wish

LeBron
>100% leaving next year, this is why the Celtics wanted the #1 pick so much
Kyrie
>reported to be open to signing an extenstion with the Celtics, Celtics feel confident they can get it done
IT
>leaving next year, wants the max more than anything in life
Crowder
>shit and overrated as fuck

Cavs
>shit, still stuck in luxury hell with bloated contracts on vets, no future without LeBron or Kyrie
Boston
>a big future with two young stars on their roster now and assets to sustain them for years

Who lost this trade exactly?

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So how do you think this matchup is gonna go?

Guys the celtics just got worse for a trade they didn't even need to do why the fuck would they do this tho

I was going to say that we should be reasonable and see how it actually plays out before we start shitposting like crazy, but then I remembered this is /sp/ so fuck it

>>77756153
>future
Lol who the fuck cares. The future is now old man

All Cleveland got was a manlet PG and meme shooting big men

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SOON
>SOON

>>77756143
>Cavs
>heat
>???
>New York Rangers
Damn it, you're right

>>77756157
Look at what Kyrie did when Lebron was sitting and you'll have your answer. He was shit. Most overrated player in the league.

>>77756153

"Crowder
>shit and overrated as fuck" -autist

>>77756161
Irving is better than IT in every way.

>>77756157
Lebron usually sucks in openers so Celts win. Next matchup Lebron drops 30+ double double and wins

Celtics got fucking raped, but at least that Fultz deal doesn't look so bad now.

>>77756189

cavs/heat/laketurds/next team after he sees lonzo is a bust

>>77756153
If the celtics aren't trying to contend in the next 3 years then you could s- actually no. They traded their pick too so they're bad for the future and present, not good enough to make any damage in the east and pretty much downgraded their team for no reason what so ever my dude tho.

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>>77756016
>He cost Dwyane Wade a finals MVP in 2011
>He was literally a Ray Allen shot away from going 2-6 in the NBA finals
>He will have played with Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, Isaiah Thomas during his playing career
>His nuthuggers come playoff time will STILL say he needs more help when he INEVITABLY gets throttled by Golden State
>And they will still ride his dick when he inevitably fucks off to LA to be a Laker or a Rocket to buddy up with Harden and CP3.
Fuck this crybaby bitch, honestly.

So the Cavs are basically stuck giving IT a max deal while LeBron leaves...Smh lmfao

>>77756153
"who has a better situation going forward" is a different question from "who won this trade".

Like, Lebron is leaving regardless of anything to do with this trade. It's not relevant to who won this trade at all.

Celtics have ZERO defense now

seriously what the fuck are the cavs doing that got way fucking worse. Isiah and love are extremely limited and cant fucking defend. that nets pick is not that fucking high

>>77756042
>>77756048
hue

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Wtf brehs how the fuck did this happen

If Kyrie could drop 25 points playing alongside LeBron how many will he average now that he's the main guy on offense?

>>77756239
Why are tripfags so fucking retarded?

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>first play of the game
>kyrie irving crosses thomas and drives to the hoop
>lebron meets him in the post
>"heh... nothing personal kid..."
>no look pass to a cutting hayward
>lebron sees this and jumps to contest
>hayward smirks, "got you"
>lobs to big al
>hangs on the rim and puts his nuts on lebron's neck
>lebron does the fencing response and needs to get carried off the court

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>>77756233
the cavs have less of a defense with fucking IT and love

>>77756227
>mf

>>77756204
Except scoring, passing, rebounding(.1 difference with like 5 inches of height) shooting, clutch scoring. Pretty much everything besides playoff performances and defense(a wash). And the scoring difference is way greater than the defense difference friend. THO.

>>77756132
Oh man, these are some scorching hot onions.

>Cleveland: So with Isaiah and Kyrie being near equal in skill, and kyrie wanting out we were wondering...

>Boston: If you could have him and a young, up and coming young center Ante Zizic? I don't know.

>Cleveland: Actually we just want-

>Ainge: Fine, fine, we'll throw in Jae Crowder and a nets pick too! Here just take everything

is boston retarded?

>Danny turned the #1 pick this past offseason into a the #3 in Tatum (that they would have taken at #1 anyways) and flipped the 2018 nets pick for Kyrie while still being able to pick in the top 2-5 with the LA pick

Jesus this guy is fucking Einstein tier genius

>>77756259
welp surprised I didnt get the usual.


This would be even better when the nets overachieve and wade goes back to miami

>>77756197
>Kyrie
I didn't know that's how Harden was pronounced

Wade to Cleveland when?

>>77756277
>Pretty much everything besides playoff performance

wait thats pretty fucking big advantage

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>>77756291
>and a young, up and coming young center Ante Zizic
Fucking retards on /sp/, I swear.

>mfw Nets sneak into the 8th seed
>mfw Kyrie sweeps the Cavs in 5 after going GOD Mode and averaging 39 points on 55% shooting
>mfw Unleashed Kyrie cucks the Warriors in the Finals, again shooting the game winning shot over Steph Curry

NBA is gonna be Kino this season

>>77756291
But seriously they could of waited and got him for nothing in a few years have no idea why this is considered a loss for cleveland, they were going to get nothing but shit ass asets for him and instead they remain a contender that has a pick for the future with a decent chance of winning the lottery man.

>>77756316
allegedly sometime this season, may be at around december-january for the playoffs

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>>77756153
>The burning steamy shit smelling ghetto known as PooPeeland

Nobody here watched the Cavs after Lebron left Cleveland. Kyrie sucked.
Even this year, when Lebron wasn't he, he choked. He's not good enough to lead a team.

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Kawhi has such great posture

>>77756316
he going back to miami

>>77756291
Zizic is shit, did you not watch him in Summer League?

>/nba/ shits on celtics players
>all of a sudden they're really talented and underrated when they're traded to the cavs and the celtics are retards who lost
really fires up my neurons

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>>77756323

>>77756197
T H I S
H
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OH MY GOD im getting flashbacks to sebastain telfair, HELP

You can stop Bostonfags. Everyone knows you blew it.

YO, did the Cavs actually trade Kyrie? Who else is going to hit LeBron's game winning shots? This makes no sense baka

The celtics are looking stacked lads, m-my warriors will surely beat them r-right?

>>77756233
They still have Marcus Smart! Marcus Smart will save them!

>>77756239
Crowder improves their rotation and defense so fucking much though. I mean for chrissake they were playing Richard Jefferson 16 minutes a game in the fucking finals because they didn't have anyone else who could even pretend to be a wing defender. Having someone who can play even competent defense at the wing, instead of trying to run out Kyle Korver and Richard Jefferson against the fucking Warriors, is huge for them. It is honestly a huge upgrade for them.

Hiding IT is definitely going to be tough, though, obviously.

>>77756353
He can go back to Florida when he retires.
His best friend is in Cleveland for another year. Hell, I could see him and Lebron moving in together.

>>77756351
>The one kid with Currys
Ling Ling is gonna get swarmed hard

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>mfw both my lakeys and rapties won this trade

>>77756333
what? cavs got way worse. they had defense now they have absolutely none with lebron declining. Cavs made a huge mistake in trading with their only opponent in the east.

>>77756258
Look at his scoring when LeBron was resting and you'll see

>>77756378
That's why they got IT breh

>>77756378
>Who else is going to hit LeBron's game winning shots?
um, they acquired a guy whomse monica is "king of the fourth..."

The sad part about this is, the Cavs were falling apart, and the door was left open for the Celtics to possibly make it to the finals, and now they're not only getting worse, but they just made the Cavs so much better.

Where is SKEEEEUUUUP when you need him?

SPC we still run this mothafucking league hahaha

>kyrie to Boston
>Lebron to spurs

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>the ABSOLUTE STATE of non-Boston fags in this thread right now

L

O

L

>>77756357
listen man I have been out here fighting the Jae Crowder fight

>>77756382
lol

>Leaveland will lose Lebum
>Leaveland will have to bring out the Brink's Trucks
(lol

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>they just made the Cavs so much better.

>Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and 2018 Nets pick

Wew lad, Celtics gave up too much

>>77756417
It's a false flag

>>77756385
but they lost a top 10 player in the nba. in the playoffs stars wins. the cavs are most definantly going to get swept next year if they actually do make the finals. thats not even a given now

>NBA shits on IT calling him a manlet
>suddenly he's better than Kyrie now

Did Danny Ainge fuck your bitch or something lmfao, he's living rent free in your head

>>77756326
This is Lord of the rings tier fantasy m8

>>77756402
In what way is Kyrie defense? it's simple: The Celtics got worse in a trade that was completely unnecessary but not only that they traded their future away and no longer have any picks. This trade was an absolute waste and in no way did the celts even sniff getting even with this trade. They could argue Kyrie is younger but clearly they don't care about future because they traded their fucking picks.

>>77756402

Are you joking? The cavs finally got a center in this deal.

Love and Thompson were power forwards. Now that the cavs have an actual center, Lebron won't have to play in the post as much, freeing up his energy for more defense. Their defense is going to go through the roof after this trade

>Cavs fans UNIRONICALLY think jae fucking crowder is good

You are in for a fun surprise leaveland fans

>>77756461
Ainge is a dollar store Hinkie, without the class and the flair of our Samwise

I don tknow how you talk about how much IT means and then trade his ass to fucking Cleveland what a fucking snake lmao

>>77756461
Give me one reason a 5'8 PG on the other side of his career will be better than a PG about to hit his prime?

>>77756294
League will never allow LA to lose that pick.

>>77756454
Isiah Thomas is also a really good offensive player though. He's one of the most efficient scorers in the league. He's not as good as Kyrie but the difference is not all that large either.

>>77756356

Anyone is better than tristan thompson. Plus he's only 20 and will improve

>>77756478
For his contract, he's fucking good. Him and Jordan Clarkson are on two of the best value contracts in the league.

Isaiah Thomas and Lebron on one team would be fun to watch wtf is everyone complaining about

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All the leverage and you give up that pick and extra players. Boston got Cleveland Steamered.

Omfg.. I had so much high hopes for the Celtics and IT... Trade got me more pissed than the Kd free agency.. I literally feel like not watching it anymore.

Good riddance to Jae Crowder, he bricked too many 3's and whined a lot.

>>77756492
>efficient meme
Korver was the most """efficient""" PG but it didn't matter anyways, so what makes you think """efficiency""" will do to the cavs now?

>>77756515
I know. This season just got 20x better already than last years.

>>77756467
what? they turned their pick into a top 10 player. Celtics most definantly won the trade. they have a higher upside in their future. Also IT cant defend and kyrie is actually more of a difference maker now.

>>77756492
yeah it is. did you see IT can not make his own shots when it matters. I will much rather have kyrie any day of the week. I would make that trade in a nanosecond

>>77756402
>they had defense now they have absolutely none
Kyrie and IT are both negatives on defense but Crowder is a good defender.

The celts lose him and Cavs get him. So how do they have no defense exactly? Why are tripretards so faggy?

>>77756501
He's slow as shit, literally like a snail. Huge liability against teams with fast players, i.e Warrior's small ball lineup

>>77756490
LA loses it regardless.

It goes back to Philly if it's #1 or #6 and up

LA doesn't have their own first next year.

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Was it all part of his master plan?

Trying to bait here and I just can't find an angle, I mean the Celtics traded their franchise player and role players and a pick for a literal meme, I just can't defend it guys.

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LeBron right now lol

>>77756527
Seeing him brick open shots against the Cavs made me rage so much.

>>77756478

Lebron makes everyone around him better. Lebron made JR fucking smith a relevant offensive player.

Have you see cleveland's roster? Everyone except lebron/Love/Thompson is old as fuck or sucks. Literally all we need is serviceable bench players to be elite. Anything is a fucking improvement over Kyle Korver and JR.

>>77756542
alright I was getting baited nice try man.

>traded for a Duke guy
>already have a Duke rookie

Bagley to Boston?

>>77756570
he gone

>>77756569
but kyrie is way better

so how does this work? when lebron goes missing in the 4th, I.T aka king of the 4th will take over?

>>77756542
Fuck off retard.

>>77756567
>ayy yo ainge listen, ill go to your team but you better get rid of that fucking midget im serious m8

>>77756535
i'm not saying that IT takes the Cavs over the top I'm saying he replaces a lot of the scoring load that Kyrie had. They give away a little on both ends of the floor for sure but it's not like they have no one to take Kyrie's place in the offense

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>>77756569
this. i dont know who to troll anymore

>>77756602
Yes.

>>77756547

He always did good for me in basketball GM, so I like him. Surprised to see so many people shit on him

Watch the Nets pick turn into Doncic aka the White Jordan.

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How good are the Cavs now

>Irving

Celtics are the whitest team now.

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>>77756016
>A trade that makes both teams worse

Biggest problem here.

Will Kyrie be willing to give interviews to the Globe?

How did the Celtics become worse?
>get an improvement on IT (Kyrie is better offensively and defensively)
>don't have to spend 33 million next summer on IT, get to keep Kyrie for an extra year at only 20 million
>have an extra roster spot now
>no longer have a logjam at SF, both Tatum and Brown will get hella minutes now

Only way this trade is fucked for Boston is if the Nets get 1st overall or something.

>>77756654
Mohammed bamba, with his 7'1 body and 7'8 arms

>>77756666
lol

>>77756671
I don't know why any athlete who plays in Boston wouldn't just bribe the media there

I mean they clearly don't have any professional integrity or honor

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Am I being memed by everybody who says the Celtics lost this trade? Kyrie is light years better than Thomas, and on TOP of that they managed to keep both Brown and Tatum. Meanwhile, Crowder and the other guys are good, but how much of that was down to Brad Stevens maximizing their talents in his system?

The only really dicey thing is losing the Nets pick, but you can argue they had the freedom to do that after getting the Sixers/Lakers pick. How did Boston not win this trade? Is there something I'm not getting?

>>77756625
IT is already worse on defense because of his manletism. And your options for offense are:
>Korver
>Rose
>IT
What a pile of rocks

>>77756666
QUADS DONT LIE
>CELTIKEKS

>Isaiah Thomas on defense vs the Warriors

LMAO

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>>77756678
>if the Nets get 1st overall or something.

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So Boston got The Ankletaker, Tatum, Hayward, cap space and draft picks? They might run the East like they used to back in the day. I'm impressed

>>77756678
but I doubt thats happening with nets greatly improving

>>77756690
Way to completely miss the joke retard

>Kyrie is going to boston home of the prestigious MIT and Harvard

kek

>Snakeward free agency extravaganza
>Paul George trade
>CP3 trade
>Dwight Trade
>Kyrie-Isaiah trade
>Kevin durant paycut drama
>Golden State signs everyone and gets even better drama
>emergence of Lonzo Ball in Summer League

is this confirmed best off-season of all time? I'm having a blast watching the deck constantly getting reshuffled. Almost makes me want to watch basketball again

>>77756402
wrong cavs won this deal lmao

>>77756678
Tatum and Brown getting minutes is good for the long term but it's probably going to make them a lot worse next season, especially on defense.

And over the long term, yeah it's good for Brown and Tatum's development and it's good to have Kyrie for the next 5 years, but they also gave up a really good first

>>77756698
>Boston holds out on trades because of hesitating on trading their top picks
LOLOLOLOLOL AINGE BE DUMB LOLOLOLOLOL
>Boston trades for a championship PG and the guy who bailed Lebum for his championship
LOLOLOLOLOL AINGE BE DUMB HE OVERPAYED

Is Hayward the biggest winner of this off-season? He gets to escape forever mediocrity in the West, unite with his college coach to join a ECF team, then gets a top 10 player to join before the season starts.

>>77756262
Don't forget he also does a crabwalk, which is totally legal by the way.

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>drose
>lebron
>IT
>Love
>crowder
Who can stop us

>>77756132
>it's like trading for giannis over lebron just because giannis might be good in the future...
or trading IT(29) for kyrie(25) because he might be good in the future...

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>>77756739
He's going to open some eyes in the establishment academia.

I like this trade for both, but Boston really gave up a lot. And even if the Lebron leaving rumors are true, they can just instantly reload through the draft with this pick and from subsequently sucking next year. Hope Lebron wins another for Da Land this season, though. Unless he plays my team in the Finals.

>>77756770
Playing all 82 games

>>77756743
Silver lining to super teams is that every one else tries to team up. I just want competitive games. Blowouts are boring if neither team is yours.

>>77756770
The celtics

>>77756756
yes. Ainge refused to trade for good players and then traded for a worse player. it is very funny, and Danny Ainge is very bad.

>>77756722
That's what I'm saying. Nets were already almost about to lose first overall at the end of last season because they started winning a lot of games. Now that they have D-Lo who can develop and help them they're definitely better than they were last season. I mean they'll probably still be shit but there's no way they're worse than the Pacers or the Hawks.

>>77756803
>Kyrie is worse than Jimmy Buttler
please stop posting

>>77756770
Celtics mebbe Wizzies

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Who else is excited to see what Stephens does with all his new toys?

>>77756820
Kyrie IS worse than Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler is a two-way player and Kyrie is not.

>>77756835
ME
imagine Kyrie's potential with a coach!!!

>bostonfags before trade
>Thomas is top 10 in the league and should be MVP!

>after trade
>Thomas is a trash manlet, Kyrie is top 10 in the league

goddamn you can't even make up this level of delusion

>>77756851
Jimmy Butler is not nearly as good as Kyrie offensively though. That's like saying Jeff Teague is better than IT because he's a 2 way player lol

>>77756616
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

>>77756804
Speaking of shit teams, Orlando has been in fucking purgatory since that Dwight trade. Watch them nab the next great center and groom him for the Lakers.

>>77756862
LeBron is the best coach in the East, though.

>A source close to Thomas says they were unable to get in contact with Ainge all day, felt there was a lack of communication between the Celtics and Thomas's camp
>At one point, Thomas's representatives physically had to meet with Wyc Grousbeck because Ainge made himself "unavailable" for the day

Ainge is such a fucking snake holy shit

Cavabeers won desu senpai bro

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>Thomas helped recruit Horford and Hayward
>Thomas played his heart out in the first and second round despite his sister dying
>gets traded instantly

Danny Ainge status: Savage

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Mark my words if Cleveland get in the lottery (via Brooklyn) the NBA rigging that shit just like they did the year they got kyrie,Bennett,and Wiggins. THESE IS FACTS

>>77756870
Jimmy Butler's abilities on defense make up for his lesser value on offense

Jeff Teague's pretty obviously don't

>>77756869
>/nba/ before the trade
>KYRIE IS A GOD, REMEMBER WHEN HE CARRIED LEBRON? KYRIE TO SPURS WHEN?? CELKEKS ARE SO SHIT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THEIR STAR PLAYER IS A MANLET HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>/nba/ after the trade
>KYRIE SUCKSSSS, IT IS GONNA WIN A SHIP WITH LEBRON, IT WAS THE CELTICS BEST PLAYER LAST YEAR BY A MILE

>>77756869
Who are you quoting

>>77756879
classic mormon hustler

I think the Cavs should put Rose at PG and IT4 at SG, what do y'all think?

>>77756879
>>77756886
lollllll Danny is the fucking worst and it's incredible

>>77756902
underrated part of the trade honestly, the pick is definitely going to first overall now that Cleveland has it

>>77756902
The Nest are shit, they will be a bottom barrel team.

Only the Cawks and Bulls are equally if not far worse.

I don't think jae crowder is shit but I don't think he helps a substantial amount.

IT is actually garbage. He's a great scorer but his height limits him so much and his defense is even worse than kyrie. I believe the only reason Boston won a single game in the cavs series was because IT was out and they didn't have to/weren't forced to run that retarded ass 3 point guard line up anymore with him, smart and Avery.

Zizic is garbage. But I still think Cleveland wins the trade. Crowder is solid and the nets pick is good.

>>77756351
cops in the back looking ready

>>77756879
jesus christ

it's not just a loss it's a loss of the year. Like the nets came out better than the celtics. Isaiah is a better player AND they traded their picks plus crowder and zizic who is really good probably an all-star. someday. Honestly get fucked this has been waiting for a while celtics. fuck you guys hard tho.

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> Isaiah is a better player

>>77756902
>Keep Cleveland relevant
>reward Indiana/Orlando/Atlanta to keep small market satisfied
>76ers get yet another #1 overall
>try to give phoenix one last piece if they can't improve

>>77756987
isaiah is a fucking meme system PG
he averaged like 5 a game before Stevens
Kyrie averaged like 25 without lebron his rookie season
Kyrie is gonna break scoring records under stevens

>There was significant concern from Celtics about Isaiah Thomas' hip, source told ESPN. Turning 29, game is built on speed.

Boston now has to go out and get someone like Deandre Jordan or Gasol. They are building for the present, not 6 years in the future.

>Cashnasty
>Oprahside
>Korzemba
The Trinity

>The absolute state of LeCuck stans ITT
Based Danny has done it again

>implying Stevens won't be able to make Kyrie play defense

Stevens is a real coach, not a toothless figurehead for King James. Kyrie is finally going to live up to his potential.

>>77756870

Difference is Jimmy could go for 50 every night, he just chooses not to because he wants to conserve his energy for other facets of the game like defense and rebounding.

Kyrie literally won't stop trying to score even to the detriment to the team. He has such a one track mind and is weak.

so whos gunna give IT the max next next year?

>>77757047
Detroit Pistons

>>77757026
maybe they should have traded for Paul George then aaaaaaaahahahahaha

Kyrie is by far the most overrated player in the league, and Crowder is one of the most underrated. Cavs unironically won this trade by a mile. I'm happy though because now raptors will absolutely destroy the celtics

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Who /teamKyrieandnowfollowingtheCelticsnextyear/ here?

>>77757047
The Cavs after LeBron leaves

Celtics literally have no defenders, I think the Raptors might be better than them at this point if Ibaka can keep it together another year.

Big winner in this trade is the Milwaukee Bucks. Cleveland and Boston both managed to get worse in this trade. Maybe Cleveland could keep making moves with the pieces they got but the cavs front office blows.
Boston gave up 4 solid players for a head case that can't play defense.
The cavs didn't get anything that will help them vs the Warriors so Lebron is off to San Antonio.

Antekokounmpo and the bucks just need to not fuck up majorly.

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>>77757046
>Jimmy could go for 50 every night, he just chooses not to

Can't wait for Curry and Klay to look up and see Isaiah and D Rose guarding them. Everyone that said Kyrie doens't play defense is gonna miss him when Isaiah is getting bullied by every point guard in the league without avery bradley to hide him.

Lmao, just when the Cavs were destined to be doomed following an offseason in which they did absolutely nothing, the Celtics come and give them IT4, Crowder, and the Nets pick. Is everyone in the East retarded? I would fire Danny Ainge immediately.

>>77757056
Kyrie is still better than any bum on your team lol. Hayward too.

>>77757054
Paul George is not a rebounding big, though.

Can someone pls explain to me (not a fan of either team) how Kyrie is not an upgrade over IT?

>>77757031
Cash mad dick riding LeBron tho. OSN is cool tho. Mike gets annoying sometimes but overall he's cool.

>>77756935
Get ready to give up 150 a game

>>77757056
>unironically

Did you real need to put that? Of course they won this thread is retarded if they want to argue otherwise, even without IT and the Pick it's arguably a win for the Cavs because NO one is offering them more then that for reeeeeeee, arguing the celtics won this trade is like arguing that the thunder lost the paul george trade except their were no picks involved in that one tho man.

>>77757094
nice i read youtube comments too

>>77757110
He plays for the Celtics so he's automatically worse

>>77757085
Give Dellavadova back to the Cavs.

>>77757110
I think even people who hate the trade would say that Kyrie is an upgrade over IT

they just paid way too much for him

faggots

Oh my fucking god the celtics just got butt raped
>trading the 2nd best point guard and a good small forward with some guy and the first pick of next year for a egomaniac who cant lead a team
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA AINGE NEEDS TO FUCKING STOP MAKING ME LAUGH SO HARD

>>77757138
what is way too much? Crowder is garbage

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>>77757110
Actually he's not an upgrade over Crowder.

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TRUTH

>>77757165
Who the fuck is Jaylon lmao.

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LeBron dick riders are literally going insane right now with all the false flagging and shit flinging at the Celtics it's fucking hilarious, lmao.

>>77757160
Crowder is good on defense which helps when you're playing a shitty defensive PG

if they had given up Crowder or the pick, I could see justifying it, but with both, they're hurting themselves for next year and for the future

>>77757165
Based Skip

lmao cucks tryin argue losing roleplayers for a 25 year old superstar who hasn't even hit his prime is bad

>>77757200
Crowder wasn't getting any minutes.

>>77757186
jaylen brown... uh oh lebron

>>77757165
Horford is ass, Jaylen is a punk, Jayson is a cuck numale and Hayward is a snake.

Kyrie is the only real ass nigga on the Celtics

Good thing Kyries gonna sign the extension too. He wanted to go to New York to be around his hood and bostons right around the corner with a better front office and better team and better fans

Crowder never had a spot in Boston, they were going to get rid of him no matter what. Hayward/Tatum were their SF lineup of the future.

Man at this point, if yall dont know what the GMs in the league are plotting, don't say shit like "Theres no way this nigga is getting traded to this team". Who expected PG to go to OKC? And CP3 to HOU? Now IT to CLE? This off-season is more exciting than last season's playoffs lmao

When you're argument for not losing this trade is jae crowder, i think thats how we know you lost the trade LMAO

>>77757223
why wouldn't he get minutes when he was the best defender on the team after Bradley got traded

>>77757244
>yall

just stop

>>77757253
Because he's the 5th best SF on the team.

Literally the only rational celtics fan on this trade has been Brian freaking Scalabrine.

Go fucking figure.

>Celtics defense got worse with Crowder and Avery gone
>Kyrie won't be THAT much of an upgrade over IT next year, who will be in a contract year
>Celtics now forced to play 20 and 19 year olds more time, meaning a lot more issues

Jesus, how is SCALABRINE the only logical person on this?

I love the Cavs , but I wouldn't mind seeing the Celtics in the finals now.

>>77757261
wtf

>>77757242
if they're trying to build around the future and Jayson Tatum, why would they want to trade a top-5 pick in next year's draft

I'm so glad Lesnake is getting BTFO left and around.

>>77757200
lol k pal, Crowder is a league average player, there's been thousands like him in the NBA's history

>>77757304
they're trying to do both, ainge is a genius

Celtics are gonna get fucked hard by the Raptors, imagine DeRozan's eyes lighting up when he sees Hayward, Tatum and Brown guarding him, he's gonna eat that ass

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https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/900148103348502528

>rudy gobbert retweet

>>77757210

you honestly think they needed to trade their best player AND a potential #1 pick for a guy with injury concerns who plays no D?

Even if Lebron stays it's time for the cavs to start rebuilding. He'll be 33 this season. With kyrie this would've been their last year to have even a small chance of winning the finals before lebron's age really shows. Cavs both teams won this trade, cavs for the long run and celtics move into serious win now contention

>>77757272
because you and Scal are both knuckleheads

IT wanted the Brinks Trunk but the Celtics gave him the U Haul lmfao.

>le ineffecient manlet chucker vs superstar just about to hit his prime
wow tough choice LMFAO

/nba/ now trying to pretend some roleplayer that's easily replaced is some huge loss ahahahhahahahahahahhahaha

Based fucking Skip

https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/900160065146990592

>>77756226

Only reason I never liked LeBron was because he didn't see the potential in Danny Green and treated him as nothing more than a dance monkey. After that happened I found it impossible to ever like him.

>>77757272
Same people who believe that being good in Summer League means that you're immediately going to step up and be good in the NBA right away

>>77757316
Taking Crowder's minutes and giving them to Brown and Tatum instead makes them a worse team

>>77757304
Have you seen the prospects for next year? They're all SFs.

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Bro wtf i fucks with IT but really nigga and Kyrie Just Said He Would Stay he would stay they trade him Man im out


Watching every Celtics game that's on tv so i can my.nigga Kyrie
2018 Champs Cleveland

Why are people all of a sudden dickriding Jae fucking Crowder of all people?

>>77757349
Dude got fucked so hard by Ainge. If LeBron leaves, he's not getting paid at all. Maybe some team without a PG gives him a 3 year but man what a fucking snake move

Magic need a PG right? that meme hair kid is pretty shit at shooting

>>77757367
who did they even trade green for?

>25 year old superstar who hasn't hit his prime yet
vs
>Roleplayer
>30 year old manlet about to fall off a cliff
>Scrub who will be in the league for 2 years and then be sent back to Europe

Wow real hard choice

>>77757342
How do you even start to rebuild with the threat of the Warriors in the West?

>>77757337
This offseason has been a godsend to what would've been a dying league.

>>77757368
>Taking Crowder's minutes and giving them to Brown and Tatum instead makes them a worse team

not really, they're both superior in numerous facets and need the playing time.

>>77757333
>DeRozan
>performing in the playoffs

lol

>kyrie irving redpills the celtics about bogdanoffs and they all quit the nba to live in the mountains and herd sheep
>isiah thomas and jae crowder discover ohioan heroin and die from a drug overdose which mentally destroys lebron
>john wall gets shot after a homeless man becomes aware of his contract extension and tries to impersonate him by skinning him
>hawks implode because they're the hawks
>dwight howard takes an leave of absence after birthing his 25th child, only to find out he's now HIV positive

why the FUCK aren't you betting on the raptors to win the conference

>>77756616
my sides

>>77757381
LeBitch dickriders obviously.

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Evan turner blowing celshits fans THE FUCK OUT somebody stop this man

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Wow

>>77757332
same kinda genius that trades two dimes for a quarter

>>77757353
you say that he's easily replaced but the Celtics literally don't have a good replacement

>>77757357
I really respect and admire Skip Bayless, he has a real telepathic sense for what retards like you will agree with

>>77757414
I didn't say anything about the playoffs but the Celtics will end up getting bounced by the Wizkids or something

>>77757380
>Kyrie Just Said He Would Stay
source?

>>77757378
>Bamba
>Ayton
>SFs

>>77757333
All of them are above average defenders, so no his eyes wouldn't light up. I'm sure they are scared of someone who shoots sub 40% in pretty much every playoff game.

>>77757415
Go Bucks

>>77757333
derozan is so fucking bad
how many more choke jobs do you need
before you realize this
>"WOW DEROZAN PLS DONT CLANK THIS OFF THE SIDE OF THE RIM!"

>>77757407
>trade all of your assets for a guy you could have got for free

>>77757440
Guy is butthurt Celtics wouldn't give him a huge deal LOL

Now he got a huge deal from Blazers and they are regretting it

>>77757460
Kyrie Irving is reportedly "thrilled" to be joining the Celtics & Boston is likely to re-sign him long term by extension. (via @wojespn)

>>77757451
>don't have a good replacement
>the #3 picks in the last two drafts

>>77757411
but nba wasnt dying. ratings have been better than ever. the playoffs are going to be shitty though. it hasnt been this popular since jordan

>>77757474
>>77757492

they aren't even average defenders, all of them are subpar

why do you think Jazz let Rudy roam behind Hayward? because he gets his ass beaten on first steps

Tatum is lazy af (see summer league)

Brown fouls too much

Smart is the only decent defender you have and he's undersized and prone to flopping

>>77757378
Bagley and Bamba are PFs, Ayton is a center, Doncic might be SG or SF. Porter is the only one in the top 5 who's definitely a small forward (but he's also probably better than Tatum)

>>77757413
They are not both superior in numerous facets. Jayson Tatum is not going to be better than Jae Crowder his rookie year.

>>77757410
They're the reason any team close a championship would start rebuilding. With lebron not getting young and his age starting to show, it's time for the cavs to either rebuild without him completely, or start a new core around him. Celtics already have a good team that can potentinally win the east + younger players to grow with going forward. Both teams won the trade.

>>77757529
>You
I'm a wizard fan you stupid casual fan, everything you just said is false.

You're obese by the way

>>77757448
Bulls are trying to damage my mans name just to get a cheap buyout. I will gladly take him on the heat to mentor winslow and bam adebayo

>>77757474
>above average defenders

kek not every close

>>77757529
my point wasn't that the celtics have great defenders
my point was no one is scared of dechokezan when the games matter

im putting $500 on the wizards to win the east

Whoever gets the superstar wins the trade. Congratulations Celtic fans.

>>77757407
you conviently forgot top 5 pick

Why trade the 2018 pick in a draft class with potential monsters?

>>77757517
aren't going to be as good as Crowder this year

your plan as a playoff team should basically never involve relying on rookies and first year players to be important rotation guys

Those game designers have got to be pissed lol

>>77757474
>hayward
>above average defender
https://youtu.be/9TlON4FWdFA?t=4s

getting crossed by a big lmao

>Adrian WojnarowskiVerified account @wojespn 38s38 seconds ago
More
Boston has believed rest + rehab would return Thomas' hip to a full recovery. Cavs plan to monitor closely, anxious to give him physical.

lol even better if IT never heals

>>77757581
>conviently

>>77757548
Cleveland has one more year of LeBron, they need to go all in while they have a chance. Once he's gone, then they start rebuilding.

Crowder is literally a below average roleplayer and laker fishies ITT acting like hes some elite player im laughng hard

>>77757397

they didn't trade him they just released him =/

popovich then picked him up for peanuts and he ended up being the perfect 3nD guy in that Spurs championship run

>>77757580

Right, we all know the epic results when Kyrie is leading a team

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>>77757551
>You're obese by the way
Why would you say this? Can you infer my weight from my post, im actually 6'4" 190 and kinda skelly :^)

kyrie and hayward are gunna have chemistry problems. cap this

I'm honestly ready for next offseason. We get to see the real fun then. Where will Westbrook and PG go? Where does the banana boat crew go? Do the warriors get even better again after going back to back? How will the celtics build around kyrie? I don't see anything else happening this offseason and maybe like melo or westbrook get traded in the middle of the season but I'm really just excited for the offseason.

>>77757603
>IT literally about to get a Rajon Rondo dropoff lmfaoooo

Post yfw lebron to da apple with porzingis and melo against bombston and kyrie

>>77757624
man
too bad lebron couldnt use a 3nD sg right now...

>>77757619
the Celtics played 11 points better when he was on the floor last year

Why are Laker fans always butthurt? Is it because they never get good free agents and every player they trade for leaves them as soon as their contract is up?

>>77757548
I honestly don't see anyone in the East going to the Finals as long as Lebron is there.

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>>77757636
Kyrie tried recruiting Hayward to the Cavs in 2014

>>77757617
Well they weren't going anywhere with their second best player not wanting to be there. At least this way they get a pick plus a good player and a good defender and they can let go of both lebrons and thomas' contracts next year and really start rebuilding if they need to

>>77757639
nah rajon rondo dropped off because he was a shitty teammate. different scenario

>>77757656
>more damage control

A lot of y'all don't realize the Cavs also acquired a skilled 7 footer. Ante Zizic....

>>77757658
thats just filters on a pic of giannis,

What pills are best to use to kill yourself in your sleep?

fuck, i wanted to get a kyrie jersey but i dont like bostons colorway, would it be autistic to get a cavs kyrie jersey on sale?

>>77757636
Hayward is the guy now in Boston, Kyrie is nothing more but a two year rental.

If he doesn't like playing for the Celtics he gets traded next season.

He's in the same boat as Paul George, he'll try to make shit work but his heart is in New York or San Antonio.

>>77756042
they won the trade desu

>>77757699
Nah he dropped off after he tore his ACL. You can tell he just wasn't as shifty or fast as he was before. Couldn't attack the basket like he used to.

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Even though KD is a snake, you have to thank him for this crazy offseason. Now this season is going to be competitive as WHAT