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NBA Rumors: Timing Of Kyrie Irving, Al Horford Signings Was ‘Curious’
by 112288 Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:25 pm
NBA Rumors: Timing Of Kyrie Irving, Al Horford Signings Was ‘Curious’
NESN by NESN Staff on Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 10:05PM
The Boston Celtics had a busy first night of free agency. Kyrie Irving teamed up with Kevin Durant and joined the Brooklyn Nets, while Al Horford agreed to a four-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers. Of course, Boston brought in Kemba Walker to fill the backcourt void, but the flurry of activity right at 6 p.m. ET was reportedly the result of some early negotiating. “Al was never coming back to Boston – they had a deal done two weeks ago,” a league source told Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald.
According to the source, the package deal of Irving and Durant heading to Brooklyn was done “months ago.” No, it’s not breaking news that tampering does in fact occur around the NBA, but this certainly changes the narrative of Boston making a strong push to keep Horford in the hours leading up to the opening of free agency. There were rumors of a sign-and-trade deal that would have opened the door for the veteran big man to return to the Celtics, but it appears that was all staged. The Celtics did find a big man on Monday, agreeing to a two-year deal with free agent center Enes Kanter.
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NESN by NESN Staff on Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 10:05PM
The Boston Celtics had a busy first night of free agency. Kyrie Irving teamed up with Kevin Durant and joined the Brooklyn Nets, while Al Horford agreed to a four-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers. Of course, Boston brought in Kemba Walker to fill the backcourt void, but the flurry of activity right at 6 p.m. ET was reportedly the result of some early negotiating. “Al was never coming back to Boston – they had a deal done two weeks ago,” a league source told Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald.
According to the source, the package deal of Irving and Durant heading to Brooklyn was done “months ago.” No, it’s not breaking news that tampering does in fact occur around the NBA, but this certainly changes the narrative of Boston making a strong push to keep Horford in the hours leading up to the opening of free agency. There were rumors of a sign-and-trade deal that would have opened the door for the veteran big man to return to the Celtics, but it appears that was all staged. The Celtics did find a big man on Monday, agreeing to a two-year deal with free agent center Enes Kanter.
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Re: NBA Rumors: Timing Of Kyrie Irving, Al Horford Signings Was ‘Curious’
by 112288 Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:33 pm
I hope an investigation begins in all this behind closed door activities. Something is rotten in the NBA and once fans get wind of this, it could destroy the league.
The league better start thinking of curbing this stacking of teams and collusion among players, agents and teams.
This could open up a federal investigation which is not good!
If I was an NBA owner, and I was not able to share in top free agent signings because the fix was in, I would be pissed. The value of one franchise increases in value while mine declines or remains flat.............NOT GOOD!
This could be bigger than the college fixing scandal in the 1950's!
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The league better start thinking of curbing this stacking of teams and collusion among players, agents and teams.
This could open up a federal investigation which is not good!
If I was an NBA owner, and I was not able to share in top free agent signings because the fix was in, I would be pissed. The value of one franchise increases in value while mine declines or remains flat.............NOT GOOD!
This could be bigger than the college fixing scandal in the 1950's!
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