Nash might bring Kyrie off the bench due to anti-vax stance

RosalieTCeltics wrote:No one else wanted it, too many headaches. Plus, to him? it is a position of power

gyso wrote:dbrown,

Read my post (above).  

IMO (standard version) , the league will have to wait at least a couple seasons to change the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in order to address this issue.

What were the players thinking when they gave this fracking nut-job a position of power in the player's union?

https://nbpa.com/leadership/

gyso wrote:Bob,

I saw that article.  

Report: Nets won't offer Kyrie Irving $186M extension amid COVID-19 vaccine saga

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-nets-wont-offer-kyrie-irving-186-m-extension-amid-vaccine-saga-222726520.html

That's a lot of cash to lose for an ignorant reason.

I also saw one where the Nyets had no interest in a swap for Simmons, problem child for problem child.

Like jrleftfoot says, "I'm just glad that flat earther is no longer a Celtic."

gyso

bobheckler wrote:Just saw a rumor the Nets will NOT offer Kyrie a contract extension.   He's in the 3rd year of his 4 year deal he signed with us.

This stuns me, if true.  What it says to me is that not only is Kyrie not worth his baggage to the Nets,  the Nets don't think any other team will think He's worth it either.   That's why they're not willing to make the contract commitment to him.  They're afraid they won't find any willing trade partners who will offer value for him so they'rereadyto let him walk for nothing.  It's The Simmons Scenario.


Bob


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BaronV wrote:

bobheckler wrote:Just saw a rumor the Nets will NOT offer Kyrie a contract extension.   He's in the 3rd year of his 4 year deal he signed with us.

This stuns me, if true.  What it says to me is that not only is Kyrie not worth his baggage to the Nets,  the Nets don't think any other team will think He's worth it either.   That's why they're not willing to make the contract commitment to him.  They're afraid they won't find any willing trade partners who will offer value for him so they'rereadyto let him walk for nothing.  It's The Simmons Scenario.


Bob


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Good.  I'm glad front offices are starting to take a harder stance against these knucklehead players.  Don't think you have to follow state laws?  You don't work here anymore.  Don't like the contract you signed?  Too bad.  No money for you.  Letting the inmates run the asylum has been going on for too long.  

dbrown4 wrote:Couple more thoughts here.

1)  Can you imagine this all happening while Kyrie was a Celtic?!!!!  IMHBAO, Boston has always had a way of keeping things on an even keel throughout its history in spite of all the winning (and droughts as well).  And it's always good to have things like this happening to other franchises, not ours.  I don't think Boston would have handled something like this very well at all.  Don't know why and can't prove it, just a feeling.  They are usually very skillful at being out in front of things.  All the time.  Uncanny one might say.  

That whole thought really blows my mind.  Wouldn't he still be here if we hadn't traded him?!  Holy Crap!!  I honestly think something like this would have destroyed the Celtics organization.    

2)  Since Kyrie is looking like he wants to keep all his options on the table, can BKN waive him at this point?  What would that entail?  A buyout?  Please clarify, gyso or others.  Present valuing a $70 million contract just to sweep this all under the rug and not subject the rest of the league to the what ifs and the whims of Kyrie doesn't seem like that much a price to pay for the greedy Nets.  Of course BKN in going to have to realize that the championship aspirations all over even before the 1st game of the season.  Good luck with that.  Greed is fickle bitch.  I was personally wrapped up in its clutches in a former life and lost everything.  Certainly not on this scale, but this will go under the category of the bigger they are, the harder they fall.  

db

Ktron wrote:

BaronV wrote:

bobheckler wrote:Just saw a rumor the Nets will NOT offer Kyrie a contract extension.   He's in the 3rd year of his 4 year deal he signed with us.

This stuns me, if true.  What it says to me is that not only is Kyrie not worth his baggage to the Nets,  the Nets don't think any other team will think He's worth it either.   That's why they're not willing to make the contract commitment to him.  They're afraid they won't find any willing trade partners who will offer value for him so they'rereadyto let him walk for nothing.  It's The Simmons Scenario.


Bob


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Good.  I'm glad front offices are starting to take a harder stance against these knucklehead players.  Don't think you have to follow state laws?  You don't work here anymore.  Don't like the contract you signed?  Too bad.  No money for you.  Letting the inmates run the asylum has been going on for too long.  

Agree that the players that don’t take the jab should take a seat. But…
Careful about State laws. Ex: This clown of a governor in Texas issued an order that disallowed businesses, schools and consumer orgs from mandating masks and vaccines. Airlines and such are still mandating based on there transporting worldwide so basically they are continuing to mandate. Even though some Fed laws supersede I wouldn’t leave anything up to the states pro or anti.