« Reply #572 on: June 05, 2018, 04:02:45 PM »
Regardless, Kyrie Irving went down and no one even noticed. The team went on to take the Cavs to a game 7 in the ECF with Rozier running the point... Most people were not suggesting the team would do that when Kyrie was healthy.
If the Celtics have the option to trade Kyrie for multiple future firsts this offseason they'd be fools not to do it.
I couldn't disagree more. The reason you acquire draft picks is to eventually daft someone like Kyrie. The Celtics already have Kyrie.
I don't understand how the Celtics going to 7 with Cleveland means Kyrie isn't needed. If Kyrie had been here, maybe the Celtics would still be playing. Given what they showed during this playoffs, I think that's the case.
Terry Rozier was terrific after Kyrie went down but he's never going to be as good as Kyrie. Why would you trade the better player who's only 2 years older and has 6-8 more prime years ahead of him to keep the lesser player?
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