I hope I am wrong but my gut feeling is that Kyrie is a Knick by 2020 season start .... possibly earlier.
It is just a gut feeling but my intuition for Celtics things is pretty strong. I think Kyrie has always wanted to be a knick. If LeBron goes to Lakers it might rekindle a NY vs LA rivalry.
Wuuuuut??
What on earth is this based on?
Well depends on which earth we're talking about here..
Is it flat? Middle? Oval shaped?
And that doesn't make any sense. Knicks was his preferred trade destination, but only because he wanted to be in a good market with a great supporting cast in KP. Kyrie has that and more here..
Kyrie is a different kind of cat. I love his game on the court, but I wonder how he will adjust when Jalen or Jason decides to make the team "theirs". Some little things bother me already in terms of his buy in.
1) Why a no show at a critical game 7? I see the excuses about deviated septum surgeries, but NBA players are fully able to schedule elective surgery any time they want. It is a lame excuse ... even Hayward made it in along with Theis and Larkin.
2) As a vet, it seems the young guns drifted much more to AL as a leader than Kyrie. This is somewhat normal as Kyrie was also new on the roster and AL is a natural leader, but even on the court it showed up in body language etc.
Anyway, I am not bashing Kyrie ... i love his game in fact. I AM questioning his long term commitment to the C's and whether his heart is still in NYC.
Don't be shocked if the rest of him is in NYC by start of 2020.