Is it possible to first sign KD and than re-sign with KI. Do we have cap space for that?
Nope.
I still don't understand why Irving doesn't want to play here with Stevens... KD and Kyrie could be apart of something special here... I mean did he really hate Stevens that much?
Kyrie saw himself as a vet who could coast through parts of the regular season, and could turn it on in the playoffs. This strategy probably made the most sense in Cleveland, where the team's playoff performance hinged almost completely on LeBron and him, and they both had developed playing styles that the team accepted as fully formed.
Stevens sees the season as a platform for development and continuous improvement. We had a lot to work out and the team depended on the growth of the younger players. We couldn't depend on two players. We needed a team wide culture. We needed to play hard consistently.
Stevens also had different ideas about pacing and movement than Kyrie, and Kyrie wanted none of it. He likes to play at a controlled pace. He thought it was the job of the team to wrap itself around him, instead of the other way around.
Stevens was right, and Kyrie was wrong about all of it. He developed certain ideas about how teams work in Cleveland, and wanted it to work that way here, only with him playing the LeBron role. There was no salvaging this. He's just not a Celtic.
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