It would be hilarious if he ended up coming back after everything that has happened. The amount of people on this site that would have to eat crow...
Would be the most Kyrie thing ever.
I’ve resigned myself to the fact that he’s gone (similarly to the C’s apparently). Not sure how I’d react if he came back
Do we even want him back?
Or just for a couple of months and then ship him away to the highest bidder?
At this stage that’s what I’d try and do. Make him the centrepiece of a deal for someone
I am not sure why more players don't go the Blake Griffin route and collect their additional $50M. Like, tell the team, I am only re-signing so I can be traded at the deadline to the team of my choice. This way you'll get assets for me and I'll get the additional money.
And if things go extraordinarily well, have a sit down before the deadline to see if the player has changed their mind. Players giving up the extra year and money so they can only sign with a team that has cap space just doesn't make sense to me. In Kyrie's case, though, every team he would want to sign with does have cap space...so that part of the argument doesn't really hold up here.
If AD could have just held out for a few more months, he would be getting the supermax extension; but, at least he is going to the team he plans on signing with.
Doing what you suggest gives all the power to the team, though. You tell them you really don't want to be there but want the money and ask them to send you to specific teams at the deadline. Well, once that contract is signed, the player loses control.
The team now knows you are not committed to the team so why are they going to grant you your wish to trade you to your preferred destination after you signed? If that team can now get a great deal from the worst team in the league in a city the player hates, that player could end up there....for years.
There is no way that happens.
Also, not sure how many here have actually negotiated a contract but you don't go into negotiations with false pretenses, it's actually illegal, I think. You don't go into negotiations with Kyrie trying to convince him to stay, while not disclosing your only reason to do it is solely so you can trade him a couple months later. That's misrepresentation, I think, and if Kyrie could prove that were your intentions thing might go bad.