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Quote from: carlisle1 on July 09, 2022, 07:51:36 PM

Having a franchise star like KD is one of the best thing to happen in each team inside the league,

I don’t know about that. He quit on Oklahoma City. He wasn’t happy in Golden State. He destroyed a budding Nets franchise. I don’t think any of his former teammates consider him a friend. He’s one of the best basketball players still, sure. I think a lot of regrets come from previous teams. Certainly someone like Tim Duncan or Steph Curry’s loyalty is what owners are hoping they get when they shell out big bucks for stars.

Damn true. I was eyeing for the 2018-2019 Brooklyn Nets before Kyrie, KD, and Harden happened. The roster before was composed of Dinwiddie, Allen, Harris, LeVert, and Russell. A team with young competitive stars. If there will be a trade, I'd just kick Russell for 1 star and a veteran to deal with experience.
Kevin Durant could fill both that spot but they decided to pursue not just two but three stars and all the young roleplayer scattered at different teams.
Luckily, that did them good. Dinwiddie is now a good wingman for Doncic proven during the playoffs to WCF and Allen with a 5-year 100 million deal with the Cavs.

That's correct, they gave up a lot of players just to accommodate the big 3, and it turns out not all of them were healthy in the season they played together. Net's cannot change what happened, they made a mistake for being too ambitious, they want to instantly turn their team into a championship team, and now they are paying for the consequences.