 So they did it. They traded them. They traded them to the Dallas Mavericks They traded them for draft picks that Sean Marks might not be around as the next GM to actually execute those picks or he might trade them, but 2029 is the first round pick and a couple of second round picks as well in those years. So there we have it They got Dorian Finney Smith. It was a good stretch Stretch three stretch four that sort of you know, three and D sort of guy And they have Spencer Dinwitty who will slide into the spot vacated by Kyrie Irving and Kyrie Irving goes to the Mavericks and The Mavericks has said let's let's table contract talks till the end of the year Which is something that could have been done with the Nets now when you read about all the ramifications of Kyrie not being traded, which is what I was for to not trade and make them play Now I'm hearing from a lot of people that he was very very Very determined and willing to sit out the entire rest of the season and take his chance as a free agent now If he was gonna leave as a free agent no matter what even if he did play The Nets would not have been able to replace him because they're so far over the cap That his number would just come off and they wouldn't be able to replace him so what they've done is they got the number of dimwitty who makes about 20 21 million a year and Finney Smith as well. I think he makes about 11 or 20 12 million a year and that money could be moved and replaced But if you're over the cap and the money that you spend on the player and in Kyrie's case I think it's 36 million if that goes away and it goes away forever. You can't replace the player so I understand why they did it and Donna Peter, you know me a very very well Part of me is is kind of like smiling Joe sigh the owner of the Nets from what I've heard told Sean Marks trade him do not trade him where he Wants to go which is the Lakers and that I like because that's a that's a form of vindictiveness And I wouldn't go out of my way to help Kyrie Irving because what he's done is he is systematically brutally destroyed This franchise what it's about their culture the whole deal Why should you send him where he wants to go and they didn't do it and I give them credit for that Yeah, you can't you'd like to be vindictive and it worked out you were able to trade them to where I Wouldn't say he didn't want to go but not the place his destination LA Get a chance to play with the Lakers what you wanted to do But you got to do its best for your franchise and when you start to get the feeling that he wasn't going to play Which is so gutless on his part really I wouldn't you talk about like you it's about the money with him But you really think that he was going to get big-time money if he sat out the entire year You're not you don't think there's gonna be coddles on any contract that the teams can get out from under If he ends up being a head case for them Did he really believe that he was going to be able to get the maximum amount of a contract? giving all the trouble he gave to Brooklyn and then if it ending with a holdout for the rest of the season and Sacrificing a chance to possibly compete for a championship. He's delusional But the interesting thing though Don is that when you read how many teams were lining up to get him? Well, I guess I've always said it and it's become a laughable cliche amongst the three of us Talent is a great deodorant. So I think they look at what he could that's always been the case with him because he is talented So transcendent that's why Danny is just one of the smartest basketball people in the world He wanted him with the Celtics and he he tried to destroy the Celtics, but he couldn't do it But we got to stop with the whole transcendent talent. He's Anthony did the math He played in 55% of the Nets games, but when he plays he's great But he's all but he's only playing in half your games How is that helping you? And it would have been less than 50% Peter had he gotten his if he didn't get traded and sat out the rest of the season We'd be talking about a player that while he was here for the three-plus years He was here playing less than 50% of the games Do you know how talented you have to be to be able to make up for more than a half of the times? You don't play see but the Nets had him in the perfect situation I thought this year one-year deal prove yourself and then you'll get paid Now the Mavericks probably having the best case scenario too because he does realize he's got to play every single game every game Now if he gets hurt he gets hurt everybody gets hurt But if he's healthy, he's got to play every single game play well and maybe drive the Mavericks to the Western Conference finals It's gonna be it's gonna be really interesting guys and Peter. I'm sure you thought about this as well I don't know how Luca and Kyrie mesh Luca is a ball dominant guy Kyrie Irving is a ball dominant point guard now He knows how to play with store players and share of the spotlight. He played with LeBron He played with Durant. He knows how to defer But he don't also usually has a ball on his hand and gets the ball to those guys This is a case where Luca always has the ball on his hand. He brings the ball up It's gonna be very interesting and we're moving Dorian Finney-Smith who's one of their best defenders from that team It's gonna be interesting to see how that mess is now They have Jason Kidd who certainly knew how to defer and when he went to Dallas he deferred to Dirk Novitski, but is Kyrie of that mindset? I don't know well Kyrie has many things a Jason Kidd. He is not One of the great assessment of all time. That's what I thought about the whole time I just thought how does Dallas make sense and it actually gave me Even more respect for what Sean Marks pulled off here Because while a lot of people could say this is a light load considering Kyrie's talent So the point Don was making earlier. You're not getting his talent You're getting his talent plus whatever Michigas comes with it whatever nonsense comes along Now you're gonna add him to Dallas where you have one of the best players in the league But unlike Kevin Durant is a player who requires the ball in his hand a lot So I just don't see oh, and then let me add one more thing guys He's struggled with in New York, and I understand New York is a bigger media hub than Dallas But a Dallas is a huge sports media hub And I don't think I'm pointing out anything crazy and saying in terms of like-mindedness Kyrie's gonna do a lot better with the population of New York than he's gonna do in Dallas that thing has Implosion again written all over it. I'm sorry. I there was one scenario that made sense that I could see working out I think we all agree right LA could have worked because if he goes to LA And he plays under LeBron and sort of bends the knee to some extent and is like hey I'm here to be whatever you need me to be. You're the greatest of all time. I could see how that worked I don't know guys Luca and Kyrie. I don't know that either has the true alpha dog mentality to take over that team It's a it's a messy predicament And also I don't know how close they are to even getting out of the West I mean right now they're a six seed nine off the pace for the top in the conference They could very easily finish as a play-in, you know So does this is this a path to a championship warm? I understand the West is wide open But for we could end up being a rental we'll see you're not gonna talk contract with them until the end of the season Michael I mean this isn't even gonna work for Dallas They could be just one and done to but a better chance to go deeper with Brooklyn if if though I will say this if somehow a miracle happens and Kyrie decides he wants to prove the world wrong and he wants to adapt and Really allow Luca to be Luca and facilitate and do all the things. He's absolutely capable of Don They will absolutely improve I think from being a six seed I just don't think that any of us believe that right now He has that in his DNA because the last few years he hasn't shown any ability to do that You would you would assume that he's he's rational, right? So rational thought would would lead you to believe he has to play great And he has to play all the time just to delude Dallas into giving him a max card He's looking for four years two hundred million bucks. That's what he wanted from the Nets and the Nets put some You know some guardrails there. Well, you've got to play and well one thing that supposedly really ruffled his feathers They they will they were gonna guarantee a certain amount of money if they want a championship this year He didn't want any part of that. So we'll see and there is an advantage for Kyrie though guys Which we haven't even thought about now He's close to where the situation is where he could really delve in to the Kennedy assassination and all the conspiracy theories So I think he'll be able to opine on that really soon Grassy Knowles is first to be the book depository that is you have by the way great museum you got to go There's a lot of fun to Investigate a lot of wormholes to dive into if he wants to in that area, but Michael I'm kind of curious when you say you assume he's rational Well, how do you make that assumption? That was the craziest thing you've said in years How could you assume that he's rationing because because I thought the same thing going into this year Well, of course, he's gonna mind his peas and queues. He's in last year of his contract He's got a team that's got a chance to contend and he put his head down play great basketball and get a monster deal And he still couldn't help himself So you assume he's gonna go to Dallas and in these last few months help them compete so he get a monster contract But Peter's right. What's what's the next thing on the horizon? What's the next thing around the corner that's gonna get him off the deep end and not playing or what fight is he getting into? What cause he's gonna try to climb into that's gonna keep him off the court So I don't know where there's any evidence that he's rationed