There are times when a “simple” trade between two teams has an impact on the rest of the NBA. It may be because it opens up banning new businesses or paralyzing others. In the case of movement Kyrie Irving of brooklyn nets to Dallas Mavericks This exchange is sure to have ramifications that may affect a large number of franchises, directly or indirectly.
On Friday the 3rd, Kyrie requested the transfer to the New Yorkers, and on the same Sunday, February 5, the news had already leaked that he would go to Texas to play with him. Luke Doncic. An express departure from what was one of the mainstays of the Nets’ 2019 Free Agency project and one that leaves them in an extremely precarious position (again).
Normally when one wonders after a transfer of these features who he was the team that won the operation and that lost it the logic is to reduce it to those involved. In the case of the trade between Brooklyn and Dallas, there are more franchises and players that will feel the impact.
It’s time to break it down.
The winners of the Kyrie Irving trade
Kyrie Irving
Never forget the fact that the NBA is a business. That maxim that applies so much to the team’s decision-making happens to be Kyrie’s card in this long process. After the controversy caused by the publication of anti-Semitic content on their networks last October, the point guard returned to the Nets and did not cause any scandal again.
It is far from his own interest to no longer be at the center of public opinionThe other reason for this was that behind the scenes the franchise and its entourage were negotiating a potential contract extension. Irving was set to be an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season, and his goal, like the rest of the players, was to secure as much money as possible long-term. However, as reported by various reporters, the two sides did not reach an agreement due to the team’s reservations when it came to blindly committing to the point guard.
It’s at that point that conversations break down Irving grabs the rope and calls for the carry. Which, in record time, is fulfilled.
along the way, andThe environment of the base was leaked to the press that, in the event of non-transfer, maybe he would choose not to play. A rather dangerous test from the side of why as he pointed out ESPN’s Bobby Marks it would jeopardize his next contract since he would not be able to sign with any other franchise.
By moving to Dallas, Irving achieves his goal twice. He arrives at a team desperate for a star who is going to roll out the red carpet for him if all goes as expected. And the most important, when landing via transfer, the Mavs retain their Bird rights, which allow a franchise to re-sign a player over the salary cap in Free Agency.
Yes, the Mavs can choose not to continue their relationship in July or sign and trade him, but they don’t have much room to give Doncic a partner of the same caliber.
Houston Rockets
The big indirect winner of this transfer is none other than the Rockets. It was the Texan’s team that began the process of decomposing the Nets’ future in 2021 by agreeing to James Harden’s move to Brooklyn. In that business Houston received in the form of Draft rounds the First of 2022 (Tari Eason), right to trade her first of 2023, 2025 and 2027 and First without protection of 2024 and 2026.
The Texans are currently waiting to see how Brooklyn’s pharaonic project slowly crumbles. For when the Rockets receive it last round draft Kevin Durant will turn 38 years oldsomething that can even be extended to the next lesson thanks to your right exchange. Will KD still be in the franchise by then? It seems hard to think of a future with the star beyond this February 9.
Carrying rounds without an audit only makes sense if you are absolutely sure of the viability of the project five years from now. The Nets have laid out their potential rebuilding plan a Big Three who played 8 games together and it will take them a decade to leave them behind.
Meanwhile, the Rockets are rubbing their hands together.
The Eastern Conference contenders
Watching from the sidelines as the Nets slowly crumble is finding themselves Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers. These three Eastern Conference contenders have had their ups and downs with Brooklyn to this point in the season, especially when Kevin Durant has been healthy and fit.
Without further ado, the New Yorkers were 1 game away from leading the East when KD got hurt.
Now, with the star out for at least one more week, which translates to 4 games, the Nets could end up falling to sixth place and watching the Play-In very closely. This happened to them last season and the result was not at all satisfactory.
With that, the Eastern contenders lose a direct competitor whose potential to win was real, reducing the race to three names and an asterisk like the Cavs.
Kyrie Irving trades losers
LeBron James and the Lakers
Since last July the Lakers they were trying to catch it Kyrie Irving. Californians tried to do it through one signature&trade and on a contract transfer but they did not come to an agreement with the Nets to work the numbers. Something that was reactivated when the point guard indicated his desire to leave New York just a few days ago.
After what Lebron James used the media to send a message to Lakers management, it wasn’t long before he did the same from his Twitter account. responded the star with emojis, as if to create expectations of what might happen. However, when Kyrie’s move to Dallas was confirmed, James tweeted: “Maybe it’s me.”
Maybe it’s me
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 6, 2023
as indicatedthe Lakers offered theirs two available First Round picks (2027 and 2029); but the Nets owner wasn’t about to trade Irving to the arch-rival franchise.
So Californians are left without much room to maneuver to move the convention Russell Westbrook, as well as others expires to rebuild your project before it’s too late. The Lakers had to part with players who will be Free Agents in order to have salary cap space due to different market rules (holds a lid) and now things get complicated.
Secondly, LeBron James is being hurt by this Irving transfer since he is about to see how he loses a dream season to a mediocre team. Some consequence of his decisions and pressure on the administration, everything is said.
brooklyn nets
The Nets have been moving forward since James Harden requested a transfer a year ago.
There is an unwritten rule that the team that gets rid of the best player will never get a package of the same or even slightly similar value.
Brooklyn He has drawn from the dismemberment of his three big ones the following:
- Ben Simmons
- Seth Curry
- Andre Drummond: left in next Free Agency
- 2023 76ers first round: which will be between picks 20 and 30
- 2027 76ers First Round
- Dorian Finney-Smith
- Spencer Dinwiddie: who was already in Brooklyn in 2020
- 2029 Mavs First Round
- Two Mavs Second Rounders (2027 and 2029)
The big question is, At what position were the Nets the best? With a starting lineup of Irving-Dinwiddie-Harris-Durant-Jarrett Allen and 6th Caris LeVert or with the current roster?
Sean Marks played his cards right to rob the bank and get Larry O’Brien on the fast track, and in the end he had to turn on survival mode to try and fix an unsolved problem.
The spoils that Brooklyn has acquired for a which expires As Irving is, it’s not a little, but it’s a bittersweet outcome when you consider the team’s entire history. Under normal circumstances, a star of his caliber would have given him a few more First Rounds and a bigger impact player, or teams with better offers would have come along. The reality is that New Yorkers must now dance with them a decent secondary group and we pray that Kevin Durant doesn’t ask to leave here on Thursday, February 9th.
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