Skip to main content

The Cavaliers’ horrible Kyrie Irving trade never looked worse than on Tuesday night

The Cavaliers’ horrible Kyrie Irving trade never looked worse than on Tuesday night


Tuesday night was a particularly brutal one for the Cavaliers. The confluence of losing Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals merged with the NBA Draft lottery to form a sewage soup that reminded us just how bad their Kyrie Irving trade was.
As a reminder, this is how it all went down: The Cavaliers traded Kyrie to the Celtics for a package involving Isaiah Thomas, who ended up being an abject disaster in Cleveland. So the team blew up their roster at the deadline and traded Thomas away to the Lakers, with Derrick Rose and Iman Shumpert leaving as well. When the dust settled, the Cavaliers ended up with the following:

George Hill, Rodney Hood, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr., Ante Zizic, and the No. 8 overall pick.

There’s a real Jack and the Beanstalk quality about trading one of the best point guards in the NBA for a handful of magic beans, but at least there was an underlying belief that this already horrible trade wouldn’t be a disaster if the Cavaliers landed a top-three pick in a draft stacked with talent at the top. Alas, the ping-pong balls didn’t break Cleveland’s way, and their 9.9 percent chance of getting a top pick was dashed.
Look, you can remove yourself from all this and say “Well, Kyrie wasn’t happy — and at least the Cavaliers rounded out their roster and could find someone at No. 8,” but look at what that cavalcade of mediocrity got them on Tuesday night:

Five points, 2-for-7 shooting, seven rebounds, two assist, two steals

That’s it. Seriously, that’s it. That is the stat line that Hill, Hood, and Nance Jr. all combined for on Tuesday night, while Clarkson and Zizic didn’t play. Kyle Kover had a better line, ARON BAYNES had a better line. The Cavaliers basically traded one of the best point guards in the NBA, who’s still in his mid-20s with tons left in the tank, for a sub-par Aron Baynes Voltron and a player-to-be-named with an odds-on statistical ceiling to be a 10-and-5 guy at best.
It’s rare that we can live through something and realize so quickly that it was legendary, but this trade might end up being one of the worst of all time. We are all witnesses.

Comments

  1. OvidiuJuly 28, 2018 at 8:07 AM

    Great info here.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Don't forget to check out this kyrie irving wallpaper.

    You will like it.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

1000 Most Common Portuguese Words in Conversation

This is a list of the 1,000 most commonly spoken Portuguese words. Number Portuguese in English 1 como as 2 I I 3 seu his 4 que that 5 ele he 6 foi was 7 para for 8 em on 9 são are 10 com with 11 eles they 12 ser be 13 em at 14 uma one 15 tem have 16 este this 17 a partir de from 18 por by 19 quente hot 20 palavra word 21 mas but 22 o que what 23 alguns some 24 é is 25 ele it 26 você you 27 ou or 28 teve had 29 o the 30 de of 31 a to 32 e and 33 uma a 34 em in 35 nós we 36 lata can 37 fora out 38 outro other 39 foram were 40 que which 41 fazer do 42 seu their 43 tempo time 44 se if 45 vontade will 46 como how 47 disse said 48 uma an 49 cada ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United | Chelsea Beat Man United To Win The FA Cu...

Chelsea 1 Manchester United 0 RECAP as Eden Hazard wins FA Cup for Blues at Wembley The Belgian was hauled down by Phil Jones and picked himself up to convert the penalty in what could be Antonio Conte's final match in charge Eden Hazard fired  Chelsea  to FA Cup glory against  Manchester United  as Antonio Conte's expected farewell ended with a memorable triumph against old foe Jose Mourinho. The 137th FA Cup final - and first utilising a video assistant referee - was not as cagey as some had feared but was hardly a rip-roaring affair as the Blues looked to atone for last season's shock finale defeat and a tepid Premier League title defence. Mourinho came into the match looking to frustrate his former club and write his name into the record books, but Conte - subject of so much speculation regarding his future - emerged triumphant as Hazard's first-half penalty secured a 1-0 win at Wembley. Many had fancied United to win a record-equalling 1...
Post a Comment
Read more

Former Playboy centerfold falls to death with son after checking into New York hotel

Former Playboy centerfold falls to death with son after checking into New York hotel A woman and her 7-year-old son fell to their deaths at a Manhattan hotel Friday morning, police said. Investigators have yet to determine whether it was a murder-suicide or an accident. Police officials told the  Associated Press  the dead were Stephanie Adams, 46, and her son, Vincent. Adams, a former Playboy model and author, had been locked in a custody battle with her estranged husband, her former attorney, Raoul Felder, told The Washington Post on Friday. A spokesman for the New York Police Department declined to confirm the identity of the woman and the child. Felder said Adams had been his client for 20 years but had ended his services in the past couple of months. Employees at his law office have been in tears since hearing the news, he added. [ DUI suspect smiles for mug shot hours after crash that left a woman dead ] Many of the employees knew Adams a...
Post a Comment
Read more