Kyrie: itt we discuss his latest horrible thing

just dropping by to say Clay otm, fuck Phil Knight forever

seriously

however warranted, making up a checklist and trying to get out of paying him because he didn't tick each box doesn't seem realistic

yeah suspect the checklist isnt in his contract

I'm getting a sense the owner got pretty pissed Kyrie didn't return his calls/texts.

billionaires not used to being ignored

Wonder abt the motive too, like maybe the nets were worried they’d cut ties with him and then he’d immediately “do the work” and a rival team would have a clear conscience in signing him. Maybe they’re thinking if he doesn’t follow thru he’ll prove to other teams he’s unmanageable?

seeing as how I did not follow my own guiding principles and I have been Reading The Comments I can say that many reply guy lakers fans think kyrie orchestrated the is whole thing from the beginning to get cut so he can sign with LA and win another one with bron

the idea of kyrie "orchestrating" any part of his life is lol

"I'm expecting the NBPA to appeal the suspension from Brooklyn. The terms, etc., that went into his return. The terms for his return, they seem like a lot, and a lot of the players expressed discomfort with the terms."

NBPA VP Jaylen Brown on Kyrie Irving

(via @GwashburnGlobe) pic.twitter.com/RMu3Qq2xwV

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 8, 2022

I get the sense a lot of NBA players don't think antisemitism is a big deal

are there any good docs on the early days of organized basketball because, uh

they may not. but for better or worse it's the union's job to protect kyrie from stuff that isn't in his contract

yeah you cant let ownership just decide that players need to do x number of tasks they just made up, preventing that is basically the point of a union

if tsai want to try to terminate kyries contract for cause he should just do that, the list of demands is pretty silly doesnt particularly make anyone look good

and tbf theyre not good lol

tsai just wants to get in the ring with him and win a round, good luck i guess lol

hes mad kyrie isnt acknowledging his billionaire boss status

the final condition is that you must say i am the big boy around here

it probably wouldn’t be that hard to drag this suspension/grievance thing out until his contract is up if that’s what they want to do

its crazy that this guys on his high horse but was/is gonna hire udoka lol

i’m thinking that if that was going to happen it would have happened by now

the way it leaked feels more and more like a trial balloon to see what the reaction would be

well if they're jettisoning kyrie it's not like they need a special coach to guide them to mediocrity

possibly even if they weren't

the final condition is that you must say i am the big boy around here

― Clay, Monday, November 7, 2022 8:53 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

when he texts kyrie gm he has to text back gm

occurs to me that the owner getting into a big public beef with a player is prob not great for the long term health of the org

agreed, but . . . what other options did the owner have?

particularly with adam silver in a deep slumber

i think you could suspend him do whatever you need to but tsai is really out there in the media being the face of this situation, and then this list of demands is just not a good look, its totally understandable that hes mad but prob would be better to keep it professional

whole thing was sloppy shouldve just suspended kyrie as soon as it happened, then made sure he did a good apology

yeah it's prob an overcorrection bc it got drawn out in the news for a whole week and nobody did anything about it

i think it's a perfectly fine list of demands for trying to do something about a valuable employee who is an antisemite, but going to be tough going in public with the nbapa involved

idk might be worth reviewing the work of the adl before forcing a donation

Didn't the adl post something refusing to accept any donation from him anyway?

ok yeah not the ADL bit fair point

yeah he was going to give them 500k then after the bad press conference they said no then giving them 500k was on the list anyway, again just not a really solid process

they'll happily take the money once he's apologized sufficiently &etc but there are obv countless other better orgs doing good work in the name of the jewish people xps

im generally skeptical of corporate sensitivity training type shit but who knows maybe put kyrie in a room with a jew who can explain to him why spreading fake hitler quotes is hurtful, i dont get the impression hes a particularly committed antisemite, tho with all the conspiracy stuff hes into he def could be

cld also show him a map regarding why biblical jews were prob not black

he's committed to fearlessly asking questions, and there's no real response to that

what if hitler said some stuff in a secret document in an undisclosed location

tbh he'll prob just get bored of the antisemitism thing and move on to some other garbage that he reads one paragraph about

seems well on his way transitioning from basketball star to . . . poster

and it'll be cancel culture run amok when joe tsai pays him $40m to simply not play basketball

gonna be bad to watch everyone say he posted a link to a movie and now hes out of the league when really if he doesnt find another team its cause he was a huge pain in the ass for years

by now tsai must be rather used to paying him not to play basketball. it's almost a tradition.

hes done so much shit that people have totally forgotten he went awol a couple years ago

there was an anonymous gm questionnaire in the atlantic today and they were all sure that hed get another shot on a short contract but they were also sure it wouldnt be them who gave it to him so idk

lol basketball nimbyism

lol 100% that's what it is

picturing kyrie meeting with a community leader going over about as well as that scene from the rehearsal where the main character lady met with the jewish tutor lady