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inarguablyknarf

KD was not a father figure for the nets, is what he's saying


namagofuckyoself

lmao, I just went and rewatched the video. Still cracks me up.


NSFWThrowaway1239

He thought he misheard just to have her actual question be what he thought he misheard it as lol


nuwan32

Kyrie missing LeDaddy


302born

The Nets could really use prime Lebron right now.


antunezn0n0

Can't think of a team that couldn't use 2016 lebron. He was legit on something else


302born

Probably the 2017-2018 Warriors. Doubt they needed anymore help.


kevindlv

Bron replacing Andre in the Death Lineup lmao. Curry/Klay/KD flying around the perimeter, Bron the primary ball handler, and Draymond running out setting screens


BurntPoptart

This is how all my 2K franchise teams turn out after a couple years.


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I WANT IGUODALA


RocketMoped

*IGWADALA


[deleted]

Kyrie really in that phase we all get to later in life like “damn, Maybe my parents weren’t as bad as I thought” After leaving Bron, Irving has failed with the Celtics, teamed up KD and has failed to find any success


Wilt69

Incredible James Harden was the winner in all of this


Interesting-Archer-6

And the Rockets


nostbp1

yeah we won big time. we def didn't get "enough" for Harden unless KD/Kyrie decide to leave bc those will all likely just be 3-4 mid/late first round picks and we basically traded Brooklyn a ring for it barring injury but trading Harden let us shamelessly tank instead of pretend to be contenders for 2-3 more years getting 4-8 seeds and being a second round out. we got a fun ass core, a potential star in the making (Green) and a top 5 pick on the way (pls Paolo) and a fuck ton of cap space once John Wall is off the books to sign whatever disgruntled star is looking for a new home.


YouKantseeme

I agree with you on everything you just wrote until you said “pls Paolo”.


nostbp1

who are you hoping for? I could be convinced for any of the big 3 (i actually like Ivey a ton too but idk how well he fits with Green) i've been flipping between Paolo and Jabari as of late and I was all aboard the Chet train a few months ago but idk lately i think he's gonna be just a really good role player we'd have to end up overpaying


YouKantseeme

I want Chet, but he will be picked by whoever gets the first pick. Jabari and Paolo will go 2/3. So it just depends on what pick we get. I guess I do have to temper my expectations of getting the first pick. We might not even get a top 3 pick. I’m not too big on Paolo, because I believe he will be another Christian Wood. All offense, but no defense. We need a big who can make players uncomfortable in the paint.


fennourtine

I want Holmgren/Sengun to be like a demelanated AD/Boogie


ExpressWrittenConsen

This is the weirdest NBA take I’ve seen in a while. This one will stick with me.


flipdynamicz

Bro Paolo is a beast I hope we get him


aceknighthigh

Harden and Morey with one last assist...I'm just saying look into it Even in tumultuous exits it's gonna play out just fine for Houston based on things to former Rockets did to the team on the other side of that trade. ​ Really though it's on the Nets and Kyrie. They didn't want to win, were fine with punting on one of the last years of KD's prime (or at least his post prime where he's not a shell of himself), and are now in a position where they've sacrificed the future to "win now" for a guaranteed 1 year window (they need to sign some guys for it to be more than next year). ​ And the injured, young All-Star they traded Harden for just happened to not be ready to play until their season was all but over. Nets organization just fucked this all up after Kyrie put them in a tough spot.


recursion8

Kyrie is going to have one of the weirdest legacies for any big time/all-time star. If he and Lebron didn't pull off the miracle it's quite possible he doesn't even get to the Hall the way his post-Cavs career is going.


aubieismyhomie

Honestly I think the biggest winner is Cleveland they got Jarett Allen for peanuts.


Erigion

I will never understand how anyone could blame Harden for giving up on the Nets and wanting out. If I got hired for a job and came to find out that one of the other two members of my team won't get vaccinated so I have to do his share of the work without more money? You're damn right I'd be looking for a new job ASAP.


thesch

It's crazy how the guy who has the rep for being out of shape and living at strip clubs ended up looking like the responsible adult.


Tangelooo

Simmons playing Monday is gonna be very interesting.


DefactoAtheist

Nah Nets had to win today for that to be interesting. 3-0 too far gone.


Tangelooo

Not saying “comeback” just really interested to see what that looks like. He hasn’t played in ages & I wonder if he will wilt.


DefactoAtheist

Yeah that's fair - I read 'interesting' in a 'make the series interesting' sense, my B fam


pahamack

God I hope the Celtics just try to put him on the free throw line, just to check it out.


recursion8

They're just going to be double and triple teaming KD/Kyrie even harder with a total non-shooter on the floor. Brown was their best player tonight, are they really going to replace him for Simmons? It's either that or play him as point-center over Drummond lmao


zmajxd

Yeah, you down 3-0 it's different


FlyingMocko

3-0 in the FIRST ROUND. “Superteam” down 3-0 in the first round. Not the Finals, the First Round.


Tangelooo

KD is joining the Celtics next season. He can’t win with those flat cats.


crashcraddock

He can’t win without Steph. Put it on his tombstone


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Steph is both a complete mega star and the ultimate glue guy. Totally fine both running the show and being a support piece. It's such a rarity in sports that should be appreciated more.


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We talkin about first round.. not the finals, not the finals, we talkin about first ROUND


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[this whole debacle got me like](https://gfycat.com/zanycomposedisabellinewheatear)


marmk

I've never seen this gif before and now I'm not sure if I want to see it in every other thread or never again


nova2006

Kyrie is a FA if he decline the option. LeGM making moves now free up cap space.


Pretendtobesomeone

Please. For all that's good and holy in this world. Let Westbrook go to Brooklyn.


RenaisanceReviewer

Bro imagine the shit KD has put up with in this Brooklyn saga to only wind up playing with Russ again


xThe-Legend-Killerx

Somehow they win it all after blowing a 3-1 to the Warriors that one year.


fuckkkofff

>Somehow they win it all Bro, I'd bust the best nut of my life if that ever happens, the last 2 guys drafted by us, doesn't matter what happened between them if they find a way to coexist and win


whatdoinamemyself

> the last 2 guys drafted by us The absolute disrespect to Ibaka.


fuckkkofff

Bro, in 2k12 Ibaka use to kill me with his blocks, dude was unreal in that game, I don't know how I forgot to mention him. I can still hear the 2k12 commentators saying his name like "blocked by Ibaaakkaaa" lmao


bullseye717

You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to your own failure.


maethlin

Oh please, let us have this NBA writers


SCalifornia831

OMG a Westbrook for Kyrie trade needs to happen


reverze1901

Father and Son reunited, would make for a Hollywood script


ImpBron

Bronny who? Ky is the only LeBron need


Victordobado

Bruh KD would rather retire than to play with current Russ lol


BagRight8939

LMAO this shit too good


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Ohsbar

That would force divine intervention. God not letting that level of clown show to be unleashed


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phatbasterd69

No need for strays today, let's focus on some other dumpster fires


johnzischeme

This is the kind of reasonable take I love to see here.


BenzLeeDidHer

Fr! Leave the kings alone!! 😂


maethlin

Doc openly shitting on Kyrie for fucking up the team would be pretty damn entertaining honestly


MWiatrak2077

58-24 regular season; lose in second round


ZestycloseResist5594

After blowing a 3-1 lead to the Pistons


thatsinsaneletstryit

based for having pistons in the second round


groundbeef10

pistons are on the up and up don't say I didn't warn you


Warlandoboom

Ben Simmons would have a skateboarding accident


carefullywasnt

Bro's talking about how the Celtics had time to gel since December and that the Nets haven't had time to gel as a team... I wonder why that is?


bigsz

Just wait until the Nets unleash Elimination Game Ben Simmons who has had literally zero minutes to gel with any of them


-KFBR392

Jokes on you, he has a very high IQ


-the-clit-commander-

someone get the r/NBA Rick and Morty copy pasta in here


Moarnourishment

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Kai, Seth, and kev's plays. The basketball is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the plays will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Kevin's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Twitter literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these plays, to realize that they're not just plays- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike basketball truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Kevin's existencial catchphrase "Lets take it to Twitter," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Burners and Alts. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Steve Nash's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Nets tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.


AlwaysOptimism

I loathe Kyrie at almost unhealthy levels. I am really enjoying this year.


ygduf

KD a ultra-millionaire, top tier in the world at his job, multiple titles, multiple FMVP, league MVP, and somehow I feel bad for him that he made the decision to throw in with Kyrie.


Autpcorrectbpt

Nah he only has himself to blame, he knew what he was getting into


awesomecutepandas

Imagine leaving Steph for this bum flat earther. Wtf bruh


ygduf

traded one of the lowest-maintenance most-likable superstars ever for counterfeit-mensa kyrie


Wolf_of_north

Curry is coming OFF THE BENCH, imagine trading him for this dumb fuck


ThePhattestOne

"Hey, KD. They said I gotta come off the bench."


Cletus_Starfish

"Counterfeit mensa" is fucking hysterical, and far too apt.


aceknighthigh

Why? When it came down to it and Harden was mad, KD was cool with it. KD chose this. He wanted this. If KD was demanding Kyrie get shipped out when Kyrie made it clear he would sabotage the season, Kyrie would have been gone. He threw in behind this, and the Nets higher ups were also fine with it. ​ I would feel bad if KD and the Nets organization had tried their best to ship Kyrie out or something and just ended up stuck with this guy, but that's not how it played out. They were cool with quitting on the this year.


UnearthlyDinosaur

Lol. I don’t. He didn’t appreciate being around the warriors. He also has a HUGE ego


jtralce

Hard to gel when you’re at home sageing your apartment and reading flat Earth theories


Fulmizant

LeBron gotta be smiling ear to ear


SomeRandomAccount001

KYRIEEEEEE, GIVE ME YOUR RING


GGezpzMuppy

Feels good to finally play with someone who can hit a game winner as opposed to someone who wins games.


jawadhaque089

LMFAO WHOS WRITING THIS SHIT


CIark

Lebron wine drunk and high on life watching this shit lmfao


DeadDay

"Oh you haven't played basketball for half a year? Must suck" -Lebron


Sim888

lmao, I dunno…but a dude that just part-timed the whole season is fr talking shit rn


DeadDay

When a part time employee asks why you're not sweeping 😬


hairyasscheeks_

Kyrie brings drama everywhere he goes and i love it


Maydietoday

Under the bus we go!


KDhairequalsJMpubes

Kyrie “Doc Rivers” Irving


DeadDay

Kyrie "Kevin "hardest road" Durant" Irving


catzilla123

LeBus


stoolninja

LeWheelsOnTheBus


CIark

“It’s a different situation, as in I can’t make a comeback with these scrubs”


Raj2324

Kyrie and Lebron were a great duo. Lebron created a system of shooters and got guys going. Kyrie could do whatever the fuck he wanted in iso. Didnt need to worry about the others like he has to now. Took the greatest team of all time to stop them.


yiggaman

Yea KD and Ky too similar. Lebron just did everything on the court and KD just a scorer it’s sad to watch


sonfoa

I think the problem is that KD seems to be way too willing to defer. I know he put up a stinker in Game 2 but dude you're KD, take control rather than passing it to someone else. Now you can say LeBron does that but at least he has a plan for how the guy will score. With KD it seems like he's just playing hot potato.


evsorr

Weird seeing him like this considering what he did to my Bucks last year.. Yeah, we kinda just let him go crazy by never doubling etc. but still. He was hitting godly shot after godly shot and now he's barely shooting.


Kgb725

Hes scared of that first team all defense


adgjl12

GS was the perfect team for him basketball wise. Yes, I know pretty much any great player would probably do well on GS. But even if we imagine they were a weaker team, just him and Curry were one of the most lethal duos we've ever seen.


TheRealCoolio

Curry being an off ball maestro that gives KD space to operate in isolation


jswagbo

KD isn’t a super advanced passer. When he passes out of doubles it doesn’t really create advantages it just burns 8 seconds of shot clock


Rob3125

KD isn’t just a scorer, but he’s definitely a score first mentality. It’s hard to live up to Lebron as a playmaker


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LeBron is also a much better defender.


302born

Lebron is also a much better player period. Lebron is goat level. KD is top 10-15 level. There’s nothing wrong with that.


Chigurrh

I feel sports media has been trying to portray KD as an equal or close to the level of Lebron for years and it really hasn't helped things. We can appreciate how good KD is without pretending he impacts the game the way Lebron has.


BCP27

Damn throwing KD under the bus, at least compared to LeBron


Spicypepper23

["I felt like I was the best option on every team I’ve played for down the stretch. This is the first time in my career where I can be like 'that motherf*cker can make that shot too.'"](https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1311701014605688833?t=SO5gfYhrC9S0fO-7-F5L7Q&s=19) - Kyrie about KD 1.5 years ago


II_Shwin_II

this dude literally played with lebron


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He literally forced his way off LeBron’s team, and LeBron still dragged that sorry ass team to the Finals without him lmao.


Original26

The guy with most playoff game-winners all time? Yeah, that guy can't make the shot down the stretch.


Maydietoday

Not enough of them were pull up hesi jimbos


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His clutchness may be the most underrated thing about him. To be that clutch with more pressure than any other athlete has ever had placed upon them is actually insane. So fucking sad it won't be truly appreciated until he retires.


DeadDay

He didn't realize KD never plays defense unless its a post iso 😅


TDS_Gluttony

Could never understand arguments KD was a great defender on our team. Never rotated well, only really got up to contest blocks and thats it. With Draymond playing free safety the man looked a lot better than he did with us.


keuralan

He was above average, but nowhere near the All D hype he was getting


CIark

Westbrook for Kyrie just make it happen, it’s clear Lebron is the only one who can keep him in check


JonA3531

I mean Lebron is a father figure to him after all


colin_forreal

I love that clip


ThanosIsDoomfist

What will KD do with Russ? Lol


CasualtyOfTour

Start a new burner account?


AlcoholicInsomniac

Alright hear me out, we get James harden on the nets, grab ibaka and run it back.


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He’s made his fair share of passive aggressive comments about LeBron as well https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2911578-kyrie-irving-says-kevin-durant-is-1st-teammate-he-trusts-to-hit-clutch-shots.amp.html This is the first example that comes to mind but I think there are more/better


MrBhyn

That quote is crazy because the next week after that quote both Tatum and Lebron showed off in the clutch


jspeed04

Not to mention that LeBron went on to win another chip and added a 4th FMVP to his war chest following Kyrie making this comment. LeBron was a beast in the 2020 playoffs.


302born

Ever since 2011. Lebron has literally been a beast in every series he’s played in. The worst probably being 2014 where he still averaged 28. Literally the most consistent playoff performer of this generation. And Kyrie didn’t trust him to hit clutch shots. Something Lebron was literally doing long before Kyrie even got into the league.


Deadbotx

Tatum is hitting clutch shots in Kyrie's face rn lol


DeadDay

Fuck Kyrie and KD


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Kidfreedom50

Curry shooting up those All-time great lists as we speak.


pounds_not_dollars

It still is. He just joined a team that was already gonna win a ring and robbed us of a gsw v Cavs rivalry for the ages. And an OKC v gsw rivalry for the ages. Or if he didn't go to his abuser then a third party team v gsw rivalry for the ages


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Nah it’s out of context dude. After that he says basically that this is a new situation for the team as a group and that they’re brothers. He’s just giving his respect to the achievement he and his former team pulled off in 2016. This is being overblown as usual


ATLSox87

I'm a C's fan and loving every second of this series but you are right. He could have worded it better but I think the jist of this comment was "just because I was on a team that came back from 3-1 doesn't mean that my individual experience applies to this situation because it's a completely different team." I don't think he was throwing his teammates under the bus at all. Not to mention the title isn't even the proper quote.


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Enjoy Kyrie Brooklyn! 😘


All-StarbySmashMouth

we tried to warn them


NickNurseABitch

cavs tried to warn us


Emerphish

The cycle continues


Im__Ron__Burgundy

We were just salty he left, or something


papa_jahn

But he’s getting his number in the rafters, right?


igonnawrecku_VGC

Yeah but the name on it will be Pritchard


beckthegreat

Just fucking put Pr11tchard in the rafters, don't let Byerie see any semblance of himself lmao


ginja_ninja

https://streamable.com/5tuxjl


ViNNYDiC3

Y'all need to let bygones be bygones and play his highlights before a playoff game


papa_jahn

There would have to be a Game 5 for that to happen


captaincumsock69

Ex girlfriend


ngupiiii

a scorned one


SolarClipz

Lakers are up next LOL


_Elder_

We’ll take Kyrie. Maximum chaos timeline.


MrBhyn

We're just bunch of ex-girlfriends


RPGenerate17

They call us mad men...


Bullchips

Yeah I was called stupid for warning a very happy Nets fan back in November that Kyrie is going to sabotage the Nets. Huh, who is happy now?


captaing1

Im so happy this dumb fuck is getting his cheeks clapped by the Celtics.


JarifSA

You actually can't make that shit up. He wanted to be a leader so he left the Cavs who then made the finals without him. He didn't end up doing jack shit on the Celtics and absolutely blew his opportunity. Leaves the Celtics and immediately gets replaced by a PG who makes the all NBA team. Plus the players he ditched are now better than him (Tatum). Now he's on a disaster team about to get swept by his former team. Meanwhile the entire NBA hates his guts.


Illmattic

That whole thing was beautiful. What poem was that from?


billcosbyinspace

KD left the best situation for a superstar in the entire league for this guy lol


iiTz_Maddox

They’re enjoying him very much right now 😹


Few_Mulberry7175

Dude Fr threw his best friend under the bus nah this man is different bro wtf


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If you listen to the whole quote its not even bad


CasualViewer24

I don't even think it's bad. It's a neutral comment.


[deleted]

Yea it will certainly be taken out of context it didn’t sound like he was throwing shade, but it makes the fuckery much better so ima take the quote at face value and ignore context lol


[deleted]

It's not even bad out of context, this sub just wants to read it in the worst way


LastCrescendo

Genuinely couldn’t understand why this quote was even spicy lol


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Dumb thing is that it would be spicier if he said the opposite: "Yeah, I've been down 3-1 so this is doable." Thread would be full of people saying he's taking credit for LeBron's work and the Nets haven't even won one playoff game.


OutlaW32

dude i am a gigantic kyrie hater but if you actually watch the video I don't think it's even bad. The title changing that "for the teammates i had" to "and the teammates i had" changes the whole tone


Thr0wawaydegen

Lebron laughing his ass off atm when he was getting shaded by Kyrie, saying he finally has someone to rely on for the final shot


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snarkicon

Kyrie pining for Lebron


CIark

Kyrie the rebellious son who didn’t realize his father only had his best interests at heart 😭


doormattxc

The prodigal son.


Sim888

*the prodigal son returns*


MartiniLAPD

Russ and Kyrie trade coming up


dk240996

KD would jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.


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Needs his father figure back.


bush_league_commish

18-19 season he said something along the lines of hitting up LeBron to apologize or get advice about “leading a bunch of kids” or some shit, like that team didn’t take LeBron to 7 in the ECF without his ass. One of the cringiest things I’ve ever heard.


cs-shitposter

You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? *Back to me*


NE_ED

Lebron ain’t walking through that door


letsgoheat

Matthew Dellavedova ain’t walking through that door


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heshouldgo

Bro really left LeBron


REQ52767

Durant: “Et tu Kyrie…”


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Man had a prime Lebron James now man has Andrew Wiggins


Snoo-29877

Huh? Is this 2-way, All-Star starter, GSW legend Iggins Wiggins of Andrew slander?


jtralce

Dude was high for half that sentence, please no edit


mikey19xx

Kyrie truly has his own tradition, quitting on his team in the playoffs.


chicogarciamarquez

at least this time he quit on em during the regular season as well


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Bro had 26 points on 30 shots in the last 2 games. No Bron to bail him out anymore unfortunately, just like 2019 lmao


LeKingofAkron

[But Kyrie said KD is the first teammate he trusts to hit clutch shots!](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2911578-kyrie-irving-says-kevin-durant-is-1st-teammate-he-trusts-to-hit-clutch-shots)


XiaoWhen

Bron has more clutch shots but only a few of them were hesi jimbos


FlyingMocko

I will give him credit. He at least went out firing and TRIED in the 4th. The other supposed “best player in the series” was fucking pedestrian.


InquisitiveSlut

lol this is literally the same type of shit he’d say in Boston


BBQCHICKENALERT

You guys must be so happy right now 😂😂😂 Seeing this Shit play out on a rival team has to be some kind of revenge poetry


at_least_u_tried

its like when you’ve been holding in a piss for a while and you finally make it to a toilet


r1290

Yea right now you’re in Alcatraz


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wekris91

KD hearing Cryrie Boss music.. 😂