Is Kyrie Nuts?
Well…kind of.
The entire basketball world fully expects LeBron James to depart Cleveland next summer for greener and glitzier pastures. The writing is on the wall, and it looks a lot like (see above).
If Kyrie stays, he has to endure the apparent displeasure of playing one more season with James, but almost certainly gets a trip to the Finals for his trouble. Will his brand (did you know NBA players think of themselves as brands? It’s apparently a thing) really be hurt that much by one more year without a team to call his own? Seems like he thinks so.
Kyrie could just as easily have waited until next summer to make this trade demand. It would also look more reasonable then, especially if LeBron decided to flee for a second time. He’d be a pariah in Cleveland either way, but hey, omelettes don’t make themselves.
So yea, he’s a little nuts.