Brooklyn Nets Receive: C Jonas Valanciunas, F Larry Nance Jr., G Devonte’ Graham, 2024 First-Round Pick (MIL via NOP)
New Orleans Pelicans Receive: G Kyrie Irving
If you’re a Brooklyn Nets fan, you’re probably thinking the same thing:
“If this is the return, why trade Irving at all?”.
Fair question. On the other hand, if you’re Nets owner Joe Tsai, it’s hard to say where your head is currently. It’s entirely possible that he wants Irving gone at any cost. His unreliability and volatility has even infected this organization on a surface level. Who knows how it looks behind closed doors?
Meanwhile, Nets fan or not, you won’t have any influence over the final decision. For that matter, neither will we here at NBA Analysis.
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Tsai will make that decision in tandem with general manager Sean Marks. If they’re fed up, Irving’s days with the franchise may be limited no matter what his value is.
Could the Nets really settle for this package?