MirORich
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Kyrie's main problems where with Mike Brown and with the losing. The combination of Blatt/Lue + Griffin selling the future with LeBron/Love or the alternate plans they had lined up was enough for Kyrie.
Look at what Eric Bledsoe just got paid after missing half of the season. If Kyrie truly wanted out, he could have played things out. He also could've tried to force the Cavs hand on signing a deal with ETOs and player options(which he did not)
I don't think Kyrie has ever wanted "out of Cleveland". I think his problem was this(all conjecture and strictly just my opinion): At this point in his life, he is not a leader of men. He has prodigy skills and was raised/trained as a prodigy. He believes his skill set means he intrinsically deserves to play games that matter and games of the highest level. Playing on a young, flawed roster(including his own flaws), he could not will or lead the team to winning in a league as talented as the NBA. So he got frustrated, because in his mind, he deserves to be playing with and at the highest level. It's a bit spoiled, but I think that was his 19,20,21 year old mindset. So his frustration was not with Cleveland as a city/market, but rather the state of the team. Now, he's surrounded by a great team. The greatest player in the game. One of the top 3 PFs in the game. Multiple players and coaches with championship experience. He's as happy as can be because he gets to showcase his skillset on the highest level with 30% of our regular season games nationally televised and all of the postseason to follow. I'm not sure we need to spend any more time wondering if/why he truly "wanted out" in January of last year. or if he could have ever matured without the team transformation that has happened and lead a team to the playoffs "on his own"(a strange concept in of itself)
Look at what Eric Bledsoe just got paid after missing half of the season. If Kyrie truly wanted out, he could have played things out. He also could've tried to force the Cavs hand on signing a deal with ETOs and player options(which he did not)
I don't think Kyrie has ever wanted "out of Cleveland". I think his problem was this(all conjecture and strictly just my opinion): At this point in his life, he is not a leader of men. He has prodigy skills and was raised/trained as a prodigy. He believes his skill set means he intrinsically deserves to play games that matter and games of the highest level. Playing on a young, flawed roster(including his own flaws), he could not will or lead the team to winning in a league as talented as the NBA. So he got frustrated, because in his mind, he deserves to be playing with and at the highest level. It's a bit spoiled, but I think that was his 19,20,21 year old mindset. So his frustration was not with Cleveland as a city/market, but rather the state of the team. Now, he's surrounded by a great team. The greatest player in the game. One of the top 3 PFs in the game. Multiple players and coaches with championship experience. He's as happy as can be because he gets to showcase his skillset on the highest level with 30% of our regular season games nationally televised and all of the postseason to follow. I'm not sure we need to spend any more time wondering if/why he truly "wanted out" in January of last year. or if he could have ever matured without the team transformation that has happened and lead a team to the playoffs "on his own"(a strange concept in of itself)