Nets Owner Joe Tsai Refused To Trade Kyrie To The Lakers

Nets Owner Joe Tsai Refused To Trade Kyrie To The Lakers

Joe Tsai should get a bump in his approval ratings by any Nets fan out there. Anybody who is that spiteful deserves some respect in the Vendetta universe anyway. Kyrie Irving was traded to the Dallas Mavericks and that was cool according to the Nets owner. Tsai was fine trading Kyrie anywhere that wasn’t the Lakers.

According to a report from Marc Stein, Tsai did this to be spiteful to Kyrie. Tsai’s objective was to ensure that Kyrie didn’t get his way by trading him to his preferred destination. Don’t bother clicking the link listed previously. Instead, use this one by the NY Post. The one listed previously goes towards Stein’s substack. Vendetta has a very anti-paywall journalism policy so just making everyone aware of where the source came from. Just am required to list the source.

Regardless of how broken the sports journalism world is, I love this move by Tsai. Screw Kyrie! We need more petty in sports. For how ridiculous Kyrie’s trade request was, Tsai should have sent him to Detroit instead just out of spite!

The Mavericks package was also significantly better than anything the Lakers could offer. The Nets saved $26.5 million on their tax bill. Something that couldn’t have happened if the Nets took back gross Russell Westbrook. Brooklyn also got back Spencer Dinwiddie who they may flip elsewhere. Dorian Finney-Smith is also a nice player on a decent contract with term left. The Lakers weren’t matching that anyway. The only thing the Lakers have is Westbrook and those two first rounders to move. It’s not getting them anywhere in a trade for Irving.