What will be the final resolution to the Kyrie situation?
For a team coming off of a third consecutive Finals appearance, turmoil has encapsulated the Cavs offseason. Newly hired General Manager Koby Altman held his first official press conference with Owner Dan Gilbert alongside him. The duo characterized the Kyrie trade talks as a fluid but expressed confidence the situation would be resolved with Kyrie remaining on the Cavs.
“I think a lot of it has been overblown,” Altman said. “I think the people who are in this building every day haven’t seen any of that animosity. This is, along with Kevin Love, this is a group that got us to three straight Finals and won an NBA championship together. They play great together on the floor and a lot of that I do think is overblown. We haven’t seen a lot of that ‘animosity’ that’s been out there in the media.”
A lot of terms can be used to characterize the Kyrie situation. Calling things “overblown” wouldn’t be near the top of my list. Regardless, Dan Gilbert used Kobe Bryant’s trade demands from his time in LA as a sign of reasons to be positive moving forward.
“I think you also have to look at history sometimes,” Gilbert said. “The other Kobe, not this Kobe, Kobe Bryant, I think there was a time (in the summer of 2007) he was calling radio stations and saying he was demanding to be traded and won two or three championships after that point. Things happen and you never know. I’m not saying that happens here. The possibilities of what will happen is wide and it’s not just one path or one track.”
Good luck with all of that.