[Shams Charania] Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is opting into his $37 million player option for the 2022-23 season, @TheAthletic @Stadium has learned. Irving is bypassing on multiple opt-in and trade scenarios to fulfill his four-year commitment to the Nets and Kevin Durant.

Well…that settles that

This is the end of all Kyrie-related drama. That’s for sure….

Damn brick gonna start at pg 🥲

FUCK.

😭😭😭😭😭

This definitely hurts our chances of getting Kyrie

I expected nothing, and am only a little disappointed.

It is what it is lol. Time to figure out what to do with Westbrook.

I’m just upset we got Westbrook at the point still taking up all that cap space and wasting a year of Bron.

he trolled everyone lmao

No he bluffed the Nets and they called his bluff and Kyrie blinked. He wasn’t going to go play somewhere for the MLE. He was just hoping to scare the Nets into giving him a max extension.

Man Can we just get westbrook the fuck off this team

Maybe he will take Kyrie route of opting out and taking a 6 mil exception hahhaa

It’s coming… patience… he has to opt in first.

I believe Westbrook will regain his athleticism and explosiveness, learn how to dribble, make layups, make passes to teammates and not fans in the stand, and hit the rim instead of the top of the backboard on his shots.

Seriously, i was more excited to get rid of westbrook than get kyrie, it was just a means to an end

He hasn’t opted in yet. lol

Damn so does that mean KD staying with nets now since they don’t have to trade him now with kyrie opting in?

Lmfao I knew it

balls: blue

Wtf lmaooo

Stuck with Westbrick, another season down the drain folks

Woah be careful. He’ll hunt you down for using that term

We're the only team dumb enough to trade for him after all this

Lmao let me tell you about the next few seasons. Nothing good until at least 2028

Tell me how to feel

Means there's no chance we get him, not unless KD forces a trade and the Nets blow it all up.

I feel great. The last thing I wanted was this fucking cancer on the team when it already has so many issues.

good, kyrie is a pseudo intellectual and a massive diva

FUCK

We're done

You know he hasn't extended right? It just means the nets can trade kyrie without the other team getting hard capped. The nets still don't want to give him the max

Lmao Bron leaving after this season

That’s fine. We need to just build around AD/future assets here soon anyways

where would he even go. i don’t see him leaving his businesses and family in LA to go somehwere else

Don't think so. He likes Ad and he likes LA. And we'll have cap space next summer.

Lmaoo He played us bad

us? only dumbasses thought he'd come for the MLE

Lmao not really…he played the gullible ones bad…there was absolutely no way he would take the mid level lmao and no one wants trash ass Westbrook so no trade was coming…

No, he played you! LOL

Huh? This was always about leverage. Ultimately, the Nets won. He didn't find a trade partner, he didn't leave for no return, and they can trade him for assets if they think he'll leave next off season. It was a staredown and Brooklyn won.

You played yourselves

"played us"

Normally not a doomer, but we are absolutely fucked

Didn't play me at all, as I didn't believe the reports for one second. You know, because I'm not a dumbass and stuff.

And he will do the same next offseason. Only this time he really is leaving if they don't max him out

Only flat earthers

Back to reality of us having a shit team next year and eating the Westbrook contract. Wish I could fast forward a year and see what we have in store next summer

We were being used as leverage, the Nets called his bluff, and he folded.

Back to wanting to die watching Westbrook sad

fuck at least we got Westbrook still …

Hahaha

Wait til the deadline when the Nets know he's leaving, KD still wants out, and they're headed for a fat rebuild and can save $50 million in cap space. Kyrie still gets to dictate where he goes because he's a free agent and teams won't take a Kawhi gamble on him for 2 months.

https://mobile.twitter.com/lakeshowyo/status/1481499540742041604

Awwww you gonna cry wittle Wussell?? Fucking pussy bitch asss Worst brick. Wussell fucking Worst brick yo. Fucking Bob the builder Donatello lookin bitch ass brick ass fuck. Stfu before I knock your fuckin buck tooth ass on the ground dead cold dumb ass pussy Imfao. ( FRICK OFF WESTBRICK)!!!

Good, now let’s focus on actually improving the roster

Anyone think he coming for the mid level was delusional lol😅

Thought the opt in might at least come with some suspense

Lakers season ENDS today

Another rumor starts tomorrow. See you then.

Oh fuck off

Lmao that’s enough good day!

Shout out to all the people who said to not get my hopes up

LMAOO this sub never learns

Y’all gonna learn to stop letting players get our hopes up and play with our name for leverage in their contracts. Stop it

I feel played by myself for getting my hopes up but I’m just glad we know now

lol u dummies actually thought he would come

we won’t be contending next year again

Kyrie really is a crazy mother fucker to do all this for nothing lol 😂

jordan groupies were full of absolute terror for 24 hours

There. is. no. quick. fix. to. the. roster. as. it. is. currently. constructed.

I’ve been saying this since…for too long. Fancy quick fixes are what got us here in the first place. This whole franchise needs to learn some steadiness. Fan base too.

You guys do this shit every year

The Lakers were NEVER in play. Any person who ran the numbers or understands the cap and contracts said this.

Lebron fans get fooled again smh

Season over. Fuck Rambis.

This sub and rabbis is like 2k players and Ronnie 2k. Yall don't even know what yall blaming him for yall just blaming

Lmao y’all really thought he was gonna take a 30 mil discount?

Son of a bitch

So he isn't that crazy after all. :)

Oh well

Kawhi 2.0

Oh well

Kyrie blinked first

Ok cool now trade Russ to Indiana or Charlotte.

Man I already knew he was using this as leverage. Lets see if the lakers move Westbrook or just keep him put.

I fucking hate it when players always use the Lakers for leverage

MY LAKERS used as leverage?! I for one am absolutely shocked.

YAY!!!!! We dodged that disaster for now.

Kawhi all over again🥲

Except he wasn't holding free agency hostage

Well he won't be traded here now. Nets now can trade him anywhere they see fit.

But when we said he was playing chicken otherwise he would’ve just opted out vs just talking about it, y’all knew better.

Seasons over boys

This dude is the biggest troll in the NBA

NBA player chooses $37M/year instead of $6M deal.

bUt iT's tHe lAkErS! i WoUlD gIvE uP lOtS oF mOnEySss 2 pLaY fUr tHe lAkErS!

Now twitter having a field day about laughing at the lakers.. Like it wasnt even the lakers started that rumors.. And media was having too much of a overhype about it.. At least lets move on to other things..

To be fair, WAY too many of our fans went all-in on gullibility which allows us to be an easy target.

So funny how some of y’all convinced yourselves that we would get him

kyrie trollving

I will remember all of you who were whoring yourselves out for this nut job 😪 better start deleting those comments

I had a feeling this was gonna happen, know way Kyrie was cared that much about winning that he was gonna turn down 37 mil. Smh🤦🏽‍♂️

You guys know that he hasn't extended right? All this means is he can now be traded without the other team getting hard capped ..

Fuck Westbrook is still here. Looking forward to the draft lottery

The amount of people on here who really thought dude was going to forego 30+ million dollars to play with the Lakers.

I mean cant he still be traded and then just sign an extension with who ever trade for him?

This just shows these "sources" don't know anything about Flat Earthers

Not even Kyrie is crazy enough to throw away $30 million 😂

John Wall come on down!

I know some of you are mad about this, but I think the horror of this past year has made a lot of you willing to accept anything for a change. Kyrie being off the table is good news, this is the honest truth. Him added to our current team is NOT going to get us past Golden State. Consider this:

Dodged a bullet.

Thank you Laker Gods. We fans needed protection from ourselves. Lakers dont need another part time superstar. The Lakers need a team

Y’all really thought he was coming for MLE or even worse Vet Min 😂😂😂 making all the sane fans look stupid

https://www.reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/vjr66e/the_athletic_nba_kyrie_irving_to_the_lakers/idkk0cz/?context=3

We are so much better off not giving up 2 1st round picks for the privilege of signing a Kyrie to an un-tradeable 4 year $200M contract. If Kyrie didn't work out here (which it wouldn't have), there would actually be no way out. No picks left to trade to even move him when he goes AWOL again.

Ok, admittedly I’m not a numbers guy, but I just ran through some scenarios. According to my calculations, if Kyrie opts in then we can’t sign him to the MLE. Unless I didn’t carry the 2 or something, so it looks like he’s not coming for 6 million

THANK GOD

Good. Finally we can put this terrible idea to bed

I told y’all fools

Told y’all lol it was a pipe dream.

I’m just here for the “you guys thought he was really coming?” comments

Bastard :(

lol delusional if you thought this was in any way real. Lakers are doomed.

WE’VE BEEN BAMBOOZLED. What’s new

Honestly we dodged a bullet here imo. Kyrie is that hot girl that everyone wants to date but once you do realize she’s a psychopath and not worth the headache/drama.

3 team trade on the table?

Nets dont want westbrook at all

Back to FUCK KYRIE

Well damn

If it’s too good to be true…

I held out hope but I should’ve known better

We all know every star uses the Lakers as leverage why are people acting surprised?

Wait why would he announce it this early with no need of a max guaranteed extension

Every goddamn offseason lmao

Blue balled. Figured this would happen

LETS BUILD A WALL

Was fun while it lasted

Lmao y’all always take the fucking leverage bait.

Trade Russ for role players sign Wall and pray everyone stays healthy

Kinda glad I can get off my phone some…for now

It was fun dreaming while it lasted. At least it wasn’t dragged on for weeks like 2019 for Kawhi.

Lmao fuck u Kyrie u bitch hahaha

So we’re running it back? Yikes going to be a long year

lol

Season over before it began damn /s

That was a fun sideshow I guess, would have been cool but let’s be fucking honest Kyrie would have left this franchise even more in flames when he left than it was before lol

Lmfao I told you y’all were dorks. Idk why anyone believed that shit.

Ahahahhaahh

Back to pain 🫠🫠

Again this was always too good to be true lol we're stuck with westbrick

It would have been ideal for for Kyrie to sign the 6 million with the Lakers. It was a hope but not a given. Oh well gotta figure out we do with Russ now. Rob gotta fix this shit

Honestly thank god, I can’t believe how much this sub wants this insane loser who can’t even play half the season.

That’s interesting, wonder what made him wanna do this if he wanted a longer term deal. My guess is he’s gonna try a prove it year with the nets to sign long term

Thank God. Stay away loser.

It isn’t just that he opted in, it’s that he said he’ll finish out his deal in Brooklyn. Damn.

People really thought he’d give up that much money lol

CARES

I love all the fools that believed kyrie was going to the lakers getting upset and now are saying that season is over lol.

I don’t think I’ll be able to survive another Westbrick season.

Probably the best option we’re gonna be getting this off-season so guess it’s back to straight pain for next season.

I feel bad for who ever thought this would go any differently

I don't. It shows they don't know enough about basketball (or just life in general) to think a grown man would bypass $30+M.

welp, back to support Westbrook

At least we still got former MVP Rust Westbrick!

Thank god. Don't want any of that evil.

Never let em know your next move

Told y'all he wouldn't do it. It probably wasn't true to begin with.

Ah we can never have nice things oh wel

Balls haven’t been this blue in years

Another Westbrook year nooooo

I was downvoted for saying he wouldn’t come. Make it right. Balance me out

Good. We dodged a bullet. Championships are built on chemistry.

I stand guilty for believing kyrie would actually come for the mle

Westbrook it is then haha

Blue balled. Call Charlotte, Pelinka.

I don't get why a lot here are surprised. This isn't free agency. We were not allowed to talk to him and pitch some bs to come here. Kyrie was using us to negotiate a max contract. The nets did not fold and rightly so... expect news all year to come out like this because kyrie still wants that max contract from the nets

Thank god, let the Nets suffer with him, Lakers got their own issues to deal with.

Well no kyrie then. Looks like it’s back to punting the year with Westbrook.

I was rooting for chaos but this is what I expected.

Can someone make a thread and poll of the most hated Laker of all time! Im trying to see something

Good. Kyrie is fucking annoying.

F-f—f-fuck kyrie