The NBA Today panel of Zach Lowe, Malika Andrews, Richard Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins react to Kyrie Irving’s 3-year/$126M deal to stay with the Dallas Mavericks while the Houston Rockets gave Fred VanVleet a 3-year/$130M deal to leave the Toronto Raptors.
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33 Comments
Tbh houston dont have much i dont blame them for giving him that much money lol
I swear i thought richard was in slides, lol😂😂
5:11 Look at how Richard forces Vince carter to hold his basketball after he got tired of holding it lol
How are Suns not among the biggest winners?
The Guy is in slippers they are destroying sportscaster professionalism
People clearly don't watch the raptors if they think Fred is worth more than 25 mil a year. Houston got bamboozled. Enjoy all the 5/17 shooting nights
Fred is a stand up high quality guy – worth WAY more than Kyrie!!
Thank you Houston for overpaying. We want Fred long gone as we don’t want a 39% FG undersized guard. He sacrificed our season to stats pad for nxt contract then went to media and said to fans “nobody can tell me I’m selfish. ZERO” He’s absolutely toxic.
ESPN stay thirsty for beef with Kyrie. 🤡
Lakers is not my favorite, but they betrayed Dennis Schroder ! Is he a fake player or why they dont give him big money !!!
Wow, way overpaid Van Vleet and Dillon Brooks..how…….
It would have been mind-blowing like 3 years ago. In 2023, it's not really shocking at all
As a mavs fan im disgusted of the viable help the front office has not given Luka
Hot take: FVV deserves more than Kyrie Irving. At least you know FVV will play when he can and be an adult.
Y'all stay on ky 🍆 mffl
huge overpay
Lakers can't beat nuggets even with those accusations
I like fred but hes definitely finessing the league. Hes getting paid like a superstar and not having to produce like one 😂
😂 They're all overpaid haha. But doesn't surprise me at all that Van Fleet is worth more than Kyrie, that's on Kyrie.
That’s the worst deal in a while lol Fred come on
The way Richard Jefferson dresses is infuriating to humanity😂😂 looking at those shoes made me want to throw away my pizza just now
Start call him Fred Van Fleece. He totally fleeced Houston front office
Houston is crazy bro
When the board had 22 assists per game I was like "what?" But then it changed to 7. Lol. RJ either didn't notice or wanted to keep going regardless so he read everything.
Woulda loved for phoenix to have picked up Fred
As a Toronto fan, good riddance.
That's because both the Mavs and Kyrie had no choice. Mavs had to recoup their asset loss, and Kyrie had no better offers because no other team would put up with Kyrie's losing basketball ways.
AS A RAPTORS FAN … THANK YOU ROCKETS FOR PICKING UP OUR 5"9 POINT GUARD … HE STUNTED OUR GROWTH … ADD SCOTTIE TO POINT … WE BETTER … TOO EXPENSIVE AND I DIDN'T WANT FRED BACK!!!
Over 40 million a year
Because the Rockets are morons
What’s on them feet tho
Zack got a big co sign today.
He took the money and will not even get a sniff of the playoffs in the next 3 years lol. Funny how they signed him for his veteran presence and to help the younger players develop when he didn't help Scottie or Malachi improve their skills last year. Heck he didn't do anything with Malachi like Lowry did for Fred. He is not a leader whatsoever and I'm a Raptor's fan saying this. $41 million for a player who shot 39% from the FIELD was definitely a wrong decision. I like the Shroeder signing. Gave him half then half of what Fred got and is a better defender. He might not score as much but for the price I think it was a good pick up. I'm not mad at Fred but it's gonna be fun watching him lose and eventually regret signing with Houston lol. Money is more important them winning I guess. One thing's for sure he will not see the playoffs 100% for the next 3 years.