ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Minnesnowta Chill GM Matt Taylor remembers this time last season, when his team was No. 1 in the COMO standings and dreaming of a playoff run.
But the squad fell apart, and was left one piece short of making things interesting. Currently sitting in 4th this season, Taylor doesn't want to risk another setback, especially with star center Dwight Howard on the IR. So he called up the struggling Colorado Hilltoppers and inquired about one of their prized pieces. The results stunned the league on Sunday night: Colorado agreed to part ways with star point guard Kyrie Irving, while Taylor and the Chill sent 2013-2014 COMO Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams to Greeley. "Winter Weather Advisory in St. Paul, MN, in effect until April," Taylor told our league reporter. "An extreme cold front is approaching. With Melo, Dwight, Tyson, and now Kyrie, we are poised to freeze out the rest of the league." Meanwhile, Colorado GM Collin Atkinson sounded happy to be rid of Irving, a 22-year-old who is now on his third COMO team in one-plus seasons. "Kyrie doesn't fit the current system and has been too inconsistent to be a Hilltopper," Atkinson said. "We're hoping that bringing in some young talent in MCW helps us this year as we build into the future." The Chill are already wiping their hands of Carter-Williams, who was by far the most effective rookie last season and seemed to be making good strides this year. But all that is over now, and Monday night is Kyrie Iriving Bobblehead Night at The Icehouse.
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JACKSONVILLE — Duval United point guard Kyrie Irving is not living up to his $30 million contract, according to an anonymous source with inside knowledge of the team.
Apparently, a poor showing during the first week of play has majority owner Shad Khan up in arms about Irving. The team finished in eighth place as the young point guard averaged 13.0 COMO points, well below expectations. “A second-to-last place finish is not good enough for Shad," the source said. "He saw some poor effort from Kyrie, and fears that he could be a locker room cancer as well as a salary cap burden.” The source added that the front office combination of Matthew Fairburn and Joe Dreyer are receptive to any and all trade offers for the disgruntled star. “Kyrie thinks he’s bigger than Duval," the source said. "Nobody is bigger than Duval.” |
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