Never, EVER, Sign Kyrie Irving | Brooklyn Nets Super Team In Historical Context

The Brooklyn Nets are granting Kevin Durant's trade request and with that the superteam formed by KD, Kyrie Irving and James Harden are finished. Many are wondering if this is the biggest failure in NBA history. VTRT looks to NBA history for the answer and checks in with Charles Barkley's Houston Rockets in the 90's and Jerry West's Lakers in the 60's to see how they compare to the 2021-2022 Brooklyn Nets for the dubious title of Greatest Superteam flop of all time.

[@anthony0358]

Excellent video. I was born and still live in Brooklyn. This was super heartbreaking. They were so close to beating Milwaukee in June 2021. That 1997 Rockets at least got to the conference finals. This Brooklyn team was a disaster. I love the Knicks so it was awesome that the Knicks beat the Lakers in the 1970 Finals. I still couldn’t believe the 1969 Lakers lost that finals to the Celtics

[@BKLYN_MADE_ME]

Also born and raised in Brooklyn and watching the New Jersey Nets flop has been hilarious. Knicks>Nets all day 👍🏽

[@Ballislife55429]

A Meltondown of epic proportions

[@mfdixon1985]

I look at the '69 Lakers like the '11 Heat. They formed together, were heavily favored to win and didn't, so it's a bust. But the Heat won the next two. Similarly, the Lakers won in 72, though Baylor retired during that season. So, bringing Wilt in did have a championship payoff, even if it wasn't quite to the degree that was expected. The one that I think needs to be brought up is the '04 Lakers. It kind of gets lost in the shuffle now since they won three straight from 00-02 and again in '09 and '10 with Kobe. But Payton and Malone were obvious ring grabs and that team was expected to challenge the '96 Bulls. As it happened, they went 56-26 (which isn't bad but not exactly pushing 72-10) and got throttled in the Finals, needing a great shot from Kobe to not get swept.

[@nicholasjasa]

Nets made it out of the first round in 2021 playoffs. They weren't all healthy but nonetheless they were all on the roster and went to game 7 in the second round.

[@stanleyrogouski]

I thought they were finally going to bring a championship to New York but no. Clyde Frazier, Willis Reed and Bill Bradley just need to suit up one more time I guess.

[@ViewTheRightThing]

As a Sixers' diehard, I was petrified of this godhead when it came together. I should have trusted in Kyrie's ability to turn everything that he touches turns to trash.

[@stanleyrogouski]

@@ViewTheRightThing I grew up as a Sixers fan. Dr. J was my favorite player of all time. I hated Bird and McHale. It's always strange to remember that Erving played for the Nets in the 1970s and if you count his time in the ABA he's clearly in the GOAT debate. But to me the biggest tragedy of the NJ/Brooklyn Nets was Drazan Petrovic getting killed in a car crash. He was the Steph Curry of the 1990s.

[@1jn]

2003-04 lakers? 2013-14 nets?

[@kingsleyjackson8287]

Remember kyrie was injured in the playoffs 2021

[@seananglex2]

#1 2022 Brooklyn Nets #2 2013 Los Angeles Lakers

[@chrisyeh8878]

Where will the 2022-23 LeBron/AD/Kyrie Lakers rank on this failed superteam list? As a sad Laker fan, I'm resigned to this outcome. Kyrie will instantly become my least favorite Laker.

[@ViewTheRightThing]

LOL. I hadn't thought about that but I should have. I don't know how I would experience Kyrie's arrival as a Lakers fan. Especially after the last season you all had to endure.

[@legendary2553]

Championship coming

[@chrisyeh8878]

@Mikael Are there any fans who still like Kyrie? Cavs, Celtics, and Nets fans are all sick of the guy.