The Kyrie Irving saga continues to dominate the NBA world, with no firm resolution in sight. The Cleveland Cavaliers are not forced to trade the All-Star point guard and, with that mind, there is little in the way of urgency to do so. Still, that hasn’t stopped the league from speculating and imagining landing spots for Irving, with some of the spots engineered from a list of landing spots that Irving reportedly provided to his current squad.
Some of that imagination has manifested in the form of various NBA 2K18 simulations and, as always, they provide a certain level of entertainment and intrigue. One included Irving as a member of the Spurs taking on his old team in the Cavs and, in this example, Cleveland had Derrick Rose to “replace” Irving.
Another one includes Irving making the jump to play with Jimmy Butler, Karl-Anthony Towns and company in Minnesota, fulfilling something of a desired scenario for Irving in joining his friend.
Even the New York Knicks are involved and Irving’s arrival is sure to make a ton of fans in the Big Apple very happy, especially given his creative offensive game and how that would fit in the country’s largest city.
Of course, none of these scenarios are seemingly imminent and that is worth noting. That shouldn’t stop us from recklessly speculating, though, and that is half of the fun anyway.
