Lu recalls the Knights Irving deal

Clippers head coach Tyron Lue has been a little active recently. He talked about Leonard's injury management two days ago, saying that it was the rest set by the team for him, not that he didn't want to play himself, and also said that Bill had a new beginning after coming to the team, and his next goal was the championship.

When Lu participated in the Club Shay Shay podcast today, he reviewed some of the follow-up situations after Irving was traded to the Celtics in the Cavaliers.

Lu said: "I definitely didn't want Irving to leave at that time because I knew that he would be disbanded after leaving the entire team. This was very obvious at that time. I had a few private talks with Irving and begged him to stay, but he had already made a decision at that time, and it would not be useful. This is like the OK combination of the Lakers back then. If he had decided to break up, there would be no room for recovery."

Irving's OK breakup with the Lakers was definitely different. O'Neal and Kobe were indeed disagreeing at that time, and the Lakers' management also felt that O'Neal was old and was about to go downhill, and Kobe was rising, and finally chose Kobe and gave up O'Neal. Everyone knows what happened later that Kobe won two championships in the Lakers, which also proves that the management's choice is correct.

And Irving is definitely different. He wants to leave and wants to be the leader of another team. At that time, he said that if he doesn't let him leave, he will choose to have surgery and then announce the season's reimbursement, so it means to force the palace, while O'Neal's departure means to be forced. So, there is still a difference between the two.

The host then asked Lu, did James know in advance?

Lu said: "It was abrupt. LeBron was signing the jersey at an event at the Cavaliers Foundation. Then I was also on the scene and handed him a cell phone, which was reporting breaking news about Irving going to the Celtics."

"After seeing the news, LeBron threw away the marker in his hand and was silent in the seat for nearly 10 minutes. We didn't know what to say. Because we all know that this deal will change the direction of the team, James's mood. He was very depressed, seemed a little disbelief, and was hit and angry, and felt that he was very collapsed. "

" Everyone knows what happened. James tried his best to bring the Cavaliers into the finals. If Irving didn't leave, he might stay with the Cavaliers for a while longer."

In fact, he can understand Irving. He has talent and is the No. 1 pick. Now he has won the championship and is still very young. Why don't he go out and try it out? You can't just wait for James to grow old and give way before he can't beat him, right? What's more, now that James is 40 years old and still able to fight, it may not be a bad thing to leave.

Although Irving went to other teams later, he also encountered various walls. He didn't think of it as a Celtic boss, and he ended up against Celtic fans. There was no trace of the three giants formed by the Nets. Now he was seriously injured in the Mavericks, but how could he know that he was not good if he didn't go out to try it out?

If Irving doesn't leave, he and James have been with the Cavaliers, he should still have a chance to win another championship. In 2019, the Warriors began to decline, Durant left and Clay was injured. If the Cavaliers have James, Love and Irving, they should have always been the favorite teams to win the championship.