Kyrie wants a trade because if his is traded, under the “Bird rule,” his new team could sign him to a max deal of over $40M per year irrespective of cap space. If he isn’t traded and becomes a free agent, his new team has to fit him in an under their cap space and hardly any team could pay him even near a max contract. So his request makes economic sense for him but what team would take on that train wreck of a douche..
