re: 6/14 official leak thread

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Well Kyrie is likely to either give him no assurances, or give him an assurance that he's leaving.

I hope I'm wrong, but if retaining Kyrie is the key to getting Tatum, I think it's over for Boston

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It was only a day ago that Woj reported that Ainge had a backup plan involving Mike Conley.

And that Ainge's mindset is approaching AD like they did Garnett. Get the guy that said he didn't want to be there, then work the rest of the time proving Boston is where he wants to be. And by all accounts Ainge is confident in that.

Plus, as I mentioned before, the league is just different in a year. LA is either going to fill up their cap or Lebron is going to start demanding out(which LA doesn't have to oblige). New York is likely either sitting empty or with a rehabbing KD that no longer looks incredibly desirable. Brooklyn will be taken up by Kyrie's contract.

Good chance Ainge could bring in Conley, put AD next to Horford(who wants to retire there), they push for a championship in the East and AD has no real instant conteders to go to anymore.