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create an alternate universe : what if NY had their 'dream' offseason in 2019 ?

in the offseason in 2019, NY had dreams of winning the number 1 pick in the draft to select zion williamson and signing both kevin durant and kyrie irving in free agency. instead, NO won the number 1 pick and NY 'only' got number 3, and both kevin durant and kyrie irving went to the 'other' team in NY. instead, NY had to 'settle' for julius randle.

so what would have happened if NY had their 'dream' offseason in 2019 ? they selected zion and got kevin durant and kyrie irving in free agency ? what would have happened to NY and the rest of the basketball world ?

NY ended up drafting barrett, who was eventually flipped for anunoby. they prob would have been forced to give zion a max extension and given his injury history, the club wouldn't have won with him and he would prob have been booed in NY.

randle was used in the towns trade. kevin durant and kyrie irving both eventually got their way out of brooklyn in 2023, who never made the ECF with them.

and finally, kevin durant indirectly helped NY bc when he was traded to phoenix, brooklyn got bridges in return, whom NY was eventually able to acquire for 5 first round picks.

so ... create ur alternate universe if NY, whose fans were unhappy with their 2019 offseason, actually had their 'dream' offseason that year

Posted Jun 17, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC

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