Just when you thought the waters had calmed down on the Kyrie Irving front... they are once again churning, and churning hard. According to The Athletic's Shams Charania and others, Irving has asked to be traded ahead of next week's trade deadline. Or, he says, he won't be resigning with the Nets this offseason, and they'll be left with nothing.

So naturally, attention has quickly turned to the Lakers, who are hoping to make improvements in this year's team, have a couple first round picks to offer, and have (because, well, everything) frequently been linked to Irving going back to last summer.

Should Rob Pelinka get on the phone, and get to work? Should someone take his phone and have him count to 50... or even 500, or 5,000,000 (or infinity) before engaging in talks? What kind of package would make sense for the highly talented, ultra-mercurial point guard? He is unquestionably a transcendent hoops talent. He's also wholly unreliable, trades in conspiracy theories and seems at times to be more interested in promoting the idea of "Kyrie Irving, Elevated Thinker" than "Kyrie Irving, NBA Player."

The Lakers will be in the center of all these conversations until the deadline has passed, or until Irving is in LA.

What should come next?

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

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