Getty Image As the NBA Draft loomed large on Thursday night, a team without a single pick dominated the conversation as the Brooklyn Nets impending implosion gained steam. Hours before the draft, reports from both ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania indicated that both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were starting to consider …
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Report: Kevin Durant Is Keeping His Options Open While Kyrie Irving Has A List Of Teams For A Potential Sign-And-Trade
Getty Image The Brooklyn Nets appear to be on the verge of a potentially tumultuous summer. Much of it revolves around the future of Kyrie Irving, as the star guard has a player option on his contract. Irving and the Nets have reportedly been in the midst of negotiating an extension, but Brooklyn is not …
Stephen A. Smith Lost It When He Learned Jalen Rose Voted Kyrie Irving Over Trae Young For All-NBA
ESPN When the All-NBA teams were unveiled on Tuesday night, there weren’t an awful lot of surprises or snubs to be argued, but once individual voting was released, NBA fans got a chance to see some of the wild one-off ballots that inevitably get submitted. The most absurd selection this year came from ESPN’s Jalen …
Jalen Rose Was The Voter That Had Kyrie Irving On His All-NBA Third Team
Getty Image The 2022 All-NBA teams were revealed on Tuesday night prior to Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, and there weren’t a ton of surprises among those to actually earn the 15 All-NBA spots. Joel Embiid landing on the second team produced some chatter, as the likes of Jayson Tatum and others pointed …
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Report: The Nets Are ‘Outright Unwilling’ To Give Kyrie Irving A Long-Term Extension
Getty Image The Brooklyn Nets are heading into this offseason with a number of major questions, the biggest of which is the long-term future of Kyrie Irving. As of this writing, there is no indication of which direction Irving is leaning on his player option worth about $36.5 million, but no matter what he does, …
The Nets Will Meet With Kyrie Irving About An Extension To ‘See If It’s The Right Fit For Both Sides’
Getty Image Kyrie Irving owns a $36.9 million player option for the 2022-23 season. If he decides to opt out, he is eligible for a four-year, $189.7 million extension from the Brooklyn Nets or a four-year, $182.1 million deal from a different team. Only Brooklyn can offer a fifth year, at which point Irving’s new …
Stephen A Smith Thinks Kyrie Irving Should Only Get 1-Year Contracts Because He’s ‘One Of The Absolute Professionals At Missing Work’
Getty Image While the Brooklyn Nets have not yet been eliminated from the 2022 playoffs, the team is 48 minutes away from getting swept. Following Saturday night’s home loss to the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn finds itself in an 0-3 hole, and it’s very hard to imagine a scenario where they can correct all the things …
Kyrie Irving Was Fined $50,000 For Giving Boston Fans The Finger
ESPN Game 1 of the Nets-Celtics first round series was an instant classic, featuring sensational individual performances from Kyrie Irving and Jayson Tatum, with the latter swiping a win away from Brooklyn with a buzzer-beating layup. Irving’s 39-point effort wasn’t quite enough to get the Nets a win, but it was clear that he was …
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Why Do Boston Celtics Fans Hate Kyrie Irving?
“And I failed those guys in a sense that I didn’t give them everything that I could have during that season, especially with the amount of pieces that we had,” he concluded. “My relationships with them personally were great, but in terms of me being a leader in that environment, I failed.” Well, it’s clear …
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Kyrie Irving Says He Has To ‘Embrace The Dark Side’ Of Boston Fans Heckling Him
Getty Image The Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of their highly anticipated first round series in a game that will be difficult to top in terms of drama and entertainment. Jayson Tatum’s buzzer-beating layup was the exclamation point on a game that featured some incredible two-way play by both teams, as …
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Kyrie Irving Flipped Off The Boston Crowd After Hitting A Third Quarter Jumper
ESPN Game 1 of the Nets-Celtics first round series absolutely lived up to the billing as the marquee matchup of the opening round of the playoffs, as the two Eastern Conference titans went blow for blow in a physical game that saw things knotted up at 61-61 at the half. Boston would make the first …
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Report: Kyrie Irving Will Be Eligible For Home Games Starting On Sunday
Getty Image The Brooklyn Nets have been operating as two different teams this season, one with Kyrie Irving, who has played 19 road games this season, and one without, as the star guard has refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine and has been ineligible to play home games (and was held out of the start …
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