Ever since leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kyrie Irving hasn’t found a place where he has truly settled. He tried his luck with the Boston Celtics, but that didn’t work out due to his differences with his teammates.
Next, he decided to join forces with Kevin Durant and donned the jersey of the Brooklyn Nets. To be honest, it felt like Kai has finally found his place and he will be helping the Nets win at least a couple of rings with Durant by his side.
Unfortunately, during his stint with the Nets, Irving hasn’t really been available for the team. He was sidelined due to injuries and his stance on the COVID-19 vaccine. Amidst that, it seems like the Nets’ core is breaking up.
James Harden was the first to leave and request a trade to the Philadelphia 76ers. Now, according to a trusted report by NBA insider Shams Charania, it has been revealed that Kyrie is at an impasse with the Nets.
This has led many to believe that Irving’s time as a Nets player is over and he will soon be opting out of his player option to pick his next destination. It was quite shocking and NBA analyst Stephen A. Smith made sure to berate Irving for this decision.
Stephen A Smith on Kyrie and Brooklyn’s “impasse” pic.twitter.com/FXZRTgCRRO
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“Is this First Take? You about to call it Comedy Central because I can’t stop laughing. … This is a guy that missed 127 games over the last three seasons, and he thinks that he deserves a four-year extension, fully-loaded, on top of the $36.5 million he can opt-in and he’s scheduled to make for this upcoming season? I mean what nerve. What nerve, what gall. Talk about delusional. I mean, that’s this dude. That’s Kyrie Irving.”
Despite destroying Kyrie for his reported decision of moving on from the Nets, Smith did say a few good things about the 30-year-old.
He believed that when Irving plays regularly; he is, without a doubt, a supermax player. But the recurring issue with him is the fact that he is missing way too many games each season. And if a franchise is paying huge money for a superstar, they expect him to show up, especially during the most important stages of a season.
