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What seemed like a colorful second stage in between Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets, After a tumultuous first few years full of off-field issues, has it taken an unexpected turn? It is that the 30-year-old player has requested the transfer to the New York board before the end of the transfer window next Thursday, February 9.
Breaking: Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kyrie Irving has requested a trade, league sources say @TheAthletic @stage. The franchise has been told Irving prefers to move on before the Feb. 9 trade deadline – or he’ll leave in free agency in July.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 3, 2023
The information comes via Shams Charania (The Athletic) and Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN), who provided some details about it.
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Why did Kyrie Irving request a transfer to the Brooklyn Nets?
The situation seems clear, though with Irving it’s never quite that way. A few days ago, said Shetellia Riley, her stepmother and manager Chris Haynes (Bleacher Report) that the player’s desire was to make Brooklyn his home, if only to an appropriate extent. clear, The point guard will be a free agent in July and had negotiated with the organization.
However, this “proper extension” did not arrive. Reports say that both sides could not agree and, as Harania said, the options are concrete: transfer request to leave before Feb. 9 or “free” leave in July via Free Agency.
In addition, Sams said the Nets’ offer had certain conditions that didn’t sit well with the player, which completely changed the situation.
Where could Irving get drilled? The difficulties of the operation
This is where the situation gets quite complicated, since the transfers of star players are not simple, let alone when we are talking about a player of Irving’s particularity, who in recent years has had more extra-sports problems than lights on the field.
The Celtics’ bad start after he said he was going to renew his contract, the arrival in Brooklyn, his temporary departures from the team for personal reasons, refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and subsequent part-time player status and without the option to play at home, the tweet with anti-Semitic propaganda at the start of this march and subsequent suspension by part of the group after intense public questioning… The list could go on.
As if that weren’t enough, Irving has one contract expiring 36.5 million. In other words, if he wants to leave Brooklyn to avoid an extension, the team looking for him now should at least have a guarantee that he can extend his relationship in the summer.
Of course, that’s not all on the table. Irving probably wants an environment that guarantees some level of competition. What candidate or candidates will bet on someone as dysfunctional as Irving?
Los Angeles Lakers, a real pick?
Bringing back LeBron James and Kyrie Irving has been a recurring theme in recent years. However, Can the Lakers get a deal done? It should;
Both questions can of course be linked. And the big point that allows us to speculate about a deal is its status Russell Westbrook, who has been in the midst of transfer rumors for months. But of course, an operation never took place due to the difficulty caused by a transfer from the former MVP, who also has contract expiring but for 47 million
Numerically speaking, the Nets would have to send a little more salary to balance out the operation. Now, the Lakers would definitely need to include draft offsets (early rounds) to begin envisioning a deal.
What is specific is that Marc Stein reported that the Lakers are among the teams the Nets are waiting to begin talks with to acquire Kyrie’s services. But? The Dallas Mavericks are looking for help for Luka Doncic.
The Lakers and Mavericks are among the teams Brooklyn is expected to join in Kyrie Irving trade talks as next Thursday’s trade deadline approaches at 3 p.m. ET, league sources said.
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—Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 3, 2023
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