Kyrie Irving returns to the scene. If he has ever left her. The Nets point guard has been one of the stories of the season, a reviled man and always protagonist for things that have nothing to do with his sports activity. A generational player, absolutely legendary and objectively unique who wins more covers for his decisions off the track than for what he achieves on it. Irving has not wanted to be vaccinated against the coronavirus and his decision has been more than commented on and, in the long run, detrimental to some Nets who were looking for a ring from which they have been very far. And that is precisely why a star has been singled out as beginning to lose light and whose ability to self-destruct his reputation begins to weigh too heavily.
Sean Marks, general manager of the New York entity, already charged against the player in a press conference after the elimination of the Nets, in which he assured that Kyrie had “decisions to make“And he was shown, along with Steve Nash, team coach, quite unhappy with the commitment (a word often repeated in said appearance) of the point guard, who has only played 29 games this season and, apart from the coronavirus, He also carries a huge number of physical problems that prevent him from being 100% at the moment of truth.
Kyrie, on the sidelines of the first game against the Celtics in the first round (39 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals) had erratic performances in a series in which the Nets lost 4-0 and ended his season. He barely exceeded 15 points per game in the following three duels, in which he did not attempt more than 17 shots in any of them and averaged a dismal 37% in field goals, with a disastrous 18% in triples (2 hits in 11 attempts). combined). A performance that he left in question to a player who already was and who was not up to the circumstances in the final phase eitherwhere most was expected of him.
At this point, the new thing that has leaked is that the Nets are unwilling to make a long-term commitment to the Nets. The base has earned almost 35 million dollars this season and has a player option of 36 the one that comes, but it does not seem that it will happen from there. His speculations regarding vaccination and doubts about his physical condition (he is not older than 30 years old but he gets injured a lot), in addition to his attitude, always erratic, have caused the Nets management to consider his continuity and the possibility of offer you a new contract. After all, the project turned out to be a stellar one and hasn’t even been to a conference finals in three seasons.
To all this, it seems that Kevin Durant (who is not spoken with the staff coach of the team since the end of the season) is not going to look particularly good on the hypothetical departure of Kyrie. The player could question the decision, if made, as well as the structure of a team that has dedicated itself to signing maximum contracts. (We better not even talk about the James Harden case) and surround them with minimal veterans and role players. The forward hasn’t smelled the ring since he left the Warriors (with whom he won two) and can’t find a team around him in a team that, it must be said, has helped to modulate. That’s the way things are on the Nets. And, above all, this is how things stand for Kyrie. A player who has many things to think about.
