Kyrie Irving returned to Brooklyn for the first time a year later the trade. The Mavs win 119-107 at the Nets thanks to the excellent performance of Kai, author of 36 points with 6/10 from the three-point line. Dallas’ number #11 also adds 5 assists and 2 steals in about 40 minutes of play.
In the post-match he talks little, almost nothing, about the performance, but about what it was, and what it could have been, with his old team, which he had also talked about while waiting for the match: 3 and a half seasons, 143 games, 27 points average surrounded by injuries but above all absences linked to many circumstances, Covid above all and lack of vaccination.
I don’t want to go into too much detail because I want to protect the people who are involved with me in the deal, even if it didn’t work out. I love those people but the conversations we needed to have weren’t had before the deadline
Kyrie Irving
Irving continued thus:
I think it was time to find some peace and go somewhere else where I would be able to grow and in a situation where I wouldn’t have to worry about talk behind my back or how to take some real life circumstances that hadn’t to do with basketball. I have found peace here and I want to move forward
Kyrie Irving
The Irving’s injuries, James Harden’s injuries, the vaccine and the remote clashes with the new mayor of BrooklynEric Maynor, la failure to extend the contract with the Nets: these were the main issues that exacerbated the situation between players and the franchise.
If I hadn’t gotten injured against the Bucks would I have asked for a trade? If KD’s foot hadn’t been on the three-point line, would we have been talking about a legacy? If James (Harden, ed.) hadn’t asked for a trade… I can put all these aside and move forward with my career in Dallas and think about a second title
Kyrie Irving
Before the Nets traded Irving, also in February of last year, Kevin Durant was sent to Phoenix following another trade request, in addition to Irving’s.
In Dallas Kyrie, together with Luka Doncic (author of 35 points and 18 rebounds against the Nets), is also looking to return to the playoffs to hunt for a second title, his true personal goal.
2024-02-07 07:51:41
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