{"id":439000,"date":"2023-10-28T06:41:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T06:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=439000"},"modified":"2023-10-28T06:41:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T06:41:33","slug":"since-being-traded-kyrie-irving-speaks-for-the-first-time-about-his-nets-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/since-being-traded-kyrie-irving-speaks-for-the-first-time-about-his-nets-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Since Being Traded, Kyrie Irving Speaks For The First Time About His Nets Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyrie Irving won&#8217;t be playing against his former team again until Friday night when the Dallas Mavericks take on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/nets\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>. He was transferred before the previous season&#8217;s midseason deadline.<\/p>\n<h2>Since Being Traded, Kyrie Irving Speaks For The First Time About His Nets Departure<\/h2>\n<p>Irving blames the media for a large portion of the &#8220;choice and noise&#8221; surrounding his time with the Nets, which included conflicting accounts of the events that led to the eventual disintegration of a superteam before it had much of an opportunity to play at the top level. Despite the way his exit transpired, he doesn&#8217;t think he&#8217;s on &#8220;bad terms&#8221; with the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 of the greatest handles ever: God Shammgod &amp; Kyrie Irving!  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXCVMmYr3M\">pic.twitter.com\/qXCVMmYr3M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1717336866230243446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, he faced his old team for the first time since leaving, as the Nets lost 125-120 to Irving&#8217;s Mavericks at American Airlines Center in a much-anticipated reunion.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a query from The Post, Irving said, &#8220;I was just trying to enjoy the time that I had with some of my good friends and my peers in Brooklyn, with James [Harden] and [Kevin Durant], the young guys that we drafted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russell Westbrook teaching Kyrie Irving how to dunk off one leg \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant all smiles while witnessing Teachbrook \ud83d\udcaf <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q3YpVUWz1P\">pic.twitter.com\/Q3YpVUWz1P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beastbrook (@Beastbr00k0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Beastbr00k0\/status\/1717978994992124246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a plan in place, and when plans change for individuals \u2014 and that happens, again, at any business \u2014 you\u2019ve got to make the best decision for you and your family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when you have that eye-to-eye communication with your teammates and people on staff, and you\u2019re able to articulate how you feel, it shouldn\u2019t matter what\u2019s being said about you on the outside. And being there in New York, being in the media capital of the world, it\u2019s the most political place in the world \u2026 other than L.A. or overseas places. But people carry or hold onto the weight of my words, and I\u2019m not trying to put anybody in that predicament here or in Brooklyn. So I\u2019m just really trying to move past that, man. And hopefully, everybody does the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyrie Irving goes CRAZY against the Blazers dropping 55 PTS! (2015) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mDYwouSuHa\">pic.twitter.com\/mDYwouSuHa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ThrowbackHoops (@ThrowbackHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThrowbackHoops\/status\/1716119066459685182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Nets&#8217; window for a title was blasted shut by the exits of Irving and Durant.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Jacque Vaughn, nevertheless, claimed he doesn&#8217;t allow himself to consider &#8220;what if.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we should start thinking about this team here and go on to the next [up]. Thus, before Friday&#8217;s reunion, Vaughn stated, &#8220;I definitely appreciate my connection with [Irving], but I&#8217;m planning on coaching this team right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons show love to each other before the game \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l1VXAwU6rh\">pic.twitter.com\/l1VXAwU6rh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jit\ud83e\udd27 (@JitDontMiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JitDontMiss\/status\/1718066391377436948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Irving wanted to spend some time this weekend with Thomas and Claxton, two young teammates he left behind in Brooklyn and who the Nets would be visiting. Irving takes great delight in the memories he&#8217;s made of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, absolutely. Proud of them. They\u2019ve grown tremendously. They put in the hard work,\u201d Irving said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been rock-steady. For myself, even off-court, I was dealing with a lot of things, and for them to be so young and want to be there for me emotionally meant a lot. That\u2019s why we have such a great bond to this day. It doesn\u2019t matter what team we\u2019re on; we\u2019re always going to support each other.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russell Westbrook and Kyrie Irving inspired a whole generation. Talk about it \u203c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oIwcc7gpJM\">pic.twitter.com\/oIwcc7gpJM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beastbrook (@Beastbr00k0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Beastbr00k0\/status\/1717954390823227793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose little moments of interaction mean a lot for me. There\u2019s going to be a time where I\u2019m not going to be playing basketball; I\u2019m going to be an audience member watching them. So I just want to continue to give them tools that they\u2019ll take on for the rest of their career so they can mentor the next generation as best they can.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 YEARS AGO TODAY<br \/>Kyrie Irving dropped 50 in his Nets debut \ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n<p>50 PTS (17\/33 FG) <br \/>8 REB, 7 AST, 7 3PT <br \/>0 Turnovers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N2OuQUa4Aq\">pic.twitter.com\/N2OuQUa4Aq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1716424949718474959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the best decision of my career, just to be able to ask for a trade,&#8221; Irving said. &#8220;I knew I needed peace of mind. It was rough all the way around after COVID and after the situations that took place there, circumstances that were either in my control or out of my control.&#8221;the next generation as best they can.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most games with 40+ pts on 90%+ ts in NBA history:<\/p>\n<p>7 \u2014 Stephen Curry<br \/>6 \u2014 Klay Thompson<br \/>4 \u2014 James Harden, Zach LaVine, Devin Booker<br \/>3 \u2014 Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving<\/p>\n<p>Steph Curry had 41 pts on 97.6% ts tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qdi85b4MHG\">pic.twitter.com\/qdi85b4MHG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Automatic (@automaticnba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/automaticnba\/status\/1718126511616672181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>James Harden and Kevin Durant, two of Irving&#8217;s NBA celebrity buddies, were teammates during his brief time with the Nets. 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Since Being Traded, Kyrie Irving Speaks For The First Time About His Nets Departure Irving blames the media for a large portion of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":416747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[154,18041,18042,4962],"class_list":["post-439000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-kyrie-irving-nets","tag-kyrie-irving-nets-departure","tag-kyrie-irving-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}