Kyrie Irving

I would rather light my franchise on fire than validate Kyrie Irving · The Brooklyn Nets star guard reaches new level of insufferable with trade demand · Does a ...

Kyrie is seriously a sideshow at this stage of his career, and this is as much performance art as that time Shai LeBeouf strolled the red carpet The Nets are 31-20 and currently occupy the fourth seed in the East. There’s no reason for them to make a trade other than the fact that they’re negotiating with someone who’s willing to destroy everything for ideals that no one, not even himself, can define. There’s one player in the history of the league that’s been able to corral Irving into seasons of productive basketball, and that’s LeBron James. Durant always chirps about how he just wants to hoop and ignore the chatter. When the news broke that [Irving demanded a trade from the Brooklyn Nets](https://deadspin.com/kyrie-irving-brooklyn-nets-trade-lakers-nba-durant-1850072128) on Friday, the question that followed “Can you fucking believe this guy?” was “Where is he going to end up?”

Reporting on Kyrie Irving's Nets trade rumors with the Lakers, Suns, Mavericks and Heat. Plus, Knicks and Jazz trade talks by Michael Scotto.

Vanderbilt and Beasley have also been discussed as part of a trade package with the Atlanta Hawks for forward John Collins. Trail Blazers forward Nassir Little is a name to monitor in the trade talks, HoopsHype has learned. Ironically, while Beasley was meeting with the Timberwolves and on the verge of agreeing to his contract, the current Knicks regime led by Leon Rose called to express interest in signing him, league sources told HoopsHype. In these particular trade talks, Toppin would potentially be that equivalent for Vanderbilt with Utah seeking a potential first-round pick for taking on Fournier’s [salary](https://hoopshype.com/salaries/new_york_knicks/) ($18.86 million next season and $19 million team option for 2024-25) and parting with Beasley, who has a $16.5 million [team option](https://hoopshype.com/salaries/utah_jazz/) for next season. On the court, Irving is talented enough to dramatically increase Dallas’ chances of competing alongside MVP candidate Luka Doncic and be the clear No. Jazz executive Danny Ainge previously traded for Fournier while running the Celtics as well. Harris, a valued core member of Brooklyn’s culture dating back to the Kenny Atkinson era, is owed $19.93 million Brooklyn never saw Westbrook as a logical fit with Ben Simmons during trade talks in the summer, and that thinking wouldn’t change now. This sequence of events was no coincidence to some around the league. Nine days later, after failing to get the desired terms, Irving requested a trade from Brooklyn. Two days later, Irving’s agent, Shetellia Riley Irving, went on the record with Bleacher Report expressing a desire to get an extension done with the Nets. It’s deja vu for the Nets.

Prior to that slide, the Nets were challenging the Celtics for the top spot in the Eastern Conference, and were just a couple games back of Irving's former team ...

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