Kyrie Irving made a verbal and public commitment to the Boston Celtics, which practically washed away any rumors of him potentially landing with the New York Knicks, but the eventual agreement between the C's and their superstar is still not etched in stone.

According to ESPN's Brian Windhorst, while most expect the Celtics to dole out the max to lock Irving's services, Boston might not make such a hefty offer unless Kyrie Irving proves to have a clean bill of health during this 2018-19 season.

“As any college coach will tell you, a verbal commitment is just that. Also, the Celtics will probably be willing to make the five-year offer to Irving, but that's not in stone at this point with Irving's history of injuries and many months to go. Plenty of executives have the magnet with Irving's name on it slapped in the “UFA” (unrestricted free agent) column on their whiteboards.”

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Irving infamously threatened the Cleveland Cavaliers with sitting out the entire 2017-18 season by undergoing knee surgery if the team didn't trade him away last summer and while the slight of mind worked, it was something Irving could not avoid down the road, forced to miss the end of the regular season and all of his team's playoff run with a clean-up procedure in his bothersome knee.

If this continues to be a lingering issue, the Celtics will want a discount on Kyrie Irving, considering the liability of paying a player close to $40 million per year who hasn't proven to be fully healthy.

In case of a contractual disagreement, other teams have already lined up their pitches, seeing if the allure of a different city can be enough to steer him away from Bean Town.