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It’s looking more and more like the 2019-20 NBA campaign will resume in late July. Well, in some capacity, anyway. Whether you like the proposed plan or not, the league seems to be moving toward an agreement, so we will probably be seeing the NBA Finals around the same time we are typically supposed to […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving joined a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest on Tuesday, becoming one of the most prominent NBA stars to take part in the action. Irving went on Instagram Live to share moments of the protest: Kyrie is peacefully protesting ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/EShbKILNVC — Kyrie Wrld (@kyriewrldig) June 2, 2020 It’s difficult to […]

Houston Rockets guard Austin Rivers recounted the time when Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving  — who was unknown and unranked during the time — showed up in Deron Williams’ basketball camp and destroyed everybody. Rivers spoke with former NBA player and Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Sam Cassell in the Go Off podcast. Among the […]

The Brooklyn Nets have all of a sudden emerged as one of the top betting favorites to win the 2020 NBA title, trailing only the Los Angeles Lakers in terms of bets placed since the season went on hiatus. In a recent report by Alex Schiffer of The Athletic, he notes that the Nets have […]

The idea of an NBA team creating a big three is always exciting. That said, the Brooklyn Nets should avoid trading for Bradley Beal. Thursday afternoon Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News reported that the Nets have “internally discussed” ways to acquire Washington Wizards star guard Beal. Such a move would give the […]

The NBA playoffs are where basketball legends are made. During an 82-game regular season, plenty of players can put on superstar performances from time to time and showcase elite ability. However, the best NBA playoff performers — the players who can produce on the biggest stage when it matters like the postseason and NBA Finals […]

The Brooklyn Nets have internally discussed avenues of acquiring Washington Wizards superstar shooting guard Bradley Beal, per Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. The Nets are looking for a third star to pair next to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Beal fits that bill, as he’s one of the best scorers in the […]

Kyrie Irving will have made $231,698,224 in NBA money when his current contract with the Brooklyn Nets expires in the summer of 2023, per Spotrac. Uncle Drew was the No. 1 overall pick of the 2011 draft out of Duke. He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers and signed an $11 million rookie deal. Irving […]

Since entering the NBA back in 2011 as the No. 1 overall pick, Kyrie Irving has made six All-Star teams and captured one NBA championship, which came in 2016 when the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the 73-9 Golden State Warriors in the Finals. Irving hit one of the biggest shots in NBA history, nailing the game-winning […]

To say that the New York Knicks have been unlucky over the years would simply be an understatement. Sure, they struck gold in the 1985 draft when they nabbed Patrick Ewing with the first overall pick, albeit in a rather controversial manner. The basketball gods have frowned upon the Knicks since then, however, as they […]

Having come into the NBA as an expansion team in 1970, the Cleveland Cavaliers are a relatively young franchise. Still, several talented point guards have worn the Wine and Gold over the years. In this piece, we’ll take a look back at who we believe to be the five best. 5. World B. Free Free […]

Boston Celtics small forward Jayson Tatum has been on record saying that Kyrie Irving got too much blame for the Celtics’ shortcomings during the 2018-19 season. Before the 2018-19 season started, the Celtics were picked to win the Eastern Conference easily. However, Boston was dysfunctional from start to finish, and Irving got most of the […]

Kyrie Irving may no longer be the starting point guard for the Boston Celtics, but the Nets star has issued the team’s new stud lead guard, Kemba Walker, a one-on-one challenge Irving and Walker have put on some great shows over the years. Notably, both players are from the New York/New Jersey area — a […]

Kyrie Irving was the No. 1 overall pick back in the 2011 draft. Since then, Uncle Drew has made $126,949,624 through his NBA contracts, per Spotrac. After getting drafted out of Duke, Irving signed a two-year, $11 million rookie deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He won Rookie of the Year by averaging 18.5 points and […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar point guard Kyrie Irving, along with Nike, has donated 17 pallets of food and 50,000 N95 masks to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that will be distributed across a wide expanse of North and South Dakota, per Nets Daily. Irving’s late mother, Elizabeth Ann Larson, was a member of the tribe: Irving’s […]

Since becoming a professional team back in 1970, the Cleveland Cavaliers have an overall record of 1,867-2,168. The Cavs franchise has made the playoffs 22 times and captured one championship. That came back in 2016 when LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love guided the club to the title over the 73-9 Golden State Warriors. […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has hit the court with a number of talented players over the course of his 17 seasons in the NBA. Along the way, the Akron, Ohio native has claimed three championships, but he has had some help. In this piece, we’ll take a look back at LeBron James’ greatest […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers set themselves up for greatness when they selected a 19-year-old LeBron James as the first overall pick in 2003. He has since become one of the greatest to ever play the game, and is without a doubt the best draft pick in Cavs history. So who else made it to our list […]

Kyrie Irving just sent a warning shot to the rest of the NBA as he continues his rehab from a nagging shoulder injury that forced the Brooklyn Nets to shut him down for the season. While the Nets have been on record saying neither Irving nor Kevin Durant are expected to suit up if the […]

At the time, scouts and draft analysts deemed the 2011 NBA Draft class one of the shallowest in history. Almost a decade later, it has become known as one of the most loaded, with No. 1 overall pick Kyrie Irving just one of a number of stars to come from that draft. While Irving has […]

The Brooklyn Nets parted ways with Kenny Atkinson in March. Rumors reveal that stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving weren’t seeing eye to eye with the former coach. As of this writing, the Nets are still scouting for a replacement. But in the latest rumor involving the Nets, both stars seem to have a liking […]

Pundits have questioned whether or not the Brooklyn Nets superstar pairing of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving can co-exist, even before they could spend a second together on the hardwood. But as far as free agent Jamal Crawford is concerned, he believes the two could lead the Nets to its first title since moving to […]

For most of their history, the Brooklyn Nets (formerly New Jersey) have not been a prime destination for free agents. A number of free agents of the past opted to go to their cross-river rivals in the New York Knicks. The majority of their franchise stars came from either trades or top selections in the […]

Recent reports of Jason Kidd being among the candidates to take over the Brooklyn Nets have fans wondering “what if” the Nets are forced to swallow their own decision only six years after the fact. Kidd, who played a giant role in the franchise’s surge in the early 2000s as a point guard, took the […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has undoubtedly been one of the most talented players in the league for multiple years now. Yet, his bumpy track record with head coaches continues to be a stain on his resume and fuel a “coach-killer” perception.  After the Nets and Kenny Atkinson parted ways in early March and […]

Former New jersey/Brooklyn Nets point guard Stephon Marbury had nothing but positive words to say about the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving pairing. In a recent interview with Heavy‘s Brandon Robinson on “Scoop B Radio,” the former Nets playmaker expressed his belief that the superstar duo will be pretty magical on the court. “I think […]

Former Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson has faced a slew of rumors to make sense of his sudden parting of ways with the organization. The latest is how his new star, Kyrie Irving, didn’t treat him with enough respect upon landing in Brooklyn, according to Marc Berman of the New York Post. Atkinson’s game […]

NBA players could soon be forced to “refund” part of their salaries if the league decides to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 season in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Players could be forced to forgo a portion of their salary under the Force Majeure clause. A potential 25% of player salaries would be […]

The NBA and ESPN are reportedly working on setting up a H-O-R-S-E competition since there are no sports on right now and the idea could generate some buzz. Discussions have been ongoing among the NBA, NBPA and ESPN about a competition among several players in isolation — presumably using home gyms — that would include […]

Jared Dudley of the Los Angeles Lakers recently spoke to Michael Lee of The Athletic about a variety of topics, and one of the more interesting items on the agenda is Dudley talking about the New York Knicks’ botched plans of signing Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving last summer. According to Dudley, the Knicks could […]

A Brooklyn Nets fan tragically lost his house to a fire and the only thing which survived was a Kyrie Irving Nets jersey. Fahad Suave not only received a donation from a group led by Dave Zenon, an assistant coach at The Patrick School — Irving’s old high school — but he also got that […]

While veteran shooting guard Jamal Crawford expects Brooklyn Nets superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to have some growing pains, he believes the Nets are in good hands moving forward. Crawford, one of the best scorers in NBA history, thinks Durant and Irving can do anything they put their minds to with the Nets once […]

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum says Brooklyn Nets superstar point guard Kyrie Irving has the best handles of all-time. CJ is even putting Irving over NBA Hall of Famer Allen Iverson and Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry. Best handles ever. Obviously I excluded myself 🤣 I vote @KyrieIrving .. also Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf […]

Richard Jefferson spent two and a half years with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving in Cleveland. And according to Jefferson, Irving is an ‘assassin’ and a true disciple of the great Kobe Bryant. Speaking with ESPN’s Omar Raja, Jefferson shared his observations on the Nets star in those two years and a half years donning […]

The potential of playing with the Brooklyn Nets’ All-NBA duo of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving has become an attractive proposition to a “number of veterans” in the upcoming free-agency period. Brian Lewis of the New York Post told fans in a mailbag article that while he doesn’t know who may come to join the […]

Brooklyn Nets teammates Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are still without an official timeline for return this season, according to a report from ESPN’s Malika Andrews. Nets general manager Sean Marks tells Andrews that it “would not be fair” to put a timeline on either player, even with the regular season being suspended due to […]

The Brooklyn Nets could be looking at a “big-name coach” in the upcoming months after parting ways with former helmsman Kenny Atkinson days before the 2019-20 season went on hiatus. Rumor has it that the two superstars who signed with the Nets this summer, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, are behind this process: “One of […]

Damian Lillard and Kyrie Irving are two of the most electrifying players to see on an NBA court. They’re both outstanding scoring guards who can keep up with the best the league has to offer. It’s not far-fetched to say that both of them are competing for the title of being the best point guard […]

Brooklyn Nets sharpshooter Joe Harris is hoping to re-sign with the team after his contract expires at the end of the 2019-20 season. The marksman is anxious for an opportunity to score a potential title shot next to a healthy Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, who should return for next season. Irving battled injuries all […]