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After two underwhelming seasons with the Boston Celtics, Kyrie Irving has decided to move on and join a team that’s near his hometown, the Brooklyn Nets. He will pair with fellow All-Star Kevin Durant, with the hopes of winning championships. But before his fallout with the Celtics, Irving left the team with some good memories […]

Having a solid NBA culture matters in the new age of player empowerment, with stars free to go to whatever organization they choose. Don’t believe me? Ask the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers how their offseason went. The Nets went out and signed free agents Kyrie Irving from the Celtics and Kevin Durant […]

Kyrie Irving’s odd relationship with the Boston Celtics can perhaps be traced back to his rapport with president Danny Ainge, one that “soured” early through the 2018-19 season. ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan gave a bit of insight in the timing of Irving’s unhappiness. “I don’t know why. But I was hearing by December he’s frustrated with […]

Just like everyone else, Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic did not expect Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant to choose the Brooklyn Nets over the New York Knicks. Gordon thought that the two top free agents of the summer were heading to the Knicks. After all, the team did clear up some cap space enough […]

Walt Frazier believes nothing has changed even though the Brooklyn Nets pulled in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving this past summer. The NBA legend is still strongly convinced that New York will remain a Knicks town, per Ian Begley of SNY. The Knicks had big plans this summer. They were in a good position to […]

New York Knicks legend Walt Frazier has always been one to speak his own mind. He criticized LeBron James on air during a game against the Lakers in March, which resulted in a number of former players and analysts coming to LeBron’s defense. Though Frazier has often been lauded as one of the more eloquent […]

The Brooklyn Nets have had one of the busiest offseasons in the NBA, landing all of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan in free agency, a truly historic haul. Of course, Durant will miss all of next season as he recovers from a torn Achilles, but the hope is that he will return close […]

The Boston Celtics notably refrained from making an offer to star point guard Kyrie Irving last summer, plenty aware that he would decline it once it was extended. According to ESPN’s Zach Lowe, the Celtics wanted to make Irving a substantial offer to stay, but were capped at what they could offer by salary cap […]

For years, the New York Knicks had been the center of all things basketball in the Big Apple, and one of the most famous sports teams in the world. With multiple championships in the 1970s and Hall of Fame franchise icons such as Patrick Ewing in the ’90s, the Knicks ran Broadway. That is, until […]

New Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving is a big fan of hit TV cartoon series “SpongeBob Squarepants”; so much so that he convinced Nike and Nickelodeon to collaborate in order to launch a shoe collection based on the cartoon. Irving isn’t hiding the fact that he loves the SpongeBob, which he said provided him […]

Philadelphia 76ers small forward Tobias Harris “wasn’t surprised” Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving signed with the Brooklyn Nets in free agency. Irving and Durant chose the Nets over the New York Knicks, who had cap space to sign two superstars as well. “I wasn’t surprised,” Harris said, via Marc Berman of the New York Post. […]

Kemba Walker says he didn’t talk to Kyrie Irving about signing with the Boston Celtics. Walker and Irving are friends off the court. The New York native says he wanted to make his free agency decision on his own. Irving left the Celtics after two seasons and signed with the Brooklyn Nets. “No, I haven’t. […]

Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker is fully aware he’s going to get Kyrie Irving questions all season long in 2019-20. Walker is replacing Irving as the Celtics’ starting point guard. The New York native says Irving is a great player, but it just didn’t work out in 2018-19 for Kyrie and Boston. Walker is […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie says Kyrie Irving told him he meant what he said when he committed to the Boston Celtics in October, but then “something happened” during the season which changed Irving’s mind. Irving told Celtics fans at the TD Garden before the 2018-19 season started he was planning to re-sign with Boston. […]

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge believes all the Kyrie Irving bashing which is taking place in Boston is “unfair.” Ainge says the Celtics’ chemistry in 2018-19 just wasn’t good and blaming Irving for all of the team’s issues isn’t the right thing to do. “I continually tried to remove that pressure from […]

The Boston Celtics did their best to keep All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, even after a horrendous 2018-19 season which saw them lose to the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the playoffs. The Cs believed that they could still win with him as the team’s leader, but it seems that someone within the franchise […]

Kyrie Irving contacted Spencer Dinwiddie about playing in New York back in December, according to Dinwiddie himself. The Brooklyn Nets guard didn’t know if Irving was leaning toward the Nets or the Knicks, but knew Uncle Drew had his eyes on New York. Irving, of course, signed with the Nets. Dinwiddie actively recruited Irving to […]

The Boston Celtics lost both Kyrie Irving and Al Horford in free agency, which was something that they didn’t want to happen. But when it was apparent that both players were not re-signing, the Cs tried to convince their new teams to do sign-and-trades. Unfortunately for Boston, the Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers’ asking […]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge was already suspicious that a Kyrie Irving departure might be looming in the offseason, perhaps as early as March, as he alluded to during the introduction of two of his recent signings in Kemba Walker and Enes Kanter on Wednesday, according to Ben Rohrbach of Yahoo Sports. Irving had been […]

Enes Kanter has been a fan favorite at every stop of his NBA career. During his introductory press conference with the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, the veteran big man made a pointed effort to endear himself to his new team’s fanbase, taking an implicit shot at the departed player many believe was the biggest source […]

The Brooklyn Nets pulled off the unthinkable en route to landing both former Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving and former Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant this offseason. However, Nets general manager Sean Marks had a plan the whole time so it appears — whether such a plan involved Irving and Durant or not. […]

Before the end of last season, rumors flew that former Celtic Kyrie Irving was on his way to the Brooklyn Nets in the offseason. Fans wondered how he would fit in with the Nets current All-Star, D’Angelo Russell. Ultimately, the pairing never came to be. Russell was swapped to the Golden State Warriors before he […]

The Brooklyn Nets have been able to build a championship-caliber team by adding All-Stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in free agency. It was a tough rebuild for the franchise, but their patience ultimately paid off. But not so long ago, the Nets tried to do a shortcut to building a contender. In 2013, they […]

In an offseason where dynamic duos were formed all over the league, questions began to fly over who had the strongest pairing and how they matched up against other duos. Apparently, NBA 2K thinks that the Nets duo of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving is the third-best in the league, finishing behind the Los Angeles […]

The Boston Celtics’ newest player, Enes Kanter, recently posted a collection of photos from fans who made fun of Kyrie Irving’s jersey, replacing it with his surname at the back since he’s also going to wear No. 11 for Boston. Apparently, Jaylen Brown liked what he saw. Observe: https://twitter.com/HeartofNBA/status/1150107563465293824 Now, this could be taken as […]

Boston Celtics fans have found a way to recycle their old Kyrie Irving jerseys. Instead of tossing the jerseys, resourceful fans have simply converted them into Enes Kanter jerseys with a sharpie and a strip of tape. The funny move was not lost on Kanter, who posted all the remade jerseys on his Instagram account. […]

When Kyrie Irving bottomed out against the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, it seemed like his tenure with the Boston Celtics was over. Irving had endured a season in which he struggled to establish himself as the leader of a young and hungry Celtics squad where everyone felt that they had something to […]

The Brooklyn Nets had arguably the best offseason of any team in the league. They landed two true superstars in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and a solid third piece in DeAndre Jordan. Obviously, the team expects to see its record improve from last seasons solid campaign, even with Durant potentially missing the whole season. […]

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks says commenting on Kyrie Irving’s rumored dysfunction with the Boston Celtics “isn’t the right thing.” Marks, like Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson, wants to get to know Irving first-hand and believes using rumors to describe a player isn’t the right way to approach things. “I think it’s pretty difficult […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson has heard all the noise surrounding Kyrie Irving, who was reportedly not a good leader on the Boston Celtics this past season and rubbed teammates the wrong way. Atkinson, however, isn’t going to “prejudge” Irving. The Nets coach wants to get to know Irving himself, bring out the best […]

The Brooklyn Nets have given Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant a fourth-year player option in their respective four-year max contracts, including $1 million in unlikely bonuses, respectively, according to ESPN’s Zach Lowe and Bobby Marks. Both players could potentially hit the free agent market at the same time, both able to opt out of their […]

It’s official. Former Cleveland Cavaliers and former Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving is a member of the Brooklyn Nets. Because most NBA experts had Irving leaving the Celtics in favor of the Nets for the better part of the last few months, such a decision hardly came as a surprise once it was reported. […]

The Boston Celtics were unable to reach the Eastern Conference Finals last season, let alone win an NBA Championship. As a result of what appeared to be a season-long rift, they are now without current Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving, who left town via free agency this offseason. Not only that, but head coach […]

Point guard Kyrie Irving may be leaving the city of Boston on a sour note, but his former Celtics head coach has nothing but positive words for the new Brooklyn Nets floor general. “I wish him nothing but success,” Stevens said about Kyrie to Brian Robb of Boston Sports Journal. Irving signed with the Nets […]

A number of teams positioned themselves with a significant amount of cap room to sign two max-salary free agents this summer. However, only a select few were actually able to successfully fill in those slots with two legitimate superstars. One of them was the Brooklyn Nets, who signed both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. The […]

The Brooklyn Nets were one of the major winners in this year’s free agency. They landed two of the biggest names on the market in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. In an interview with Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, Nets GM Sean Marks admitted he had been eyeing this 2019 class for several years now: […]

The Brooklyn Nets were much more than a last-minute change of heart for Kyrie Irving, but rather his preferred landing spot soon after his postseason ended with a disappointing four straight losses against the Milwaukee Bucks. According to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, Irving had changed course from his commitment to the Boston Celtics by […]

Brooklyn Nets shooting guard Joe Harris is way ahead of the game when it comes to welcoming former Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving. Not only that but Harris is also already sticking up for Irving, who remained in the spotlight for the better part of this past season due to his […]

Kawhi Leonard has agreed to sign with the LA Clippers, leaving the Toronto Raptors after leading the team to its first championship in franchise history. As he plotted his free-agency decision, the former San Diego State standout tried his hand at recruiting several players around the NBA landscape, including Paul George, Kevin Durant and even […]