There have been increasingly surprising details to emerge about Kyrie Irving‘s decision to recently request a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
During a recent appearance on ESPN's Sportscenter, Stephen A. Smith may have just dropped a bomb about how the news on Irving's trade demand was leaked out.
Via Complex:
“According to my sources, they believe LeBron James had everything to do with news getting out that Kyrie Irving wants to be traded, because Kyrie Irving and his representation and others met with the Cavaliers a couple weeks ago, and not a word got out until recently.”
“They believe that LeBron James got word of it, and was put off by it, and leaked it. I'm not going to accuse LeBron of such a thing, I don't know that to be true at all, but I know that's what Kyrie Irving believes. The mere fact that he has that question, says it's time to move on.”
If this is indeed the case, it would provide a major wrinkle to the situation that could create a much larger strain between James and Irving. It would also mean that James is looking to push out the 25-year-old now that he is informed that he doesn't want to play alongside him anymore.
There are some strange components to the situation as there had been no previous word about Irving wanting out of Cleveland at any moment since James has returned to the team in the last three years. It gives the sense that there is much more to this than what's been let on.
Even if this is not what happened, there is now a clear disconnect between the Irving and James that previously did not exist. This may leave the only way to resolve this situation is for the Cavaliers to grant the 25-year-old's wish to be traded.
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