Related Post
BREAKING NEWS: Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving ‘tells the team he wants to LEAVE before next week’s trade deadline with little progress on a deal’ and point guard up for free agency in July
Kyrie Irving has told the Brooklyn Nets he wants to be traded ahead of next week’s deadline, according to a report.
The 30-year-old has informed the franchise that he wishes to be traded before next Thursday’s deadline or he will leave in free agency in July, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
The two sides have reportedly been unable to come to an agreement on a new contract, which Irving had been seeking.
The guard will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and will be able to leave under free agency in summer.
This past offseason, Irving asked for and was granted permission to seek a sign-and-trade, though he eventually reneged and returned to the Nets.
Kyrie Irving has told the Brooklyn Nets he wants to be traded ahead of next week’s deadline
The 30-year-old guard will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season
He chose to remain in Brooklyn, opting in to the final year of his four-year max deal last June after no teams stepped up to trade for him.
Irving has endured a rocky tenure in Brooklyn, beginning with his refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccine during the 2020-21 season which forced him out of the lineup for home games until New York mayor Eric Adams altered the city’s laws.
The most recent controversy to surround Irving and the nets came earlier this season when he faced backlash for tweeting a link to an ‘anti-Semitic’ film.
Irving initially refused to apologize or back down over the tweet before Brooklyn suspended him for eight games and he eventually issued an apology for sharing the 2018 documentary, which was based on a book described as ‘venomously anti-Semitic.’
Star teammate Kevin Durant also requested a trade before the current season before returning to the team.
Irving is averaging 27.1 points and 5.3 assists in 40 games this season and had recently carried the team on a streak of six games or more than 30 points before it was snapped against the Lakers Monday night.
The Nets are currently 31-20, placing them fourth in the Eastern Conference but they have slipped down the standings in the absence of Durant who has been sidelined with a sprained MCL.
