One of the craziest summers in NBA history just got a whole lot crazier.
Thursday, ESPN's Brian Windhorst reported that Kyrie Irving had asked the Cavs for a trade last week and LeBron James, like the rest of the NBA world, was blindsided by the news.
Kyrie Irving requests a trade from Cavs, sources told ESPN. LeBron James was blindsided and is disappointed: https://t.co/54afvYge9V
β Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving has come into his own over the last three seasons playing alongside LeBron and his shot in Game 7 to essentially win Cleveland's first title will go down as one of the greatest moments in basketball history.
Now, though, all reports suggest he doesn't want to play with James and wants to be the star of his own team.
As we said before, just like James, the basketball world didn't see this turn of events coming and they reacted accordingly.
Kyrie is a helluva player, one of the NBA's most gifted scorers, but "not wanting to play with LeBron" speaks volumes about his priorities
β Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) July 21, 2017
[β] π½to LeBron too. He's gone. https://t.co/QrVmyEQwBu
β Nabil Karim (@NabilKarimTSN) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving's agent, Jeff Wechsler, tells ESPN that they had meeting w/ Cavs on Irving's future with team and wouldn't comment on contents. https://t.co/ix0bQrD5TJ
β Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 21, 2017
Cavs fans when they found out Kyrie Irving wants to leave the team. pic.twitter.com/7NtcL7s4dF
β NO CHILL SPORTS (@NoChiIlSports) July 21, 2017
"LeBron James is as good as gone"
β Damon Kecman (@DownWithDamon) July 21, 2017
"Kyrie Irving requests trade"
Me: pic.twitter.com/LovKkm02oA
Irving wants a bigger role and is tired of being in the shadows of LeBron. pic.twitter.com/yXHXmUHtnf
β Spark β‘οΈ Sports (@sparksports) July 21, 2017
When Lebron James heard that Kyrie Irving is requesting a trade behind his back. #Cavs https://t.co/psbC7CTk4p
β Stephen Quavo (@A_A_Ron_Rodgers) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving....... #tbt pic.twitter.com/3lWm1zTmhM
β M.S_is_216 (@MikeShines96) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving has reportedly asked to be traded from the Cavs.
β Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) July 21, 2017
(per @WindhorstESPN) pic.twitter.com/pGxglmBs2Q
Kyrie Irving is from NJ, just saying.
β KnicksNation (@KnicksNation) July 21, 2017
NBA Twitter after finding out Kyrie Irving asked for a trade pic.twitter.com/ib4Pw9BYg5
β [π] Aaron Duran [π] (@AaronD30_) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving wants trade from the Cavs so he can be the focal point again. Uh...you were the focal point 5 years ago, how did that work out?
β Not Bill Walton (@NotBillWalton) July 21, 2017
We would like to thank Kyrie Irving for making basketball interesting at the end of July.
β Choke Industries (@ChokeIndustries) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving asked to be traded!!! [π±]
β [π] talks (@HoopsTalks) July 21, 2017
If Kyrie Irving seriously wants to be traded, that tells you all you need to know about LeBron James' future with #Cavaliers. #FallingApart
β Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) July 21, 2017
Avery Bradley says Kyrie Irving is the toughest player to guard for him. He won't have to guard him if Kyrie comes to Detroit.
β Aaron Johnson (@AJohnsonNBA) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving to the Cavaliers pic.twitter.com/2UDz980SkB
β Pat Bowlby (@producepat) July 21, 2017
RUNNING TO THE LAPTOP TO LOAD THE KYRIE IRVING TRADE MACHINE pic.twitter.com/D2fmCJ4WLB
β #OperationBananaBoat (@World_Wide_Wob) July 21, 2017
I'm guessing this was Danny Ainge's reaction to the Kyrie Irving trade rumors @ringer pic.twitter.com/VtKGupKS0s
β Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) July 21, 2017
"Kyrie Irving requests to be traded from the Cavs."
β Skylar Abernathy (@SkyAbernathy) July 21, 2017
Me: sits back & watches how Presti will manage a magical trade to get Lebron in OKC. pic.twitter.com/7NycFaIbaZ
Kyrie Irving, Julius Erving or Earvin "Magic" Johnson. I won without all then. Cavs in 4 pic.twitter.com/W8cs7SYXnc
β D (@Dawhitekidd29) July 21, 2017
BREAKING: Kyrie Irving wants to be traded.
β NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) July 21, 2017
FULL Details: https://t.co/pHuFZjaQyn pic.twitter.com/HySrkpAgjf
Here's what Kyrie Irving wore to his latest meeting with the Cavs. pic.twitter.com/J4teCTqotZ
β Joey Crawford (@BadJoeyCrawford) July 21, 2017
Brandon Knight is LeBron James and the Cavaliers.
β Hashtag Basketball (@hashBasketball) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving is, well, Kyrie Irving. pic.twitter.com/yUkLlUYrSv
Kyrie Irving requested trade because he wants to be focal point of the team...
β Amin Hershey (@RipCityGoon) July 21, 2017
Sound familiar? #MambaMentality pic.twitter.com/IvxnrZUMJi
LeBron James is "blindsided and disappointed" with Kyrie Irving's request to be traded. (Via Brian Windhorst - ESPN)
β Clevis Murray (@ClevisMurray) July 21, 2017
Watch how fast the Cleveland fan-base starts trashing Kyrie Irving's name now. Dude hit the biggest shot in franchise history
β Matt Medley (@MedleyHoops) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving no longer wants to play alongside of LeBron James. Wants to be more of a focal point. Why does this have shades of Kobe/Shaq. pic.twitter.com/vRl5L1xeJn
β Basketball Forever (@Bballforeverfb) July 21, 2017
LeBron when he heard Kyrie Irving doesn't like playing with him and wants to be traded pic.twitter.com/LKDEZGOw9s
β SpongeBob Sports (@SpongeBobSports) July 21, 2017
Damn.. so Kyrie Irving wants out [π]
β Jake The $nake (@Jamess_Bong) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving: I want to be traded
β THE BACHELOR (@kingdaved) July 21, 2017
Bron pic.twitter.com/mW1Lq0kqoX
What if the Cavs offered Kyrie Irving straight up for John Wall? Kyrie has a player option in 2019. That's when Wall becomes an UFA. pic.twitter.com/Po4MtQpbz5
β Christian Clark (@cpclark93) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving: Top 3 "bucket getter" in the world. Amazing handle/skill set
β Luke Duckett (@lduckett31) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving: Not a top 10 overall PG in the NBA
Yo if Kyrie Irving gets traded that would be lit I could finally root for him
β Christian Kowalski (@AyeYoItsCK) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving asked for a trade lol. Says he can't play with Lebron
β R.I.P Joey (@BITCHFollowFITZ) July 21, 2017
What if Derrick Rose was visiting the #Cavs to start because Kyrie Irving really is on his way out? pic.twitter.com/In1OQeiViJ
β D (@RaiderMaverick) July 21, 2017
LeBron and Irving is gonna be the new KD and Westbrook situation.
β [πΊ] KingArt [πΊ] (@Turis_20) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving has requested a trade from the Cleveland CavaliersβΌοΈβΌοΈ pic.twitter.com/eejQgLzbJp
β NBA (@TheNBASoul) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving can't be traded if they don't have a GM. pic.twitter.com/8vdqtCz7It
β mario (@CaptainClutch35) July 21, 2017
Bring Kyrie home! #Knicks need to find a way to swap Melo for Irving
β Alex Gleitman (@alexgleitman) July 21, 2017
Kyrie Irving...what??
β Patch Adams (@TheRealP_O) July 21, 2017
"Kyrie Irving has requested a trade."
β Barstool Heartland (@barstoolhrtland) July 21, 2017
NBA GM's: pic.twitter.com/ialmAfa5yb
Who could've leaked this Kyrie Irving news, which would instantly open up the starting point guard job in Cleveland? pic.twitter.com/YBcEuHXIy8
β Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) July 21, 2017
Cleveland.. pic.twitter.com/AtTQ2Po4Te
β Josh Eberley π¨π¦ (@JoshEberley) July 21, 2017
When Kyrie ruins your summer pic.twitter.com/qd8urZZ7vS
β GifJif (@GifJifApp) July 21, 2017
Whoa... pic.twitter.com/SEzgHwGcjL
β The Shadow League (@ShadowLeagueTSL) July 21, 2017
Cavs fans reading this like... pic.twitter.com/1LDTkCRnIT
β Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) July 21, 2017
β darth:β’ (@darth) July 21, 2017
β darth:β’ (@darth) July 21, 2017
β Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) July 21, 2017
β Aaron West (@ayyy_west) July 21, 2017
NBA off-season: pic.twitter.com/DlwncwPpEL
β Nabil Karim (@NabilKarimTSN) July 21, 2017
