Kyrie Irving

Good luck getting a read on how much the Phoenix Suns want to trade for Kyrie Irving. Reports maintain they have interest, but caveats abound—such as an apparent unwillingness to deal Devin Booker or Josh Jackson as part of any package. And now they have another stipulation, kind of: They’d like Irving to sign an [...]

We can now officially anoint this the “Summer of Kyrie” as the Kyrie Irving trade request and the resulting drama and endless streams of rumors and hypothetical trades has dominated the NBA news cycle for a few weeks now. At this point it is heard to really know which suitors are most actively involved in [...]

If the Minnesota Timberwolves really want Kyrie Irving, it’s going to cost them more than Andrew Wiggins and picks. There is an element of “duh” to this, since the Cleveland Cavaliers need to take back at least one other player to help make salaries match. But it’s also a tad more complicated than that, as 1500 [...]

I get the feeling this Kyrie Irving trade saga is going to carry all the way into training camp and the start of the regular season if a trade even happens at all. In addition to the Irving’s trade demand getting out in public, which hampers the Cavaliers ability to maximize their return on any [...]

If the Phoenix Suns pull off a trade for Kyrie Irving, they won’t be giving up Devin Booker. Or No. 4 pick Josh Jackson. Ergo, they won’t be trading for Irving. Eric Bledsoe’s potential availability, fit with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the fact he shares an agent with LeBron James have rendered the Suns natural [...]

As the Kyrie Irving sweepstakes continue to tick on, specific packages from potential suitors have started, sort of, to leak out. Among those that have trickled out: The Miami Heat’s offer. According to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Heat are willing to dangle a package built around Goran Dragic and Justise Winslow: The Heat are willing [...]

Kyrie Irving is a wanted man. Despite the rampant debate among basketball folks about whether the All-Star point guard can carry a team without LeBron James, plenty of teams have registered official interest in acquiring his services. The full list, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks and Miami Heat. Here’s [...]

Despite all of the drama and turmoil surrounding the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer including a change in leadership in the front office, Kyrie Irving’s trade request and the rumors surrounding his own departure in a year, LeBron James by all accounts has sat back and not involved himself in off-season decisions, opting instead to let [...]

Kyrie Irving is embracing the “Mamba Mentality” to its full extent for better or worse this summer as he has requested a trade from the Cavaliers and away from LeBron James. Irving, according to reports (if you want to fully believe them), is tired of playing in LeBron’s shadow and under his rules and is [...]

As each day passes and the Cavaliers demands in return for Kyrie Irving seemingly get higher and higher, it feels less and less likely that Irving is suiting up for another team next season. So now in addition to requesting a really good veteran that can help them win now, a young star for the [...]