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 [...]
July 31, 2017
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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 [...]
July 31, 2017
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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 [...]
July 28, 2017
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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 [...]
July 28, 2017
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The Cleveland Cavaliers introduced new general manager Koby Altman on Wednesday during a press conference led by owner Dan Gilbert. While both of them for the most part deflected questions about Kyrie Irving, Gilbert was more blunt when it came to (unsolicitedly) commenting on what the Indiana Pacers received in return for Paul George. Per [...]
July 27, 2017
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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 [...]
July 27, 2017
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Many Knicks fans are already dreaming and customizing their Irving No. 2 jerseys in the hopes that the Knicks are able to pool their assets, namely Carmelo Anthony, in order to be the winners of the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes. While an Irving for Carmelo and a 1st round pick or Frank Ntilkina seems to make [...]
July 27, 2017
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So much for LeBron James being eager for the Cleveland Cavaliers to trade Kyrie Irving in the wake of his request to play elsewhere. On the heels of Derrick Rose agreeing to join the reigning Eastern Conference champs, Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon wrote that the four-time MVP was “eager” for the Cavaliers to deal Irving. This, [...]
July 26, 2017
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Now that the Cleveland Cavaliers have officially signed Derrick Rose, as first reported by The Vertical’s Shams Charania, LeBron James is ready to move on from Kyrie Irving, who has requested a trade out of Ohio, away from the confines of the four-time MVP’s shadow. You might even say James is eager to see Irving [...]
July 25, 2017
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Eric Bledsoe’s future with the Phoenix Suns is up in the air by default. He’s a win-now talent on team that isn’t ready to win. So, naturally, when word hit that Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers were, by all appearances, headed for an unexpected breakup, Bledsoe’s name was linked by way of possible third-team [...]
July 24, 2017
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