Kyrie Irving was conspicuously absent from his former Cleveland Cavaliers teammates' recent celebration of the 10-year anniversary of their historic NBA title. Tons and tons of speculation over the state of his relationship with his ex-teammates ensued, which Kyrie felt compelled to address.
Taking to Instagram, Kyrie made it clear that he has no problems with any of his former teammates. He said he didn't understand why people were trying to "spin narratives" and pledged to address things with his teammates once he's back in the United States.
“Me and my teammates, me and my brothers who played on Cavs, bro, we are good. We are more than good, alright? Tried their best, not them, but I’m not gonna blame them either. Me and my teammates, we won the championship together in 2016,” Irving said. “We are straight, y’all. Alright? It’s all love. And when I get back to the states, I’m gonna pop in with them, we gonna chop it up, and we’re gonna have a great time, alright? We’re gonna leave it at that. Because the immaturity behind you, the media, to spin narratives, Psychotic, bro. Psychotic.”
Kyrie vs. The Cavs?
It was former Cavs player JR Smith who really got the ball rolling on the Kyrie Irving controversy. In response to a fan who remarked on Kyrie's absence, Smith took to the comments and remarked “Missing none. He was invited and ghosted us all. So stop with that bs.”
Smith later revealed that Kyrie reached out and cleared the air on the situation.
“He reached out! We GOOD! God Bless the young GAWD!!!! Greatest PG I've played with (Fax emojis)," he wrote later.
Kyrie began his NBA career with the Cavaliers in 2011 as the No. 1 overall draft pick out of Duke. He would play his first seven seasons with the Cavs, half of which were as teammates to a returning LeBron James. Together, the two reached the NBA Finals in three straight seasons, winning an historic title in 2016 that was sandwiched by two defeats in the Finals.
In the years since those Finals appearances, Kyrie has bounced around the league a bit. He spent two seasons with the Boston Celtics, 3.5 years with the Brooklyn Nets and just wrapped up his second full season with the Dallas Mavericks.
