A look back at the Kyrie Irving-Isaiah Thomas trade

It was all so quick. After brief hints about a Kyrie-to-Boston deal brewing over the first couple of weeks in August, things suddenly picked up. Shams reported that Boston and Cleveland were closing in on a deal for Kyrie Irving, Woj made the official report, we waited for a few days as the teams jostled over the Isaiah Thomas medical report and then it was done. Kyrie Irving was a Celtic, Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and the prized Brooklyn Nets pick were now in Cleveland.

Today is the anniversary of the trade, one that marked the beginning of the downfall for Cleveland’s stranglehold in the East while creating a path for Boston to be the next team up. In honor of the trade I…