Earlier in the week, The Athletic’s Joe Vardon added a little more context to Kyrie Irving’s departure from Cleveland and more importantly, his divorce from LeBron James. Much of the he-said-he-said boils down to Irving requesting a trade from the Cavaliers after being part of trade rumors, LeBron not wanting Kyrie to be traded and feeling betrayed after new GM Koby Altman sent him to Boston of all places, and James subsequently not committing to his hometown team long term.
It was a long and twisted road, but Irving is now a Celtic and unlike LeBron, has been pretty forthcoming about his future plans in green.