Here’s the tweet from Tony Massarotti of 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Felger and Mazz:
My understanding is that Kyrie Irving is getting a 2nd opinion on his left knee, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. Bottom line: he needs the screws out. Knee is flaring up. He will either play thru it going forward or ... he will get thee screws out and won't play at all. Stay tuned.
— Tony Massarotti (@TonyMassarotti) March 20, 2018
What’s different from this report and others is severity. Earlier last week, Danny Ainge intimated that the Celtics were aware of Kyrie’s knee issue but that the long term prognosis was good.