Were Kyrie Irving’s recently expressed fears that he might be traded realistic?
In days when Kevin Durant and James Harden were carrying the Nets and Irving was banished for not getting vaccinated, SNY’s Ian Begley reports the Lakers had “internal discussions” about trading for the Irving.
Those discussions occurred when the unvaccinated Irving was not playing home games due to the COVID vaccine mandate and not playing road games because of Brooklyn’s choice to not play him.
Begley notes it’s unclear if the Lakers reached any internal consensus on Irving at the time.