The seeds of Kyrie Irving’s Boston departure were planted long before he agreed to sign with the Nets on June 30.
Apparently, as early as December.
“The first time he reached out was maybe like December in terms of just loosely talking about it,” Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie said on The Athletic’s Back to Back podcast. “He was obviously still super focused on his season and everything. But you could tell from his conversation that it was on his mind and obviously free agency was coming up and that’s kinda what it was. Just asking a friend about his current situation what he thought.