A brief disclaimer before we dig into the latest nugget of Kyrie Irving–Nets intrigue: It comes from longtime NBA reporter Ric Bucher, who has had a rough week.
Bucher reported on Colin Cowherd’s show that Ben Simmons had left the Nets group text chat after his teammates pressed him to play Game 4 of the Celtics series. But The Athletic’s Shams Charania swatted that story down on Pat McAfee’s show. So keep that in mind here.
Anyway, back to Irving. Bucher says he wanted the Nets to build a clause into his contract that said he only had to play 60 games each season and he never had to play on consecutive days.