In an ESPN podcast hosted by Stephen A. Smith, Marc Stein says the Nets (and Knicks) are still planning on going after Kyrie Irving this summer, despite his earlier pronouncement that he planned on re-signing with the Celtics come free agency.
“The Knicks and the Nets, both New York teams, have believed quietly for a long time that they’re going to have a shot at Kyrie Irving in free agency,” said Stein now with the New York Times. “It’s not like the teams interested in him heard what he said in October and said ‘oh well, we’ve got no shot, Kyrie is staying in Boston.