It’s pretty wild to think it’s already the second season without Kyrie Irving for the Cleveland Cavaliers. After playing in his first six seasons with the Wine and Gold, including winning an NBA Championship in 2016, the star point guard wanted out of town to become the leader for another team elsewhere.
So after weeks of deliberating where they should send Irving, Cleveland finally settled on a package proposed by the Boston Celtics. The return featured Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round pick.
At the time of the Irving trade, it was viewed as an even swap completed by the squads.