I want to make it clear that I think it’s unlikely that Kyrie Irving ends up in San Antonio. (Of course, I felt the same way about LaMarcus Aldridge in 2015, but that didn’t stop him from leaving Portland and signing with the Spurs.) But if we ignore everything cooking in Cleveland with LeBron James and company, and Irving ends up joining the club, I’m going to be useless in trying to recreate the path the clubs took to make it happen.
The Spurs have interest in Irving, league sources say, and Irving's willingness to commit to an extension with the Spurs makes for legitimate win-now deal possibilities for Cleveland.