On Tuesday night, the San Antonio Spurs and almost any other team involved in the hunt for Kyrie Irving lost out. The Vertical’s Shams Charania reported the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers reached an agreement on a deal. It will send Irving to the Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round pick. This came shortly came ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that talks were escalating between the two sides.
Thomas developed into a one of the top scoring point guards in the NBA in the 2016-17 season. He averaged 28.