Luckily, we’re not the Brooklyn Nets, the franchise that couldn’t predict all the circumstances over the last two years but had to know something would happen.
Somehow, they believed with Kevin Durant and the backdrop of his hometown New York area that Irving could be happy — or at least smother him with enough TLC to prevent this very situation.
They defended him, made excuses for him and when it came to finally holding him accountable, he wants to take his ball and go home, or anywhere besides Barclays Center.
One thing Irving has always had correct, whether it’s the inane or spectacular, he’s spellbinding.