For someone who claims to be a basketball genius, Kyrie Irving has really screwed this up.
Imagine demanding to leave a championship team, landing in what should also be an excellent situation, getting salty when the young players elevate the team to greater heights without you and then regularly lecturing them upon your return as the team steadily implodes.
Irving is now widely expected to leave in the summer, leaving behind a mess he needlessly helped create.
No wonder Jalen Rose went on national TV today and declared Kyrie’s teammates would help him pack.
If Irving really believes the answer is playing second-fiddle to Kevin Durant under the league’s worst owner, then good luck to him.
Today’s news
LeBron James is rumoured to want Tom Thibodeau on the Lakers coaching staff.
Klay Thompson wasn’t feeling ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and walked out early.
The Warriors insist they still ain’t worried bout nothin’.
Chris Paul believes the Rockets‘ improved performances still aren’t good enough to win the series.
The Knicks are starting to acquire a taste for Duke’s Cam Reddish ahead of the draft.
Paul George will miss the start of training camp next season after having surgery to repair a partially torn tendon in his right shoulder.
Enes Kanter hit up Hakeem Olajuwon for some advice on how to perform at a high level while fasting for Ramadan.
A lot of Joel Embiid’s health problems are of his own doing, thanks to his “legendary bad” diet, according to The Ringer’s Jonathan Tjarks.
Tonight’s games
Sixers at Raptors – 8pm (USA) / 10am (AUS)
Series tied 2-2
Blazers at Nuggets – 10:30pm (USA) / 12:30pm (AUS)
Series tied 2-2
USA times: ET / Australian times: AEST
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