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Kyrie Irving had become a hot commodity in last year’s offseason, particularly because of his contract situation with the Brooklyn Nets. Reports suggested that Irving could likely find a new team after talks about his future with the Nets have gone stagnant.
Then, out of nowhere, Irving shocked everybody when he exercised his $36.9M option with the Brooklyn Nets for the 22-23 season, after all.
Kyrie reportedly even shocked his team because he never informed the Nets of his decision before it was reported. Kyrie opting in however eventually didn’t change the fact that his Nets future is unclear at best.
While after that, most of the Nets drama has made its way over to Kevin Durant, we’re now back in Irving’s corner.
Yesterday, out of the blue, Kyrie Irving, who actually seemed happy and thriving this year, requested a trade out of Brooklyn before the deadline.
As you can imagine, NBA Twitter had a field day after the news broke and had some hilarious reactions. Here are some of the very best:
Kevin Durant: “We’re gonna make a deep run in the playoffs when I get back, Kai.”
Kyrie:pic.twitter.com/badgvh0jgM
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) February 3, 2023
KD really left this for Kyrie pic.twitter.com/o16DDFKZuu
— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 3, 2023
legitimately laughed out loud https://t.co/Il2ddgYXfO
— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) February 3, 2023
LeBron & Kyrie reunion: pic.twitter.com/OmMrcqavQI
— Hassan 🇸🇴 (@TherealHassanO) February 4, 2023
Lebron waking up Rob Pelinka when the Kyrie news hit 😂 pic.twitter.com/xcA09YI8FB
— BlackOut (@OGBlackedOut) February 3, 2023
Most predictable thing ever https://t.co/N3NsK9ILit
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) February 3, 2023
Groundhog Day the day after Groundhog Day…. https://t.co/xoaDZmYss5 pic.twitter.com/VwckvZyKpJ
— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) February 3, 2023
He was playing great, focused basketball. But Kyrie Irving can only go so long before rolling a live hand grenade into the middle of your day. https://t.co/W92LAx22nE
— Ian O’Connor (@Ian_OConnor) February 3, 2023
Kevin Durant to Ben Simmons so he can teach him to shoot after Kyrie requested the trade pic.twitter.com/YlswZQel47
— iregretlikingstuff (@Jimmy2424555) February 3, 2023
Kyrie literally 3 days ago with all due respect 🤫🤫 pic.twitter.com/uVbnIeRYr5
— Mark Jackson’s Burner (@casualtakeking) February 3, 2023
Kyrie Irving and the Nets right now pic.twitter.com/tszg5EIcvl
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) February 4, 2023
