[FULL] Kyrie Irving on leaving the Cavs, LeBron James and the Boston Celtics | First Take
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- [September 18, 2017] Kyrie Irving joins Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman on First Take to explain why he asked the Cleveland Cavaliers for a trade, talks LeBron James and shares his excitement about joining the Boston Celtics.
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When youre writing an essay and just trying to reach the word limit
underrated comment lol
Big facts😂😂😂
HAHAHAAHA
That weird smile he has while listening to the question is like when you "accidentally" triple space on the last few pages. 5 pages is a long journey when your essay is due in 3hrs
That’s how he always speaks its so annoying
Stephen A. smith : “Would you like a glass of water?”
Kyrie : “I was just patient in my approach”
Max : "Kyrie, did you get traded to the Celtics?"
Kyrie : "Ultimately, it's my decision."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“Understanding what the magnitude of the moment was” 😂😂
Iso Productions 😭😭😭😭
@@user-kx5pd4jo3t" putting things into perspective for the truthful environment it is"
Oh yes the interview where Kyrie said Absolutely nothing lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂
He said a lot if you read in between the lines... what he said to lebron and everyone else is exactly what KD said to westbrook.
@@darkwingduck315 like read between the lines like I said lol he said a whole lot of nothing
he didnt say much but he told a lot
He did it on purpose I feel like he understands the people around him just want to make headlines off his every word so he gave them smoke screens and they persisted yet he didn’t budge.
Used his handles during the interview to dribble past the questions 😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣
So true😂😂😂
Facts 😂😂😂 but also get's annoyed when the direct questions are asked the whole world wanted to know 🤦🏾♂️
He dug himself a hole, panicked and began to pace himself moving about in circles just like kids play Tetherball at the playground. Kyrie didn't know what in the heck he was even responding to. He seemed to be impaired in some manner.
He could have ended it and responded in this manner short and sweet: 'The moment Lebron hypothetically put me on the trading block, in which he laterally did, he betrayed me so it was over. I was not going to allow for somebody else to dictate what my future was going to ultimately be. It was over.'
That's what i would like to have heard from Kyrie. Lebron wanted to trade him, so he realized he was an expendable asset and wasn't going to get turnt like that.
Leo Kyrie is a very 3 dimensional individual. He made Max look like a fool a number of times. What you WANT from him was not given.... KL does the same thing and people used to call him SLOW..... normal people are so dense and can’t analyze anything that they are seeing
This is almost impressive how he manages to say so much without saying literally anything at all
same
@Kemohr Sesay this is what we call being fake.
@Kemohr Sesay he’s not smart at all, contradicting himself in literally every response
@@314shorts Nah you just a hater and you wanted him to stay in Cleveland
@@yungkb3x I’m not from Cleveland lol I don’t care where he goes, but he sucks as a person and isn’t very bright it seems. Damian Lillard is my favorite player by far, you don’t see him acting a fool like Kyrie, Dame is probably far smarter than Kyrie
"Kyrie whats your favourite pizza?"
"Well when you put things into perspective and look at it from a professional point of view and consider all different kinds of pizzas and various toppings that go on that type of food, as a man willing to make his own decisions I come to the conclusion that it doesn`t really matter what kind of pizza you eat as long as you stay humble in your approach"
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He is using word 🥗 🤣 dude wont answer the question
Hilarious
😭😭🤣
😂🤣
Is your name Kyrie Irving?
Kyrie Irving: It's not really about names...
What?
That was great!
😂😂😂😂
@@jamesbrown1482 exactly how the interview went, dodging questions left and right. Kyrie a clown
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@@bomboclate6191 Why are you hating even the way he dodges questions shows he’s an artist. Matter of fact his name isn’t kyrie anymore it’s “the artist” So it really Isn’t about names.
Kyrie would be fire at job interviews 😂
😭
💀💀💀💀
@Allsmoke 23 deadass get every job, saying a lot and you’d like what
Bro if I was hiring this dude would never be communicating with again
Yeah, if the employer is a absolute idiot
hof question avoider
Question: How is your day?
Kyrie: what is a day?
😂😂😂😂😂
Kyrie: it's not about day or night. I don't very caught up in black or white thinking. Just sit back and watch our art.
Max came on and got straight to it 😂
Max had him on the ropes!!!
bruh Max dont give af 😂
Ya came on and got to say nothing just like ky🤭😂🤣
And kyrie gave him BS😂😂
From the minute I seen his face pop up on the side I knew he was gonna get Kyrie 😂
An absolute masterpiece performance in evading questions.
I remember when this interview initially happened I thought man he said a whole Lotta nothing and now re-watching it I still think the same
so ture kyrie just a dumbass trying to sound smart
Big fax 🤦🏾♂️😆😆😆 dude is one confusing individual 😂
Dammmm you said a mouth full
Facts
😂😂😂😂
Max: does leaving Cleveland give you a better shot at winning a championship?
Kyrie: looking at things from a perpective, its a truthful environment and i wasnt getting that
Greatest non-answer I've ever heard
This might be the greatest interview I’ve ever seen 😂😂😂
Max a fool man 😂 he got straight to the point
Yep hes pretty much admitting that's all it's about is who can help lebron
Makes sense why him and kd are on the same team now
Facts
😂😂😂😂
Cause they smart... be way more than we see going on these team owners the real snakes
@@zelfacedatechface7412 not bro! Kyrie is smart but not on this point! He had a big ego! On that time Lebron went to cleveland and helped him to be better ( he worked hard too) and his career went up! So he didnt want to be the 2nd guy, he thought he could do it himself, then he went to boston and had to deal with players with the same mentality he had and not doing all to win, so he then saw how hard it is to be a leader, called lebron, told him he is sorry for acting that way and now went to a place he does not have that job and can worry only about basketball
@@brandonanderson117 no bro, I dont think thats how kyrie is, but on that moment he was on that ego! He really thought he could be the leader while been the best player. I am not saying like kyrie is a bad person or something but on that moment the reason he requested a trade it was not because of basketball, it was Because he wanted to be the main guy not the 2nd guy, he saw his mistake and thats why he went to the nets with KD, Because he saw that its not that easy and that at the end you cant do it alone
Kyrie look like a depressed anime character 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
Indeed.
still better than your daddy
@@northbinolu7971 nah i wasnt dissing him Kyrie is my favourite player
What an absolute waste of an interview 🤦🏽♂️
He's as elusive on the court as he is in this interview
He elsusive but he ain't THAT elusive on the court lol
Looool
I like Max in this interview. He kept it real. Kyrie dodged everything
Doesn't want to be lebron James teamate, now he's Durants
Durant is passive and shys away from the spotlight. Lebron wants all the smoke
Okie Dokie thats why his teammates bail him out during crunch time in the 4th quarter in the finals right
Forced to take a picture with my wifes son lets see how he likes it with a guy that’s not pass first
Forced to take a picture with my wifes son same reason why kobe needed Robert horry, d fisher, and various others to bail him out. Same with Jordan and Duncan nothing new here. You must be one of them dudes who hates bron it’s that simple
@Republicans for Biden bro you the only gay here, at that time kyrie wanted to play alone as a leader, no lebron, no durant, nobody, he been the leader and been the best player, he then saw it was not that easy! And then wanted to have another top player with him! He even told press he called lebron to say sorry for the way he acted
5:42 i expect my girl to say this at my funeral
😂 foooooooooor what son? I’m jp
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Epic
@@TheOldGamingChannelChallenges why did you edit your comment? Did you start the comment before watching the whole video? Your generation is no patience if that's what it is because I see it happening all the time.. 2 ears one mouth, that means listen more than you speak
Kyrie great at hitting a word count
😂 underrated comment
My guy just talked in circles
This 30 for 30 is gonna be so good in 25 years
It's not even worth the time and money to produce it
Kyrie did this interview like he only read the first chapter in a Kobe Bryant book.
explain lol
@@DSmith233 he's trying to speak in the words of Kobe Bryant but this interview was so all over the place with his answers.
😂😂
Kyrie didn't know what the playoffs was until the king came home.
Alvin James the fake king having won nothing at all nothing since kyrie left 🤷🏼♂️🤣🌮
Alvin James Kyrie left because he knew bron was leaving and didn’t want to stay in Cleveland
Big Mike what has Kyrie won since the split if anything has team has been better with him off the court
Terrance Jackson ok me Jackson what have Lebron won 🤣😂🤣😂
Big Mike maybe so.... but you’re a “REAL” hater. A man doesn’t hate on another man.
From now on when someone asks me a question that I don't want to answer, I'm saying "I was just patient in my approach" 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
one of the most anticipated yet disappointing interviews.. dude said a whole lotta nothing.. those 2 years he wasted in Boston could've have been magical and special with Bron and the Cavs but he let his ego get the best of him
Manny P they just would have lost to the warriors again.
Perwez Said nah they definitely would have beat them
Manny P I felt like like LeBron was gonna leave anyways tho but still
LeBron and Kyrie woulda won at least 3 in a row if the snake didn't join GSW, smh
him and 2018 LeGoat would be fun to watch
And we stand in 2022 and he has done absolutely nothing to getting close to the finals since this 😂
The smoothest interview I’ve ever heard from an athlete
Kyrie dodging questions like he forgot to study.
He didn’t dodge them he just didn’t give you the answer you wanted in the manner you wanted. If this was Greg Popovich talking like this you’d have different energy
@@kanarip8798 lie.. because pop wouldn’t show up to this interview and look this stupid
@@the77th wrong. He didn't want to talk about his experience with the Cavs and LeBron because that creates controversy and false narratives. He was actually smart to dodge those questions but I do agree that he shouldn't have shown up to the interview of he wasn't go to give anything specific.
Steven A Smith : we all know Lebron James is ah super star
Also Steven A Smith : Kyrie is ah star
Kyrie : 😐
Sonned that’s exactly why kyrie left
Okie Dokie and people’s opinion have only gotten worse
I can see why he doesn't do interviews.
Big Kevin he don’t need to he’s not a big kid like Lebron.
@@timc5145 that aged well...
@@timc5145 tf are you talking about? Lebron is one of the famous people in the WORLD everybody want a interview with him🤦🏾♂️
The biggest mistake Kyrie Irving ever made!
Facts ruined not only his own future but a franchises as well
Now he ain’t never gon get a ring again.
Facts. Give LeBron a couple years with kyrie. He would have learned so much more. He's great now, but could have became much greater.
Ya dont make sense. Lebron wanted Kyrie traded for CP3 after they won the Chip and he was ok with them trading Kyrie in a deal for PG13 and Eric Bledsoe. And even if he didnt want to be traded Lebron wouldve left him in Cleveland. He made the right decision.
BigBody Rico what are you talking about?? There was never, ever, a trade proposed like this lol
who’s here after kyrie’s twitch rant
The person who says they have no ego, ALWAYS has the BIGGEST ego
facts
Nah its just Kyries is into hermeticism/buddhism where they talk about no ego
@@SI10379 u fr
@@ishmlaldevontrious7914 ya thats my opinion
Not true not always at least it’s depends on how they say it. It’s the energy behind the words
Who’s here after kyrie twitch stream?
No one because CZcams tired of people who start their comment with "who's here after.. "
@@macabree5856 CZcams tired of channels with channels with less than 10 subscribers give an opinion that nobody cares about get off your burner account to troll 😂 or put out content and use CZcams for what it’s used for instead trolling comments 😂👎🏼 it’s okay CZcams ain’t for everyone
@@macabree5856 I also gave your comment a like too 🫶🏼🍋❤️ stay sour baby 🤪🤙
@@SouriLemon This is not my burner account. This is my main account. I don't post videos, or game or anything. I really don't have a social media presence because i just really work and go home. I do not troll either. I just really use CZcams to watch videos (sports, education, news )etc. That's it. Other people live stream, gaming etc.
@@SouriLemon wait...why would i "stay sour"? I don't get it. I don't have a problem with you or the video. This video is several years old back when Kyrie was getting traded to celtics
If you’re here and it’s 2022 or after, just skip to @2:35 - @2:45 😂😂😂😂😂😂
this interview just validated what I knew all along . Kyrie thought he could carry teams to finals by himself . it was provably that shot on curry that built his ego to to the point where its at now , but he was wrong Cleveland could have got got another championship but Kyrie don't wanna be a side kick so he went to Boston but that didn't work at all , so he said let me try KD back to the old formula ,but its over bro F that perfecting craft BS MEN LIE NUMBERS DONT
This deserves to get pinned
Kyrie really forgot he was a bottom seed on his own.
@Versatile Wolf nWo where’s the lie?
@@Nerdmatic type in kyrie explain leaving lebron. He talks about it
He really tried to be Kobe in his approach and jump the gun a lot earlier unlike Kobe with Shaq lol
Molly looked dumbfounded at the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He basically just wanted his whole team and didn’t want to be second fiddle. He was smart to not answer anything direct seeing how those analyst takes things and run with them. I don’t see how people say they didn’t get anything from this interview lol.
duhh lol😂
But he requested the interview
@@brandoncoleman77 so?
Ouuuweee, can't wait for part 2 of this...
I don't watch first take nearly as much now, but I'd be front and center with popcorn, if we got a round 2 of this today 😂😂 😂
Highest watched first take ever!
Bruh I still come back here to watch kyrie break every single questions ankles ahahaha its actually so good
Nah looking back at this interview I can see why Kyrie was annoyed with Max 😂. Like why wouldn’t he want to win a championship on his new team 😭
He sounds like an evil villain who takes over a tv broadcast to explain his disposition, to explain his reasoning for total world domination
This interview is so funny 🤣🤣
Kyrie should run for president the way he dodged these questions 😂🤣
He didn't know it, but this moment, at age 25, around the time he made this choice, he had actually just peaked as a basketball player and a teammate and as a person. Everything has been downhill from this moment.
Underrated comment bro
Kyrie will be fine inshallah
this ain’t true as a player he’s much better now.
@ninoescxbar7424
Guys been a team chemistry killer and a0 cancer
What's he accomplished since?
😂
Nothing is further from the truth
Just say “I got tired of lebron getting all the credit for coming back down 3-1”
But without Bron, there is no playoffs. There is only lottery picks.
Have you seen any team's success in which he has singlehandedly contributed for the most part? Ever since he departed from Cleveland, I haven't. This guy should get it, he is not an Alpha leader on a team. He is a complementary piece. If he is able to get it, he will have a successful sequence over the next decade. Otherwise, he's doomed.
@com4535 thats his job. Lebrons job is to be efficient, get rebounds, dunks and so on. Kyrie is obviously the better shooter so shouldnt he take the shots? Like rn who should take the last shot lebron or ad. Who should take the last shot. Jimmy B or Tyler Herro. Who should take the last or most important shot, Magic or kareem. Cmon man
After all the Brooklyn Nets stuff going on this interview is very interesting. I remember seeing it live.
SAS been hating on kyrie every since this moment 😂
this is too funny now
8:40 I enjoy this part 🤣
But when kyrie was in Cleveland by himself he didn’t do anything I’m confused
And when he was in Boston he didn't do anything either. He just destroyed the chemistry of the team.
I mean before lebron came back to Cleveland, kyrie did win rookie of the year and all star mvp and hit numbers of game winners against big time teams before lebron got there and plus he was injured alot he's first 2 years and lebron james didnt even make the playoffs he first 2 years in the NBA. If u take kyrie off the 2016 championship team lebron wouldn't even have his 3rd championships
jalen timothy wait stop it buddy there are players you can substitute for Kylie and the outcome doesn’t change. Damian lilliard and a few others. There is only one lebron. You ain’t replacing that
@Low Class Yuppy yes I did because I have seen more than enough of kyrie to know what ima get lol. You guys are trying to force credit into a mans hands who simply hasn’t earned it
@@raegansworld8542 Dude kyrie had no one on his team before bron came. Add some pieces and they would have made it to the playoffs atleast.
This is when Kyrie showed the world that he was actually Auntie Drewisha instead of Uncle Drew because he & Kevin Durant are straight Divas who deserve each other glad they're teammates smh
Divas is being kind...They're a word that rhymes with witches...talented guys but b!tches.
@@jamaaldaynitelong8367 😭😭😭
@@qceaz11 They're the REAL City Girls with J-Lo Harden 😂🤣
Hate much😂
This comment aged lik fine wine on me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
he went from potentially going down as one of the greats playing alongside lebron, to just another star who can't lead his team. such a sad decline in legacy.
He will always be remembered for the finals in 2016
Exactly, he couldn't even stay healthy in those 3 years with lebron they could've definitely beat golden state more than 1 time
Jah * think how being from Cleveland feels what could’ve been smh
2021-2031 would be a brooklyn dynasty. Mark my word
@@jah99753 that’s the thing. Through the regular season lebron covered that up. Now it’s a lot more glaring how injury prone he is because lebron isn’t there to carry him through the season.
I love this interview!!
8:45 Kyrie Lowkey predicted the Max and Steven A split.
The old comments on this are insane. You guys trashed Kyrie, he just wanted a different experience
Kyrie is the goat at word salad answers. Puts a politician to shame. Lol 😂
My excitement during this time was at a all time high
No player wants play with LeChoke when he takes all credit for what you did. Kyrie made the clutch 3 to save LeFlop's legacy and LeFlop takes all the credit via media propaganda.
8:12 I’m with Kyrie on this one. Why would he need to speak to Lebron of him wanting out? He’s a grown man, he can make his own decisions.
out of respect? its called common courtesy
He doesn’t have to, but it confirms the narrative that he doesn’t get along with lebron
@@elitesnipa6534 when I left a job I just gave my manager the 2 weeks notice. I told no one and packed my things and left the last day of work.... you never ever have to tell ppl your moves. Like THEY say never tell your right hand what your left hand is doing..
@@hisroyalty14 that’s in scripture
@@hisroyalty14 Though this comment was a year ago. Lol, dude, leaving a job is not the same thing as leaving a team where people rely on you to be there. It's like did you even read the other comments as well as understand narratives. Like someone said, it only proved that he didn't care for Lebron and wanted to get away from him to prove that he could carry a team to a chip/not some sidekick. Pay attention dude to the whole narrative before using your life as a comparison, seriously. Moving on now.
max had kyrie in a chokehold with these questions. Lol Love it
Twisting and turning with all these questions lol
Love first take !
Crazy to think where his reputation is today from where it was the last game he played with the cavs
Kyrie is smart person I liked the way he answered Max’s questions.
he answered absolute 0 questions and he's not smart at all
He also gave them no material to try and twist his words.
Brah he didn't say anything
Jamaican Mamba Twist his words? He’s literally got a huge audience who weighs come right to his defense had his words been twisted. He never planned on giving an legitimate interview.
@@saad1008 dumb hes not for sure
This was the funniest interview ever lol
I remember watching this interview. Kyrie sounded like those people who tries to be smart, but actually sounds dumb and makes no sense. After rewatching this... i still have the same conclusion.
If you can’t understand what he’s actually trying to say then i think you’re the dumb one. Have you ever had a job that you didn’t like but you stayed until the right moment to leave? He stated he was feeling this for a while but he didnt let his ego get in the way of the bigger picture which was to win a championship.
Jay Colon the smartest people take the most complicated things and convey them simply. Kyrie takes the most simple things and makes them complicated.
@@tranformersaddiction he is still smarter than your daddy
@@Bleeze7 half these people on the comments just wanna hate instead of opening their (minds) ears and shutting tf up
Was he high af during this interview 🤣😂😂😂😂
Re-watching this video……it makes sense with all that BKN Nets drama and how they got swept.
This dude remind me of oj Mayo when it comes to taking and saying nothhhhhhing lol
Whole time , I know they like why did you bring dude up here 😂😂😂
Kyrie totally lacked integrity in this interview. When Stephen A pressed him about why didn't he give Lebron a heads up/ speak to him, Kyrie said "why do I have to"... If you love and respect someone/a place, there an unspoken duty that you owe to them. Even if you feel like its time for you to move on, there is a level of respect you should maintain.
I totally agree and I’m glad you commented this! Kyire..wow. This interview is so telling. Especially with what we have seen happen to his career today. How can he say he has no ego but then make all these comments about himself? What’s best for HIM. He doesn’t really even talk about winning as a team or anything like that. And I’m not saying having an ego is wrong, right!? But how can he say he doesn’t have one? And then also make statments like you alluded to! Where he says he didn’t owe someone, someone he had formed a bond and brotherhood with, a phone call to let him know he was demanding a trade!!? That is all ego. Ugh this dude.
LeBron as tryna trade him for Paul George.
Not really. I'm not gonna check and ask my co-workers for permission to leave for another job so why did Kyrie had to get an ok from Lebron, he's a grown man and can make his own choice.
4:26 kyrie says he doesn’t really my have an ego, yet the very reason he left lebron was to prove he could do it with out him...
They def shoulda pressed him on that point.
Kyrie would you like a glass of wine? Well I was just very patient in my approach 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol everybody talking about him dribbling around questions yet if you really listen he answers them😂 dude been a classy guy for a long time
This is when the SAS Kyrie rivalry started
Kyrie left Lebron bc he was tired of playing 2nd fiddle, went to try to play the guy sucked, now he’s back to playing 2nd fiddle in Brooklyn. Ain’t that something? ☕️🐸
it is.he signed max contract.about 140 milion for4 years.if that is not succes then i dont know what is
@@user-ci7vu7eo9w NBA is about winning rings not making money. Him leaving the cavs? No, not very successful... yet. We’ll see if he’s able to go further with his career
@@user-ci7vu7eo9w I'll admit he is very successful in that manner...signing that contract was a great personal decision but from a basketball standpoint...leaving the Cavs who had LeBron James?...leaving boston?...just to be the second option...AGAIN...that is just plain sad. Even if Bron was planning on leaving he could have just left too during his free agency its not like mans 35...you don't just leave LeBron who is literally a walking finals trip and join someone that is even more gifted than you...petty..egotistical man
@@manmohitsingh4778 maybe hes happy with that one title and dont wanted to be in that drama about lebron?in one iterview with steven smith or stephen forget his name he says he wanted something new in his carrer.playing with lebron must be mentally hard for other players.probably he couldnt handle that more.everybody get after him like its their life and personal choices
@@manmohitsingh4778 I think he actually thinks he's the number one option in Brooklyn looooooooool
Hes never been the same after this interview
*Writing a 1000 word paper*
*Wrote 950 words, need 50 more words*
Kyrie Irving: ghdegklgg h ffddsschkkmkkkm
3:48 That boy sits up like its 2k
Max - what’d you have for breakfast today ?
Kyrie - it wasn’t a truthful environment
Imagine around this time LeBron pranks Kyrie and says he's leaving Cleveland. Kyrie would be like....' Don't worry man I got things under control here'.....😂😂😂😂😂
This is basically Kenny on inside the NBA😂😂😂😂
Dude thought he could avoid answering every question by using big words
KYRIE JUST WANTED TO BRANCH OUT ON HIS OWN 💯
This remind me watching Lost the TV series. From start to finish
Not CZcams recommending this to me with all these drama going on 😂😂
who here from kyrie twitch
Honestly listening to this whole interview on a large scale . It’s not even as bad as the cherry picked 5 min one. And why was he being chastised for wanting whats best for himself. He said his vibes were off at the workplace and I believe everyone can relate. Why stay at a place where you are not happy. He made his decision and it should be respected
Everyone on the internet wants to act like they care but really they wanted him to say exactly what the headlines reported. And the fact that he says it’s far from reality gives me the knack that he was maintaining just to win and then leave afterwards. How can you HATE him for that?
He clearly answered the question’s 🤷🏾♂️
This man is skilled at recreating his own questions and not even end up answering them.
It’s pretty simple. Kyrie left LeBron before LeBron left him in Cleveland for Lala Land. I tend to think LeBron gave Kyrie a heads up about his plan and he moved accordingly. LeBron was going to Cali no matter if Kyrie stayed or not. But of course Kyrie can’t let that be known, so he let the media play out the Kyrie dislikes LeBron scenario.
I get what your saying and its true
Lebron was leaving especially after 2018 finals but LJ played 4 years total and they BOTH couldve left at the same time. LeBron, Kyrie, and Love delivered on LeBron's promise for a Championship.
GS never broke the original tie with the Cavs (1-1) recruiting KD validate how good the Cavs with Kyrie & Love were and how dominate LJ was and once Kyrie Left it was even harder for Cavs against GS. He was a major part of the team.
Cavs 2016 Championship is one of the greatest teams, games and wins in History.
LeBron (The Block), Kyrie (The Shot), and K. Love (The Stop) on Curry in the last minutes of the final game is what seal the deal for Cavs 1st Championship in 50 years.
It was a team effort and Kyrie apologize to LeBron about the whole situation on the phone and mention it in an interview publicly because the approach he took to leave wasnt the best.
Just my take.
Lol No!
Myles Bankhead exactly him and bron talked that summer multiple times.. the media is retarded
Agreed . His timing was based on market value. Had he played another predictable injury plagued season ; gone to another finals and LOST. His trade value would be less and a trade to his preferred team less likely . By allowing an alleged rift between him and LeBron created NEWS and residual marketability. Meanwhile ; both franchise GMs KNEW. They were trading damaged goods for damaged goods . Neither Kyrie OR Isaiah Thomas have contributed much ; since the trade .
You have no evidence to back that up. Kyrie said ,PUBLICLY, that he had to call LeBron and apologize to him because he didn’t always listen to what he tried to teach him. The dude has never impacted teams positively since he’s been in the league, they all get worse, plus he calls teammates out in the media. Have you forgotten??
Why did he even take this interview?
It aged terribly
He called them up and wanted to be on lol
Bro really a junior Kobe in terms of handling the media 😂🐐
This dude man 😮