In an interview on NBA Media Day at the Brooklyn Nets facility, Kyrie Irving talks about KD trade rumors, his contract, vaccination stance, and future with the Nets moving forward. After a tumultuous off-season, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are back and will play for the Brooklyn Nets for the foreseeable future.

The players were swamped in trade rumors all off-season. KD requested a trade just to rescind it after a few weeks, Kyrie is under pressure as he failed to secure his max extension, and amid all this, Ben Simmons will be playing his first minutes in a Nets jersey. The NBA Media day at Brooklyn has been a field day for all the media houses.

Kyrie Irving Is Back in Brooklyn, Atleast for Now

Kyrie signed with the Brooklyn Nets in 2019. The first two seasons of his time at the nets were a solo act as KD suffered from an injury. But ever since the bubble, ‘Uncle Drew’ has been mired in controversy. His unexpected absence, comments on the coach, and stance on vaccination caused huge backlash for the All-Star.

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Kyrie addresses his fans and critics in the interview on media day. He opens up about his contract negotiations with the management. He further talks about the KD trade rumors and how it was awkward for him to see KD request a trade right after he picked up his player option. 

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Kyrie said, “Making the decision to come back to Brooklyn was the best one for me”.

Moreover, he also addressed the whole fiasco with Kevin Durant. “It’s just one of those shocking things as you’re watching your best friend go through the other side of the media storm that comes with this trade request and being in the middle of, you know it’s kind of like a clusterf**k.” Kyrie said.

Irving Was Offered a Max Extension Based on an Ultimatum

Kyrie also talks about his vaccination stance. He said that he didn’t appreciate how him being unvaccinated came to be a stigma within his career. Kyrie cleared that him not taking the vaccine was no indication of him not wanting to play. He was never willing to give up everything to be a voice for the voiceless. 

This ‘stigma’ surrounding his career failed to find any suitors for him in the off-season, forcing him to stay in Brooklyn. According to him, the Nets had a max extension ready for him if he got vaccinated this summer. But he remains firm on his stance. “I gave up 4 years, 100-something million to be unvaccinated,”

Despite all the noise, the 7x All-Star and NBA champion averaged over 27 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists. However, his distractions to the team proved to be more detrimental than his performance. The nets failed to make it past the first round this year. Moreover, they became the only team to get swept 0-4 in the entire playoffs.

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