Not long ago, in an interview with a basketball program, Stephen Lee, known as "American Yang Yi", was interviewed. When A. Smith was asked about Kyrie Irving's behavior this season, he bluntly said that Irving was one of the most delusional players of his time. "You don't want to work, you can do whatever you want, you can even decide what to do, and Owen doesn't really look at us at all."
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately triggered a huge heated discussion. However, going back to Irving's eleven-year NBA career, it seems that his selfish behavior has already taken shape a few years ago.
There were previous convictions, and the knights and the Green Army were deeply affected
In fact, before joining the Nets, whether in the Cavaliers or in the Celtics, Irving had already shown a "rebellious" mentality. During the Cavaliers period, after James's return, the team directly changed from a fish belly to a championship-level team. And the player who will benefit the most from the return of the old Zhan is naturally Irving. In the 15-16 season, Irving became a key figure in the Finals, averaging 26.6 points per game and hitting a decisive three-pointer in the G7 to bring Cleveland's first championship.
In the 16-17 season, James was also interested in giving up more ball rights to this little brother, averaging 25.2 points per game was also a career high at that time, and many signs showed that Irving would definitely succeed in the future. However, the expansion of desire makes Owen more and more ambitious for the boss position. He tore his face with the team in the offseason and directly asked the team to trade himself, and finally the Cavaliers sent him away in desperation, in exchange for the injured Little Thomas, and the team structure suffered a huge impact.
And in the Celtics, he also didn't keep to himself. Although he had a honeymoon period and the team reached the Eastern Conference Finals in his first year, the problem was that he was reimbursed for the playoffs and did not contribute anything. Despite averaging 24 points per game for two consecutive years, it's clear that the team is more inclined to have Tatum and Brown's "double probing" as the core.
Especially after being defeated by the Bucks in the playoffs in 19 years, Irving's lazy performance and rebellious behavior made the Celtics intolerable to him, and he broke up with the management again, and the result was naturally that he left the team again.
The mind is free, there is no reason to play missing.
After coming to the Nets, so far, in three whole seasons, he has only played 103 games, the attendance rate is not high, and it is important to know that his contract is 136 million US dollars for 4 years, which is obviously a high price. And at the beginning of 2021, the team encountered a huge crisis, Durant triggered a health and safety agreement, Dinwiddie was seriously injured, and the team desperately needed Irving, he actually played missing. Coach Nash is even more unaware, Irving did not ask for any instructions, did not report to the team, and the reason given is also an intriguing "personal reason".
And Irving's absence is not as simple as imagined, even his close friends can not be contacted, only a few people such as Le Ver received his message, at that time it was on the verge of trading deadlines, trading rumors were rife, and many media even called for the Nets to shoot Owen in time. However, the team did not stop there, they exchanged Harden, and Irving's disappearance was stopped, the team only carried out a certain fine and criticism of the hasty matter, which also laid hidden dangers for this.
Refused to get vaccinated, the big three broke up, and the team failed.
This season, in order to restore the healthy operation of the league, the NBA requires all players participating in the game to be vaccinated. However, even as most of the players accepted the decision, Irving stepped forward, choosing to refuse vaccinations and insisting that he is still the only unvaccinated player in the league to this day.
It is precisely because of this incident that Irving has never been able to get the opportunity to participate, which makes Durant and Harden have to face more pressure, and the final result is that Durant is injured again, and Harden has become the target of the team because of his unstable state and leg injury. On the final trading deadline, the pair of optimistic big three had to accept the end of the breakup.
Although in the league and New York State have introduced policies that allow Irving to return to the field. But the season has entered the final stages, and even after making it to the playoffs, they were eventually swept out by the Celtics' clean 4-0, declaring the season a failure.
What is even more surprising is that Irving's recent interviews and social media tweets have pointed the finger at Nash and the team management, and there is a great possibility of breaking with the Nets again. I have to say that Irving, who is only 30 years old now, may be really difficult for a team to fully accept him.