Kyrie Irving

“I don’t buy into the idea of loyalty when it comes to business… Why is it on Kevin Durant to hold all this together?” - Joy Taylor says she doesn’t blame Kevin Durant for wanting to leave the Nets, says this was doomed from the start

“People still looking at you as a guy that went for another easy ring” - Chris Broussard says Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving potentially joining the Lakers and not winning will lead to negative reactions, says winning makes people forget

“The Laker fans, especially, they hear that and their eyes get real big and they get excited” - Brian Windhorst says only the LA Lakers would want to pair Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving again, cites their desperation

“He knows a real leader like LeBron would have to challenge Kyrie Irving… Kevin Durant would rather challenge anonymous people on Twitter” - Frank Isola says Kevin Durant doesn’t want to be a leader and wants a drama-free team

“‘Forget the friendship, forget the brotherhood, I have had enough’” - Kendrick Perkins says he’s proud of Kevin Durant for putting in a trade request, says it’s the right choice

“‘I’m not staying around here messing around with just Ben Simmons’” - Keyshawn Johnson says Brooklyn Nets stopped listening to Kevin Durant, which resulted in him requesting a trade

"Michael Jordan, Steph Curry, Tim Duncan, they are leaders... That’s not Kevin Durant" - NBA analyst claims leadership is a key reason why KD hasn't won a ring without Dubs

"I don't see what the Nets have done wrong here and for KD to take another move" - Rob Parker believes Kevin Durant has lost a lot of 'basketball respect' after making a trade request

"ESPN are going kick me outta the studio today!!! KD wanting out is ALL I NEEDED to hear" - Former NBA champion sends warning signs about potential Kevin Durant slander after news of him leaving Nets breaks out

"If Kyrie Irving had shown up to work... KD would still be in Brooklyn, they might have won a championship" - Stephen A. Smith claims Irving "ruined" the Brooklyn Nets

"KD most likely will take a lot of heat for this move, but I don’t blame him" - Former NBA champion accuses Kyrie Irving for Brooklyn Nets' current state

“Whether this actually comes out his mouth or not, KD was tired of Kyrie’s bulls**t” - Former NBA champion says Kyrie Irving is at fault for Kevin Durant’s trade request, believes KD will take a lot of heat

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“Atkinson’s a heck of a coach, and Kyrie got him out of there” - Chris "Mad Dog" Russo says the Brooklyn Nets can’t allow Kyrie Irving so much power, says the organization has to have a totem pole