Kyrie Irving did not want LeBron James to return to Cavs

Kyrie Irving would never have wanted LeBron James to return to the Cavaliers in 2014, and the relationship between the two players continued to worsen over their three seasons together.

Details on Tense Relationships from Irving and James were leaked in a podcast roundtable with Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com and Dave McMenamin of ESPN on 92.3 The Cleveland Fan

"This has been clear to me by many people, Kyrie never really wanted LeBron to come back [to Cleveland]] in the first place," Lloyd said. "He did not think it was necessary, LeBron said something to Kyrie on the field after a match where he was with Miami something like:" Keep going, keep doing what you do. come back here one day. And Kyrie said, "What is he talking about, we do not need him".

The Cavaliers chose Irving with the No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft. He played in Cleveland for three years before James came back. Things would have warmed up early when James returned from his four-year stay with the Heat.

According to Vardon, the two clashed in the locker room twice during the first week of the season. These encounters came after losing 101-82 to the Trail Blazers in their third match and again after losing 102-100 against the Jazz in their fourth game.

"You could not have gone worse than them," Vardon said. .

The Cavaliers qualified for the NBA Finals that year, but Irving broke his kneecap and missed the Games 2-6. Vardon also shared that James was increasingly annoyed by Irving's health problems leading to his playoff playoff injury. "Before Kyrie suffered from his legs, he had leg problems, he limped series and" Vardon said. "That annoyed the people of LeBron and LeBron to the infinite, they called him" soft "and asking about its harshness, and LeBron did it in the comments to the media.It took a while for there to be a real respect among the"

Despite the fact that the Cavs won the championship in 2016, Irving almost demanded an exchange.

"Kyrie and his camp have considered asking for an exchange after the championship," said McMenamin.They decided to keep him in the game and not to go ahead, but it was something they discussed. "

Things continued to be tense in the playoffs the following year. second round of the playoffs against the Raptors, Irving did not have any interaction with anyone during p On several days, McMenamin added

later in the offseason, Irving requested an exchange and was given to the Celtics. With the Cavs, Irving averaged 21.6 points with 3.4 rebounds and 5.5 badists.

Irving and James went to the NBA Finals in each of their three seasons together, winning a title in 2016.