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The former Cleveland Cavaliers and the current Celtic guard of Boston, Kyrie Irving, never wanted LeBron James to return to the Cavs in 2014 after a four-season stint with the Miami Heat.
Irving's discontent appeared at a round table with Jason Lloyd's The Athletic, Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com and Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com on 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland Jack Maloney of CBSSp orts.com)
As part of the podcast, Lloyd stated the following about how Irving felt James' return to Cleveland:
"This was clearly explained to me by several people, Kyrie never really wanted LeBron to come back [to Cleveland] in the first place, he did not think it was necessary. to Kyrie on the field after a match when he was with Miami something to the effect o "Keep going, keep doing what you do.You never know, I could be back here someday.And Kyrie has said, "What is he talking about, we do not need him."
McMenamin added that Irving almost asked to be treated after the Cavs' victory in 2016: "Kyrie and his camp considered asking for an exchange after the championship. They decided to keep it internally and not to go ahead, but they discussed it.
Instead, Kyrie waited another year before asking for an exchange with the Celtics.
James is no longer a member of the Cavaliers after accepting a four-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers during the off season.
During their three seasons together, James and Irving led the Cavs to three places and one championship.
Cleveland still managed to play the final last season without Irving, but LeBron was overtaken by the Golden State Warriors with little help from his support team.
Irving was lucky with him and team-mate Gordon Hayward, but Boston still reached the Eastern Conference final last season
With LeBron now in Los Angeles, Irving and C's will be big favorites for represent the East in the finals of the NBA 2019.
Kyrie was the undisputed guy from Cleveland before LeB Ron arrived; However, the team was in trouble as a whole
Even though James became the # 1 option, Irving improved with LeBron in the fold because he averaged 25.2 points per game in 2016-17.
Irving performed well last season without James at 24.4 points per game, while LeBron had one of the best seasons of his career.
There can be no denying the fact that James and Irving did special things during their three years together, they showed last season that they are both top players capable of producing at a high level level and fight for the championships on their own.
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