Nets’ guard Irving requests trade
NEW YORK >> All-star guard Kyrie Irving has asked the Brooklyn Nets for a trade, according to ESPN and The Athletic.
Irving made the request after talks about a new contract did not go to his liking, the news outlets reported Friday.
The NBA’S trade deadline is Thursday. The Nets — coming off a 43-point loss at Boston on Wednesday — open a five-game homestand on Saturday against Washington. They play six of their last seven games before the All-star break at home; the only “road” game in that stretch is at the New York Knicks.
But whether Irving will be part of any of that is unclear now.
Irving’s agent and stepmother, Shetellia Irving, told Bleacher Report last week that she had reached out to the Nets regarding an extension.
Kyrie Irving — whose current deal with the Nets expires after this season — is eligible for a four-year contract worth as much as $200 million.
“I have reached out to the Nets regarding this,” was what Shetellia Irving told Bleacher Report. “We have had no significant conversations to date. The desire is to make Brooklyn home, with the right type of extension,
Nets guard Kyrie Irving during the first half of a game against the Pistons on Jan. 26in New York. which means the ball gone 4-7 since fellow Allstar is in the Nets’ court to communicate Kevin Durant hurt now if their desire his knee in a game at Miami is the same.” on Jan. 8. Durant could
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Brooklyn is 31-20 this Simmons to Brooklyn. season, fourth in the Eastern Whatever happens between Conference standings now and Thursday, entering Friday, and has this is officially the start of yet another new saga surrounding Irving.
He was suspended by the Nets for what became eight games earlier this season after the team said it was dismayed by his repeated failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” That came shortly after Irving refused to issue the apology that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sought for posting a link to an antisemitic work on his Twitter feed. Irving also wound up losing his long relationship with Nike as part of the massive fallout from what he tweeted and the reactions that followed.
“I don’t stand for anything close to hate speech or antisemitism or anything that is going against the human race,” Irving said on the day the Nets reinstated him in November.
Irving also missed much of the 2021-22 season because of his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, which left him essentially ineligible to play in Brooklyn’s home games for much of the season because of New York City rules put in place in response to the pandemic.
He has also expressed no shortage of controversial opinions during his career — including repeated questioning whether the Earth was round before eventually apologizing to science teachers.
Silver Creek’s Zach Schmeeckle shoots a 3-pointer against the Mead defense during Friday night’s game.
got no closer.
Silver Creek’s loss came despite its most points by a player since Andrew Scott had 34 on Feb. 16, 2022.
Schmeeckle, when asked where he thinks he belongs in the discussion for top players in the class, said “I’m getting some respect.”
“Being a one-year varsity player, I didn’t get much attention the first couple years of high school,” he said. “But I think I’m getting my name out there.”
Mead is home against Centaurus Wednesday. Silver Creek is at Windsor.