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BOSTON \u2014 With Kyrie Irving\u2019s redemption tour becoming a focus of the NBA Finals, the Nets look like they flubbed an opportunity \u2014 both because of their former player\u2019s success and their own failings since trading him.<\/p>\n
Though Irving has only alluded to feeling \u201cdisrespected\u201d by the Nets, his teammate explained it further in an interview with The Post.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was time for his contract extension, the two sides didn\u2019t meet up, business got involved, and that\u2019s what happened. That\u2019s how it goes,\u201d Markieff Morris, who was traded with Irving from Brooklyn to Dallas last year, said. \u201cI think Kyrie was averaging about 27 [points] at the time. I think we won 18 out of 20 and all of a sudden the business got involved. That\u2019s how it goes sometimes. A guy of Kyrie\u2019s stature, I wouldn\u2019t be standing for that either. Get me up out of there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Nets, as The Post\u2019s Brian Lewis reported, offered Irving a short-term and incentive-laden extension because of his unreliability. <\/p>\n
It followed a slew of controversies and missed games from Irving, most notably involving his refusal to inject the COVID-19 vaccine and promotion of an anti-Semitic film on Twitter.<\/p>\n
Still, Irving was playing exceptionally heading into the 2023 trade deadline, carrying the Nets through a stretch that included 18 wins over 20 games. <\/p>\n
He had hoped that would translate to a pay day. <\/p>\n
But Joe Tsai and Sean Marks held their negotiating stance and Irving requested a trade.<\/p>\n
The deal was Irving and Morris for Dorian-Finney Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, a 2029 first-round pick and two second-round picks. <\/p>\n
Irving then re-signed with the Mavericks for three years and $121 million with a player option. <\/p>\n
He and Luka Doncic developed this season into the NBA\u2019s most potent offensive backcourt.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The Nets] didn\u2019t want to pay him. So what is he playing for? If you\u2019re not trying to pay him in a contract year with this good team, and everybody else is paid, [Kevin Durant] is paid [with a max extension],\u201d Morris said. \u201cKyrie did everything that you needed to do. \u2026 So just go to another team. And now we\u2019re in the finals.\u201d<\/p>\n
In retrospect, the trade was terrible for the Nets, who fell to 11th in the East last season and just hired their fourth coach in about four years. <\/p>\n
Dinwiddie is already gone and Finney-Smith is a role player who averaged 8.5 points last season on 42 percent shooting.<\/p>\n
But the Nets also didn\u2019t get consistency from Irving. <\/p>\n
Between leaves of absences, injuries, suspensions and vaccine mandates, the point guard missed roughly half his games after signing as a free agent in 2019. <\/p>\n
The vaccine mandate kept Irving out of the majority of the 2021-22 season while cutting deeply into his salary. <\/p>\n
Morris sympathized with Irving\u2019s vaccine stance and indicated most felt the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody got their own beliefs. I\u2019m mad I got that shot,\u201d Morris said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to get that s\u2014 either. Nobody \u2014 who wanted to get that? Nobody wanted to get that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The highlight of Irving\u2019s tenure was the 2021 run to the conference semifinals, where the Nets had homecourt advantage and a 2-0 lead against the Bucks. <\/p>\n
Then Irving sprained his ankle on Giannis Antetokounmpo in Game 3, and the Nets dropped a heartbreaking series.<\/p>\n
The Bucks won the title.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Giannis ain\u2019t put his foot under [Irving], they would\u2019ve had a championship,\u201d said Morris, who was playing for the Lakers at the time. \u201cMilwaukee would still be without a championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know so. They were going to get swept. They know that. You can ask anybody on their team,\u201d added Morris, pointing out that former Bucks point guard Jeff Teague said the same on his podcast.<\/p>\n
Now Irving is healthy and in The Finals, but this time in Dallas \u2014 and trying to rebound from a disappointing Game 1 defeat in Boston.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s in a place where he feels like he can flourish,\u201d Morris said. \u201cEverybody is on the same page. There\u2019s no hidden agendas. He\u2019s in his 13th year. And I can speak to that. I\u2019m in my 13th year, too, and you want to be somewhere people are going to love you and it\u2019s more than just a business. End your career somewhere comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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