The modern-day Brooklyn Nets will forever be known as one of the greatest failures in NBA history. Never before has a team with such great talent fallen apart so quickly and it’s hard to blame anyone but the front office, who made decisions along the way that led to their eventual downfall.
But it’s also no secret that Kyrie Irving holds some blame for this as well. Through his actions and behavior during his years with the Nets, he continually found ways to become a distraction and be unavailable to his teammates.
Apparently, according to ESPN’s Nick Friedell, the Nets’ organization holds Kyrie responsible for breaking apart the big three.
“The consensus in talking to the other writers after we walked out and listened to [Harden] crush the situation and crush the fact that the organization didn’t do more to try and bring him back, the person he was talking to is Kyrie Irving… That goes to what all the people in the Nets organization feel. Do I think there was frustration with KD at the very end, especially after what occurred over the summer? Sure. But there was a respect level that Kevin had come in there every day, and as the star of the team had put in the work to earn the respect from top to bottom in the organization. Kyrie, it’s all been well-documented, he just could not be counted on to be out there every night.”
It was Kyrie who decided not to get the COVID-19 vaccination and make himself available for games. It was also Kyrie who earned a suspension for posting anti-semitic material on his platform.
Those are just the latest examples in what has been a wild track record for Irving that involves sowing discord and chaos wherever he goes.
James Harden Looks Validated After Nets Collapse
As the first domino to fall, Harden’s trade last season should have been a sign to everyone that this regime wasn’t going to last long. After less than two years with the Nets, James bailed because politics and off-court drama became too much to handle.
Looking back, it’s hard to blame him for that now seeing how it all turned out for the Nets. In fact, it turns out Harden may have been right all along by leaving before the worst of it.
Source: fadeawayworld
