Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant teamed up to sign with the Brooklyn Nets and rule the NBA. That never happened, and the Nets made the headlines more often for off-court drama than from their actual play.
Their once-promising and potentially great pairing will go down as one of the most infamous and biggest failures in professional sports history. They couldâve dominated the league at will for years, yet they barely managed to stay on the court together.
But more than that, it seems like their on-court failure may have led to some off-court issues as well. According to ESPNâs Brian Windhorst, they barely acknowledged each other in the Phoenix Sunsâ win over the Dallas Mavericks.
Kevin Durant And Kyrie Irving Have âDisconnected,â Claims Brian Windhorst
âThe complete lack of emotion from Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant,â Windhorst said on ESPN. âIf you didnât know any better, youâd just kind of wandered in and, like, were college fans, didnât know anything about the NBA, and I was trying to tell you that there was this enormous breakup to change the landscape in the NBA that rocked both teams, because those two guys played together for four years, he wouldnât believe me.â
âThey didnât even look at each other,â Windhorst continued. âThere were times they walked past each other, like, during timeout situations, not, like, in the middle of the game when theyâre competing, wouldnât even turn their heads. So, I think we got our answer there about just where that relationship is and how it ended in Brooklyn.â
Durant pretty much admitted that he was blindsided by Irvingâs sudden trade request, so this doesnât strike as a surprise. He always had Kyrieâs back and got nothing in return, so thereâs no wonder why they may no longer be on speaking terms.
