When Kyrie Irving requested a commerce from the Nets final summer season, the tea performed hardball and he ended up staying in Brooklyn.

The two sides discover themselves in that very same state of affairs once more because the 30-year-old level guard once more requested to be traded after rejecting Nets’ contract extension provide.

This time it appears that evidently Irving is prepared to not surrender on the request simply. According to sports activities analyst Stephen A. Smith, the 2016 NBA champion is ready to sit down out the remainder of the season if his calls for are usually not met.

“Kyrie Irving is prepared to sit out the rest of the season if need be – that’s what I’m being told. I don’t know whether I believe that, but that’s what people are saying,” Smith mentioned on ESPN’s NBA Countdown.

This season Irving is averaging 27.1 factors, 5.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists in 37 minutes per recreation.