Kyrie Irving now blames ‘media factories’ while also taking James Harden to his word, it’s very funny

[ad_1]

OK come on, that’s funny. You could argue that the Nets are the least aware team in the league. Well not so much KD, but the rest? Yeah. Got Harden talking about how it’s bullshit, you can’t play defense without getting touch faults

and Nash also complaining about the lack of calls. Now we have Kyrie coming out in the middle of an 8-fight losing streak saying all this drama surrounding James Harden and the team is all because of “media factories”. Ah yes, those pesky media plants. They always seem to follow Kyrie wherever he goes! You would think they would start focusing on someone else or something. But that’s not the best part of this quote. This part is clearly the whole “we just keep him at his word” part. This legit made me laugh out loud when I read it since you know how it exists… it exists

Look, I don’t think the two sides are missing each other at this point. Enough time has passed that we can look back and laugh at this whole storyline given that now we have Kyrie saying we should just take people at their word. If you can’t find the humor in that, I don’t know what to tell you. There’s also the whole “being hired” part, but Kyrie himself is only a part-time player. It clearly isn’t exactly working out for the Nets unless their goal has always been to drop into the top 4 so he can play more postseason games. I think it’s safe to say that would be a bit of a stretch.

But back to the “media plants” part. It’s no secret that at this time of year, everyone is pretending. You’re going to have Morey reach out to his guys and leak some stuff, and then the Nets are going to go to their guys and refute it. That’s how the game works. Somewhere in the middle of it all, there is some truth. We know this because back when Kyrie was a Celtic and he blamed all the ‘media factories’ for the drama surrounding him and his future, it all ended up being true. At this point, no one is really trying to hear Kyrie cry over “the media” when it comes to this drama. Yeah, they’ll froth at the mouth when spicy drama exists with a team like BKN because that’s how the world works. Even more when you lose. Welcome to the NBA.

Just watch today. On the one hand, you have someone like Bill Simmons (????) coming out and saying the Nets are willing to trade for Harden as long as Seth Curry is in the deal. Then, on the other hand, this report was immediately refuted

In short, someone is lying! Remember, Simmons is very, very close to Daryl Morey. It’s not exactly a shock that Morey wants to say that this deal is still in effect. But is all this due to “media plants”? It seems far-fetched. It most likely comes down to postures on both sides, trying to get the best out of the other. Maybe the Nets aren’t interested because they want to see their core in a playoff series. Maybe they’re asking for Maxey, but Morey wants it to be Curry instead, so that’s what he’s running away from. It’s quite a game from now until Thursday.

But there’s just something about Kyrie dodging blame and then talking about holding people to what they say that just makes me laugh. It’s only going to heat up for the next 3 days, so I’d advise you to buckle up and make sure your Twitter notifications are turned on.

[ad_2]