In a story first reported by Brian Windhorst, Kyrie Irving has requested to be traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Irving’s reasoning includes “no longer wanting to play alongside LeBron James” and playing for a team “where he can be more of a focal point.”
For the sake of this website, news like this is typically of mere tangential interest, as Canis Hoopus is a Minnesota Timberwolves blog. Historically Minnesota has been a place that star players request to depart from, not join. The Jimmy Butler-era seems to have shifted the tide in the North.