Let me be perfectly clear: I am still very much in the “The Celtics should keep Kyrie Irving” camp. I think he’s the most talented player to don a C’s uniform since the Big Three era. I don’t think many people will dispute that.
The chatter surrounding Irving all season was deafening. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, Colin Cowherd, Max Kellerman, Stephen A. Smith, Bill Simmons, etc all spent time telling us all season that Basketball Houdini is leaving after this season. I did all I could to ignore it. I screenshot all of the clips, all of the graphics FOX Sports 1 and ESPN ran all season to gloat July 1st.