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NBPA names Brooklyn Nets PG Kyrie Irving VP (Report)

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Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving is joining the NBPA Executive Committee in a major leadership position.

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving will take over for Pau Gasol as vice president of the National Basketball Players Association. The outspoken point guard is beginning a three-year term as VP where he will join the likes of Chris Paul, Garrett Temple, CJ McCollum, Jaylen Brown, and Andre Iguodala on the NBPA Executive Committee.

“This was the right time for me to run for a leadership position in the NBPA,” said Irving per Mike Scotto of Bleacher Report.