Kyrie Irving reportedly wants to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers because of trade talks that included him earlier in the offseason.
According to Ramona Shelburne, Dave McMenamin and Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com, the point guard was included in packages for Paul George and Jimmy Butler, each of which were instead dealt to Western Conference teams.
These talks "upset him even more when he found out about it, sources said."
There was apparently no communication with the player the way there used to be under previous general manager David Griffin.