1 contract every NBA team would want back
By Ian Levy
Brooklyn Nets: Kyrie Irving
This one, hopefully, goes without saying. The Brooklyn Nets signed Kyrie Irving to a four-year, $136 million contract in the summer of 2019. For all that money, they got Kyrie available for 163 games across 3.5 seasons, a 7-13 record in the playoffs, public relations nightmares around the efficacy of COVID vaccines and anti-semitism and, finally, a mid-season trade demand.
After all that, the Nets were forced to trade Kyrie to the Mavericks for Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie a future first-round pick and two future second-round picks. This was among the most disastrous and disappointing eras of Nets basketball, which is saying something, and it all could have been avoided if they had just said “thanks, but no thanks” to Kyrie Irving.
Irving re-signed with the Mavericks this offseason and nearly every Nets fan is thrilled to see him be someone else’s problem for the next few years.