The Lakers were the only team known to be interested in a potential sign-and-trade deal for the polarizing seven-time All-Star before Irving let it be known he would opt-in.
By BRIAN MAHONEY and TIM REYNOLDSNEW YORK — Kyrie Irving has decided to exercise his $36.5 million option for the coming season and will remain under contract with the Brooklyn Nets, multiple media outlets reported on Monday.The Athletic first reported Irving’s decision. “Normal people keep the world going, but those who dare to be different lead us into tomorrow. I’ve made my decision to opt in. See you in the fall,” the outlet quoted Irving as saying.
The seven-time All-Star averaged 27.4 points and 5.8 assists this past season for the Nets, with whom he has spent the last three seasons. He’s about to enter the final season in a four-year, $137 million deal with Brooklyn. The Nets entered this past season thinking they would have a core of Irving, Kevin Durant and James Harden. It didn’t work out anywhere near as planned; Irving wasn’t with the team for the majority of the season, Harden ended up getting traded to Philadelphia, the Nets needed to survive the play-in tournament just to make the playoffs and wound up getting swept in the first round by eventual Eastern Conference champion Boston.
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