Responding to a New York Post report in which a source claimed that Kyrie Irving “hates” Nets general manager Sean Marks and head coach Steve Nash, Irving’s agent and stepmother Shetallia Riley Irving told Brian Lewis and Josh Kosman of The New York Post that’s not the case.
“I am not sure where this narrative is coming from but Kyrie does not hate Steve nor Sean,” Shetallia Riley Irving said. “That’s not a part of his being nor how he represents himself in the world. He’s about peace, love and acceptance.”
While Kyrie and agent may dispute the notion that he “hates” Marks or Nash, that doesn’t necessarily mean he loves the job they’ve been doing in Brooklyn.
Irving and the Nets have been at odds in multiple instances over the past year. The club’s front office and ownership group opted not to allow Irving to be a part-time player at the start of last season when he was ineligible to play in Brooklyn due to New York City’s vaccine mandate. The Nets were then unwilling to offer him a lucrative long-term contract this summer, prompting him to explore a move to another team before he eventually decided to pick up his 2022/23 player option.
According to Lewis and Kosman, Shetallia Riley Irving declined to comment on whether Irving agrees with Kevin Durant, who reportedly told Nets owner Joe Tsai that he must decide between trading Durant or firing Marks and Nash.
KD turning Kyrie into a good guy is a wild turn of events, KDs request is some bull, dude picked the direction of the team and now quits on it, sheesh man pathetic
I wouldn’t go as far as saying he hates the JOB they’ve done. Rather, he may hate not getting his way with things.
What you really just said is that he does not want to play with Kyrie.
I will pull a selfish K.D. card and say New York ain’t big enough for the two of us. Either I run the offense thru me or you can run it thru him. It ain’t going to be both.
Who the hell cares, who you like! You get paid to do your job. Grow up and do it! Smh
@Captain
Bro I wasn’t defending him. Calm that down.
Kyrie’s mom comes to the rescue
Kyrie really is the Kanye of the NBA
This team is like watching a bad high-school drama.
I’m sure Marks and Nash are relieved. I’m old enough to remember a time when reporters didn’t quote (vs summarize) their anonymous sources.
Last season was a wild one. NYC’s covid rules wouldn’t let Kyrie play but opposing teams unvaxxed players could play just fine. Net’s wouldn’t accept a part time Kyrie and then accepted him part time. And here we are today with Nash planning to play Ben at center with Joe’s full support.
I don’t hate you man. I just REALLY don’t like you.
Lol. Hate is a strong word. He may not hate them but but he doesn’t want to work for/with them either . Lol
Does he hate him? Or does he hate hate him?
Web admin, I’m apparently getting redirected to a TMZ page.
Being called weird, selfish, a bad teammate, and horrible leader is one thing, but him being accused of hating someone is where she draws the line!
Opposite Day
‘I ehat my GM’
No one loves the job Marks has done, so no one should expect Ky to love it, right?
Missing the home built Levert, Dinwiddle Allan days now. Draft your own players.
As a division rival I really hope they keep Nash and Marks and blow the team up. I love knowing Nash is coaching a team I don’t like…I think he’s doing awesome and hope he keeps doing it…I won’t be too happy cuz I am stuck with Doc it seems lol
It’s pretty obvious that likely no trade is going to happen before the beginning of the season.
Will KD decide to reduce his value even further by refusing to report?