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NBA off-season 2022: Los Angeles Lakers only known team seeking Kyrie Irving

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Kyrie Irving could be moving to NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers with a massive pay cut.

NBA off-season 2022, national basketball association: Los Angeles LS Lakers only known team seeking Kyrie Irving-krn
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Los Angeles, First Published Jun 28, 2022, 11:07 AM IST

Brooklyn Nets has yet to agree with Kyrie Irving on a future contract. As also reported by other reporters earlier in the week, the Nets want to offer Irving a short-term incentive-laden contract, as the guard has quite an injury history. His refusal to get vaccinated last season also played a part. According to Woj, The Lakers would be the favourites to acquire Irving if the 2016 NBA Champion decides to leave Brooklyn. Irving’s potential departure will also have an impact on Durant’s future. Durant is said to be close with Irving, and the latter was a key reason behind the former’s arrival in Brooklyn in 2019. Irving has a player option coming up on Wednesday, which will also tell him what he could do in the off-season.

In his recent piece, Woj said, “Outside of the Los Angeles Lakers, no known teams are planning to pursue sign-and-trade deals for Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, sources told ESPN. Irving needs a trade partner to coordinate an agreement on a deal to get a long-term, maximum contract. Still, sources said that only the Lakers are interested in executing a sign-and-trade once free agency opens on Thursday night.”

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“So far, the Nets have no interest in taking back the available Lakers packages, sources said. Irving has until Wednesday to decide on exercising his $36.5 million option for the 2022-2023 season. Once he opts into the deal, he’s no longer eligible for a sign-and-trade. The Nets could proceed working on trading him as an expiring contract, but Irving would have no formal voice in a potential landing spot. Irving has a great interest in joining the Lakers, sources said, which he could do by declining the $36.5 million option and signing with Los Angeles for the $6 million taxpayer mid-level exception,” concluded Woj.

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