LeBron is the reason Kyrie Irving left Cleveland not the other way around - Stephen A. l First Take

Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman break down what factors led to Kyrie Irving parting ways with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers back in 2017.

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[ronboss_]

Can’t you guys talk about the struggling Celtics and not this old ass topic?

[montellmccoy]

“Shaq was committed to winning when he was on the court And committed to Big-Macs when he was off ....
-Stephen a smith 2018

[thebestyoutubecommentever]

Molly's not doing too bad with the interrupting today. Bravo 👌

[damilareajani]

All I gathered from this is lebron done nothing wrong to kyrie, kyrie just didn’t want to be left in a situation where when lebron left he would have to carry the garbage in Cleveland, so he got out earlier rather than later also kyrie wanted a new quest where he got the bulk of the credit

[KingNat.]

Cavs should've traded for Kember Walker. That brother is special

[yallaretrippin]

While Kyrie is an amazing player i never understood why hes perceived as some kind of league power shifting player. He wont be the best player on a championship team and hasnt done anything without LeBron. I think its because hes so flashy, people today tend to prefer style over substance

[damilareajani]

How did he run him out of town, like what did lebron actually do to kyrie, when max said lebron ran him out of town, How so? And how does max know lebron didn’t or did treat kyrie a certain way, to me it just feels like a bunch of speculation, on something with little hard evidence

[Specialsir]

The title is misleading. Neither LeBron or Kyrie were at fault. We can't blame LeBron for being a mega star. We can't blame Kyrie for not wanting to be left with trash in Cleveland after LeBron left. Dan Gilbert wanted control which is why he did not rehire the Gm Griffin. Both have moved on. lets do so.

[JetSetAnime]

Are we going to ignore the fact that he asked then new GM Altman, to not trade Kyrie? He had two more years on his deal, and that they could work it out. Altman agreed, and the trade went public literally mins after that convo.

[netsarebetter]

The Cleveland Cavaqueers could've sent me to New York but instead traded me to a Boston rival, Dan Gilbert is stupid!

[KingMickD]

Now Kyrie wants a 14-15 year vet for the celtics. 😂😂😂

[vt]

BIG FACTZ: Kyrie got 0 credit for everything he did, all credit went to lebron.

And every time they lost Kyrie and K-Love and JR and Mozgov and Dan Gilbert were scapegoated.

Why tf should he have stayed in cLe??

[SACricketNews-hb]

Stephen A did the whole "rubs hands like Birdman" at the end. LMFAO

[nintikou]

Holy cow, that was funny, Stephen A changing his mind at the last second. You can see the wheels turning when he was saying "no, no...." Lol

[andrewke]

espn has nothing to say so they discuss something last year

[Gtom]

Who else saw this title and thought "Is this still news?"

[kenancappin]

Nobody mentioned Cavs didn't have to trade Kyrie he had 2 years left on contract. Also before Coby made the trade official LeBron called him and told him not to trade Kyrie then the same day he gets traded.

[iang]

People saying Lebron ran Kyrie out, he lying, he trying to change the narrative.

Bro, can I just get some evidence? Like, we can speculate all we want, but some of yall are jumping to conclusions that arent based in anything.

[jaycannon]

Dude really be talking CRAZY. Kyrie didn't want lebron to come back to Cleveland. Then, he was tired of playing Robin. That's why Kyrie left !!

[nastywest]

I thought Molly said speaking of shit I say and shit I go at th end😂😂