{"id":1839584,"date":"2023-02-08T08:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839584"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:50:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:50:48","slug":"drama-queen-lebron-james-makes-kyrie-irving-trade-all-about-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drama-queen-lebron-james-makes-kyrie-irving-trade-all-about-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama Queen: Lebron James Makes Kyrie Irving Trade All About Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrama-queen-lebron-james-makes-kyrie-irving-trade-all-about-himself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839584&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1370400141.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"jw\">\n<h2 class=\"g1-delta\"><span>OutKick Videos<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Drama King is back.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers forward LeBron James didn\u2019t get his way in the Kyrie Irving sweepstakes, losing out to the Dallas Mavericks after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/kyrie-irving-gets-his-way-forces-divorce-with-nets-as-all-star-is-traded-to-dallas-mavericks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nets agree to ship All-Star guard<\/a> Sunday: To the Lone Star State<\/p>\n<p>Now that James is left with a hobbling All-Star in Anthony Davis, an overpaid Russell Westbrook and a cast of C-level talent (stuck in the Western Conference\u2019s 13th seed), the aging star is going on a media tour to tell the world how hurt he was left over not having Kyrie on the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>Considering Irving got to join a postseason contender, the move appears to have ultimately worked out in his favor, but don\u2019t tell LeBron that.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with ESPN\u2019s Mike Wilbon on Monday, James said he was left \u201cdisappointed\u201d The Irving trade decision was tweeted later \u201cMaybe It\u2019s Me\u201d to let his sadness out there for all to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t sit here and say I\u2019m not disappointed on not being able to land such a talent,\u201d James said, forgetting that his sway of the front office\u2019s decision these last few years sunk the team\u2019s trading capital to new lows.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron sat down and had a chat with a>=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMikeWilbon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#8221;>@RealMikeWilbon<\/a> Let him share his thoughts about Kyrie Irving&#8217;s departure from the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can\u2019t sit here and say I\u2019m not disappointed on not being able to land such a talent.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2smRTk3Y0c\">pic.twitter.com\/2smRTk3Y0c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1622692534194475035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Coming into the Irving sweepstakes, the Lakers\u2019 main assets were two first-round picks \u2014 one in 2027 and one in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn has always wanted a \u201cwin-now\u201d package, they opted for Dallas\u2019 offers, which involved multiple high draft picks, trending guard Spencer Dinwiddie and proficient wing defender Dorian Finney-Smith.<\/p>\n<p>James was finally tired of playing LeGM for so many years. But the most sinister actor in this trade may have been Joe Tsai, owner of the Nets.<\/p>\n<p>Reports following Dallas\u2019 trade with Brooklyn detailed that Tsai had such a sour relationship with Irving that he allegedly shipped Kyrie off to his least-desired trade destination to spite the player.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s little corroborating evidence to prove it, Tsai\u2019s history of doing Kyrie dirty makes it believable.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyrie wanted to play for the LA Lakers, but Joe Tsai (the owner of the Brooklyn Nets) wasn&#8217;t having it!<\/p>\n<p>Watch more on YouTube now \u2013 link in the bio! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5i6qs4Kav5\">pic.twitter.com\/5i6qs4Kav5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1622662932604633089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OutKick Videos Drama King is back. Lakers forward LeBron James didn\u2019t get his way in the Kyrie Irving sweepstakes, losing out to the Dallas Mavericks after the Nets agree to ship All-Star guard Sunday: To the Lone Star State Now that James is left with a hobbling All-Star in Anthony Davis, an overpaid Russell Westbrook &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1839587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[9792,7592,5334,7590,7815,7291,7221],"class_list":["post-1839584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-drama","tag-irving","tag-james","tag-kyrie","tag-lebron","tag-queen","tag-trade"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}