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ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith has criticized Kyrie Irving's stunning trade request as 'idiotic,' and insisted Friday that the All-Star guard 'cannot be trusted.'
Irving is in the last year of a four-year contract, and has been unable thus far to agree to another long-term pact with the team.
And while his request may well get him out of Brooklyn, Irving has threatened to blow up a promising Brooklyn season - and is hurting his own value too by Smith's telling.
'Obviously the situation that he got himself in earlier this year was unfortunate, but he resurrected himself from that, was playing spectacular basketball, leading vote getter among the guards for the all star game... and reminding everyone what an absolute flat-out superstar basketball player he is.
'No one questioned that, all we ever questioned was: can the man go the rest of the season without being any kind of distraction, if he's gonna have a chance to get his money. And lo and behold he pulls this.
'And why? Because the Brooklyn Nets had the temerity, the unmitigated gall to say, 'play the season, we'll see. because we haven't had you for a full season without any drama.'
Kyrie Irving has requested a trade from the Nets with the deadline fast approaching
Stephen A. Smith called Irving's move to request a trade 'idiotic' on Friday
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