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Kyrie Irving's trade request Friday didn't just surprise fans, as the guard's Nets teammates revealed the next day they were not expecting the news.
Speaking ahead of the Nets' home matchup with the Wizards - which Irving was ruled out of due to 'calf soreness' - center Nic Claxton revealed how he learned about the development.
'I was taking a nap,' he said. 'And I looked in one of my group chats and I saw it and I was like, 'Wow.' Just caught me off guard. But it is what it is.'
'We're just like everybody else,' Claxton added. 'We're caught off guard.'
Claxton's teammate Royce O'Neale echoed that sentiment.
Kyrie Irving shocked the team - and the league - by requesting a trade on Friday
Head coach Jacque Vaughn said he was only dealing with the 'human side' of the issue
And Irving's teammate Nic Claxton said he was caught 'off guard' by the news on Saturday
The forward said he was 'surprised' by Irving's trade request, and added that he found out about it the 'same way everybody else did: Twitter.'
Irving is in the last year of a four-year contract, and has been
