Kyrie Irving 要求从 Cleveland Cavaliers 交易出去

这绝对是一个令人诧异的消息，因为是来自 Cleveland Cavaliers 的 Kyrie Irving。消息根据 ESPN 的 Brian Windhorst，指上周发生的一次会议中，Kyrie Irving 向 Cleveland Cavaliers 提出将他交易的要求。原因由 Dan Gilbert 表示，指 Kyrie Irving 希望在一个更加重要的场上表现，不再想和 LeBron James 同队；而那边厢 LeBron James 得悉消息后表示十分失望。而根据 Brian Windhorst 报道，Spurs 是 Kyrie Irving 在会议中提及首选交易到的队伍。但若然真有交易事情实行，Kyrie Irving 将算是放弃了一份超级可观的合约。

How to handle Irving’s situation is clearly complex for the Cavs, as James can be a free agent next summer. Irving has three years and $60 million left on his contract, but he can opt out of the final year before the 2019-20 season.

By asking for a trade, Irving would be willingly giving up the chance to qualify and sign a “supermax” contract with the Cavs in 2019. This provision, installed in the just-started collective bargaining agreement, was meant to deter star players from leaving their teams as they came up on their third contract. This is when numerous stars want to move, as has played out with Kevin Durant, Gordon Hayward and Paul George.

Irving’s contract contains a 15 percent trade bonus that would pay him an additional $2.9 million in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

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