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I'll tell you, the player who did his league, the biggest favor, whether it's NFL,

Major League Baseball, the NBA,

it's Kyrie Irving.

Kyrie Irving demanded to be traded.

And at the time, I'm thinking,

what are you talking about, man?

What are you doing?

What are you going to the finals year in and year out? Not a bad deal.

Being over there with LeBron and he said, you know what? I want to be my own player.

I want to be my own man. I'm out of here.

And he ends up with the Boston Celtics.

And it sets up to be such an interesting playoff run here.

Because it seems like you're going to have the Cavs and Celtics meet at some point.

I'd be shocked if that didn't happen.

And if it does, man, you talk about a series just dripping with storylines.

Kyrie Irving hits the game winning shot in Game 7 to take down the 73 win warriors and you know the whole thing. Then demands to be traded. Now he's facing LeBron, his former team.

That is just awesome stuff.

And I used to think of it like, well, this hurts the NBA product because with Kyrie over there with the Cavs,

they stood a better chance to take down the Warriors, which is true.

But I think that the Warriors are going to win regardless.

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