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Kyrie Irving latest + more trade talk

We have additional details on the Kyrie contract stalemate in Brooklyn and further updates on the Knicks' pursuit of Jalen Brunson, P.J. Tucker and more in our latest around-the-league notebook

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Marc Stein
Jun 22, 2022
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Back in March, weeks before the Brooklyn Nets would absorb a humbling first-round sweep against the Boston Celtics, Kyrie Irving made an unforgettable pronouncement about his determination to keep playing alongside Kevin Durant.

“For me, it has always been about being comfortable, loving where I’m at, and I love it here,” Irving said then. “Once that sum…

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