In 2017, Kyrie Irving replied to a social media post that listed his NBA accomplishments since splitting from colleague LeBron James.A social media post during the previous week noted that the defender has had virtually no success in the Playoffs since Kyrie Irving asked to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017.
LeBron James and Kyrie were teammates for three seasons prior, during which time they all made it to the NBA Finals and shared a victory in 2016. But in the summer of 2017, this defender is still hoping to be traded to a different squad.
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving were teammates at the Cleveland Cavaliers
Since then, he has played for 3 different clubs in 6 years and has never once enjoyed the feeling of success in the postseason.
2017-18: Injured, missed Playoffs (Boston Celtics)
2018-19: Lost to Milwaukee Bucks in round 2 (Boston Celtics)
2019-20: Injured, missed Playoffs (Brooklyn Nets)
2020-21: Injured, lost 3-4 in round 2 to Milwaukee Bucks (Nets)
2021-22: Lost to Boston Celtics 0-4 in round 1 (Nets)
2022-23: Miss both play-ins and Playoffs (Dallas Mavericks)
Statistics from the Basketball Forever page The accomplishments of Kyrie Irving during the playoffs from the 2017–18 season to the presentLeBron spent one more season with the Cleveland Cavaliers while wearing three different colors, and he later joined the Los Angeles Lakers.Additionally, during these six seasons, “King James” missed the playoffs twice (2019, 2021), won an NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, and advanced to the Western finals in the most current campaign.
“Leaving LeBron James’s arms is a storm”, this statement is quite accurate when talking about Kyrie Irving’s last 6 seasons. So how does the defender currently on the Dallas Mavericks’ payroll react?
Replying to the post on Twitter, Kyrie said: “Just pin this tweet and see what happens in the next few years”.
Kyrie Irving believes that the Dallas Mavericks are a formidable team and that it will take a long time for everyone to realize this. Kyrie Irving and LeBron James were teammates for three seasons, from 2014–15 to 2016–17, during which time they won the East title and advanced to the NBA Finals.Together, they brought home the first NBA championship trophy in the Cavaliers’ over 50-year history as well as the first title in Cleveland’s history in all professional sports in the United States.But when Kyrie Irving asked to be traded to another team in the summer of 2017, these two stars “went their separate ways.” Irving has played for the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, and Dallas Mavericks since making this selection up to this point.Kyrie Irving joined the Boston Celtics in the summer of 2017 after splitting up with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.Kyrie Irving yet gave a solid performance on his own. Since departing the Cavaliers in 2017, he has averaging 25.8 points, 5.9 assists, and 4.7 rebounds per game. Kyrie has made four All-Star teams and two appearances in the All-Star tournament in the last six years. All-Star team representing the NBA.However, as the squad as a whole has already indicated, the defense born in 1992 has not once made an appearance in the regional finals and has, naturally, failed to make it back to the NBA Finals in the previous six seasons. It should be mentioned that in 2018, Kyrie’s team, the Celtics, made it to the Eastern finals. However, he was forced to miss that game due to a knee injury.