Kyrie Irving’s Wild Demands in his Contract Revealed

Kyrie Irving continues to raise eyebrows.

The Brooklyn Nets superstar reportedly asked for several contractual guarantees, some of them showing just how out of touch he is with the reality of being a professional athlete. For one he didn’t want to have to make more than 60 appearances per season and he also asked to  skip back-to-back games as part of his extension talks with the Brooklyn Nets.

Fox Sports’ Ric Bucher reported details about the negotiations Wednesday on his On The Ball podcast.

“[Nets governor] Joe Tsai has already shown he’s willing to play hardball with Kyrie by taking a max extension off the table almost immediately,” Bucher said. “Now, part of that may be Kyrie’s doing. I’m told he wanted his new contract to guarantee he wouldn’t have to play more than 60 games in a season and would not have to play any back-to-backs, which he apparently referred to as inhumane.”

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Kyrie has only played more than 60 games once over the past five years. He was limited to 29 appearances during the 2021-22 season because he didn’t become a full-time player until the final stages of the campaign.

After his return to full-time status,  Kyrie confirmed he hoped to re-sign with the Nets.

“I signed up for this for the long run,” he told reporters. “So I love this year. I’m grateful. It hasn’t been a prototypical year. But when I look at my teammates and where we are as an organization, I’m looking for the long run.”

The All-Star picked up the $36.9 million player option in his contract for 2022-23. He’ll become an unrestricted free agent next offseason if the two sides don’t agree to a new deal.

Kyrie clearly doesn’t love basketball as much as he should.

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