Irving asked Cavs owner Dan Gilbert to be traded on July 7, seeking to escape James’ shadow and become the focal point elsewhere. With the trade between the Cavaliers and Boston Celtics that sent four-time all-star Irving to Boston completed Wednesday night, Irving posted a “special video just strictly to Cleveland.”In his video, Irving mentioned his teammates as a group, but none specifically. Nor did he bring up his current coach Tyronn Lue or past coaches David Blatt, Byron Scott or Mike Brown. “To my teammates, crazy stories, crazy experiences and unbelievable human beings, man. “Connecting with everyone because it matters, and I care and I love the world and I love people and I love being around people.

Source: thestar August 31, 2017 22:18 UTC