“I reached out to make sure nothing was taken out of context — making sure that the guys knew exactly what I meant,” Irving said on Friday after practice. “And that is the only thing that matters. Everyone can say, if I was in this position, ‘I would’ve said this, I would’ve done this.’ They have have no idea because they’ve never been at this level, so how could you even comment on it?”

“The most important thing is making sure these guys — they have the belief in themselves and I continue to reiterate that confidence we have as a team. It is going to come down to that in order to be at a championship level to compete against the West, we need more. It is what it is.”

Kyrie reportedly being a bad teammate is looking more and more accurate these days. 

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