When Kyrie Irving requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers in July 2017, it sent shockwaves around the NBA. It came just a year after the Cavaliers pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history, climbing back from a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warriors to capture the franchise's first championship.

Kyrie Irving's claim that media got his LeBron relationship wrong sparks questions about whether there's anything left to say about the superstar guard's dramatic Cleveland exit.

While discussing his trade request from the Cleveland Cavaliers that led to him being sent to the Boston Celtics in 2017, Irving explained that he grew wary of the extra attention that comes from playing alongside legendary forward LeBron James.