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Nets coach getting Atkinson said the Kyrie Irving scheduled to see a shoulder specialist this week as he deals with that shoulder issue that caused him to miss 26 games earlier this season.
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That is a reaggravated because, remember, he came back in between Kyrie unavailable for the Nets game against the Sixers tomorrow.
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Is there a point there's been so many injuries here that the Nets just shut him down?
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Well, he is searching for a way to get out of this out surgery, he said.
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You know, he first tried rehab.
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Then he tried a cortisone shot.
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He's tried a number of different specialists, is actually a different specialists.
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And he saw last time in a different state.
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He doesn't I don't blame in part because he's had surgeries in the past where he's had complications.
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He didn't want to get surgery, is trying to avoid it.
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But doctors have told him that surgery is a real chance here and so to me, if he has to have surgery, obviously this season is gonna be over and then that's where a playoff team, This is a problem, the thing But ultimately you need Kyrie Irving healthy when Kevin Durant is healthy.
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That's the point of all of it.
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And if it means that you have to shut down for this season as difficult, that is, especially with the Nets thinking about their playoffs.
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That is a decision that, frankly, makes itself.
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What do you think?
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Would you shut down the rest?
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This is I'm shutting down the rest of the season on talking about Kyrie Irving.
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I tweeted this, and I'm not saying anything else about Kyrie Irving into next season.
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So go here, Rachel down on career, saying no comments for me.
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You thought he forgot the topic.
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So you gave it to him again.
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He was like, No, I didn't forget to tell the people that he's vacating the carrier.
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Look, I your boyfriend, I think I broke you go and you do what?
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You feel comfortable with the brand.
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I see your point.
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Surgery hasn't gone well.
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That's not putting it.
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I mean, that's putting mildly.
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He had a staph infection from one surgery that he feels put his life in danger right?
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Has had stuff become infected.
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I mean, like, there's just been multiple problem.
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I totally understand where he's coming from.
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I do understand why he feels this way, and I think the most important thing for him and only he can, only he can decide what it is is when next season opens.
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Oh, I want to say something very Oh, go is an open.
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He and Durant are playing together side by side, healthy.
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That's the ultimate mission here.
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Anything you want at work?
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A.
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No, no, no.
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I want to say something.
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We'll work out of happen during the next break.
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