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News of the week Kyrie Irving has rejoined the Brooklyn Nazis.

Missed their last seven games.

He practiced yesterday.

Coach Steve Nash said he expects Kyrie will play tonight against Cleveland.

Here's Mawr from Kyrie.

You know I'm back.

I'm happy to be back and we got some great pieces and we just move on and I let my actions in my game speak for yourself.

Like I planned on doing, you know, just needed a pause, a lot of family and personal stuff going on, so I just wanna leave it at that.

All right, so that's what he said.

Here is Jay Williams on loan to us for a few minutes from K Jay Z on ESPN radio.

So as you listen to him yesterday and we prepare for his return J well, what thoughts went through your mind as a teammate?

If I were his teammate, I wouldn't care what Kyrie Irving said to the media.

I wouldn't care how he said it if he was leaning over or if he was hanging upside down.

What mattered to me was that he communicated that had conversations with his teammates with his front office with the guy that actually owns the Brooklyn Nets.

That's way more important to me than anything else that he's committed.

So what we want to achieve, ultimately as a goal to win the world championship and one of things greeny that I think we all need to start doing a little bit more, not excusing the type of behavior that we've seen from carry.

But the man also has, you know, fulfilled and pay college tuition for nine HBCU students, right?

He's donated $1.5 million to the W MBA for players that have opted out.

He's paid for George Floyd's family's home.

There's been a lot of things right now, considering everything that 2000 and 20 has brought our way, that he's done for his community.

And it is That's not about the game of basketball is about the game of life once again not excusing the behavior of the lack of communication he had in him disappearing for a while.

But we all have addressed issues in 2020 where families this pandemic and people attacking the U.

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Capitol.

It's been a heavy year as long as we can recognize that for Kyrie, Irving and his teammates.

They can understand that.

Then they move forward.

Yeah, like most things it It's complicated and and he is complicated.

But let's go to the simplest part of this, and that is the basketball part of it.

We've seen KD and Harden together for two games and they've looked extremely good.

How confident are you that Kyrie will slide in and they will just get better?

E feel like it should be easy.

Whoever gets the rebound, you go.

You push the ball down the court.

Kevin Durant operates in such a small space, he doesn't need the ball to be effective.

I still move Kyrie Irving off the ball because I think he's more effective in that capacity.

And James Harden is averaging 10 assists in his first two games.

He's been averaging 10 assists this whole season.

Even though we've been questioning his weight and other things, I let Kyrie attack.

I play fast.

The Brooklyn Nets also have this whole mantra where seven seconds or less, they want to get a quick bucket.

So Kyrie gets the rebound go.

If James Harden gets the rebound, go saying with K d The question is, when it comes to the end of the game, I think everybody needs to be on the same page about Kevin.

Durant needs to get in the game shot or James Harden Pecking order is something to pay attention to.

How will it work?

Will go.

Katie James Harden Kyrie will go.

Katie Kyrie, James Harden.

I think that's the thing to pay attention to in the game or in the shot clock scenarios.

So is that something that can change night tonight?

Or is that something from your experience that has to be in stone?

This team, We're going to go 12 and three, or is that something that can change night tonight?

I think when we get the playoffs, I think you'll see that a little bit more in concrete.

But I think throughout the course of the regular season, you go to the hot hand and I think that's the kind of unselfishness that you need With three superstars on.

The same team at Cairo is going off for 40 and Katie isn't feeling it.

You give the ball to Kyrie if James Harden is feeling and he has a triple double and the ball is in his hands and he's feeling the flow in the rhythm of the game.

You go with the guy who's hot at that respective time, but that's something that that's a mentality that all three of these great superstars are gonna need to buy into.

All right, this is I've been saying forever.

I'm in the interesting business.

There's nothing more interesting in the sport right now than how these three guys come together.

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