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.

Irving played instrumental role in that championship, knocking down a clutch, go-ahead 3-pointer in Game 7 with just under a minute left, which became the shot that won the Cavaliers the game. But just 13 months after hoisting the Larry O'Brien trophy, Irving requested a trade from Cleveland, with reports surfacing that he no longer wanted to play with LeBron James . Irving wanted to be the main star on his own team, and with James in Cleveland, that was never

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