Kyrie Irving has been very honest recently in his twitch stream with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Irving was the No. 1 pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, landed with the Cavaliers and spent six seasons at Ohio State before being traded to Boston in 2017.
Irving said it was not easy for him to win the championship ring from the Cavaliers’ historic 2016 Championship Championship.
“From my career…I love Cleveland, don't get me wrong. I appreciate everything they did for me, but at the same time, I'd love to choose the franchise I want to go to,” Owen said in a recent livestream. “…I would love to develop next to some of my favorite players and some of my favorites because being a young player, when you join a team that doesn’t win a lot of games, it’s a lot of bad habits that happens when I was a kid.
“I have a lot of bad habits; I'm not a winner; I'm not a good loser at all; I take responsibility; my young players have a lot of bad habits, which comes from losing games, just trying to get the bucket all the time.”
Kyrie Irving reflects on early stages of his NBA career
“As a young player, I have a lot of bad habits, and it’s due to losing the game, just trying to always get the bucket… When I finish the game, you guys will hear the real story.” pic.twitter.com/ccrl61mjkk
– fearbuck (@fearedbuck) August 9, 2025
During his time with the Cavaliers, Irving became Rookie of the Year and was selected four times as one of the league’s top guards.
But when it was necessary to move on, he insisted that it had nothing to do with LeBron James.
“It's not that I don't like playing with Brown anytime; it's actually the time I keep moving forward, and that's what people have to accept,” Irving said. “They want more details and dive deeper from what's going on, but it's like when I keep moving forward. I don't care if I'm remembered to be that person; it's my decision.”
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