A recent quote by Ric Bucher on Kyrie Irving garnered a lot of attention from fans. However, with Irving also denying the validity of the quote, fans sent in reactions to Bucher's "sources".
Ric Bucher has come under fire as of late for making some false claims. He faced criticism as recently as a few days ago. It was regarding his reports on Ben Simmons leaving the Brooklyn Nets' group chat after they asked him to play in Game 4.
However, with The Athletic's Shams Charania denying the validity of these claims, Bucher faced significant backlash for reporting "fake news".
"This NEVER happened.. it's an amazing story but it didn't happen"
@ShamsCharania on the rumors that Ben Simmons left the Nets group chat after they asked him to play in game 4 against the Celtics #PMSLive
In similar circumstances, Ric Bucher has now taken a shot at Nets superstar guard Kyrie Irving. He said:
"[Nets governor] Joe Tsai has already shown he’s willing to play hardball with Kyrie by taking a max extension off the table almost immediately.
“Now, part of that may be Kyrie’s doing. I’m told he wanted his new contract to guarantee he wouldn’t have to play more than 60 games in a season and would not have to play any back-to-backs, which he apparently referred to as inhumane.”
Although the story garnered a lot of attention from fans, the situation took a wild turn as Irving responded to the tweet himself.
Posting a GIF of a baseball player tipping his cap, Irving called out the false nature of...
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