Kyrie Irving on his time with Brooklyn: 'Missed out on something great' / News - Basketnews.com

Irving said he felt he missed on a great opportunity with the Nets, having Durant and Harden as teammates. Kyrie likened it to splitting with a girl and thinking about her years later with a wonder of what could have been.

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Kyrie Irving has gone through a roller coaster of events in the past several years. After being in the social media spotlight and getting traded last year, Irving has now landed in Dallas. Looking back at his time with the Brooklyn Nets, he says he has thoughts about it.

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Talking with Melissa Rohlin from Fox Sports, Irving shared that his time with the Nets is like splitting with a girl whom you look back on many years later and think about what could have been.

"I don't look back on that aspect of my career disappointed, I just think it's kind of like one of those – the time that got away, the girl that got away. It'll hurt you for the rest of your life," he said.

"You've got a great, bad wife, kids and all that, and you're [still] like…" Kyrie wondered.

Talking about the departure, Irving said that the team with him, Kevin Durant, and James Harden at or near their primes was capable of

"I don't second-guess it. I don't want to get in trouble with my wife at all. I'm not thinking of nobody else, baby. It feels just kinda like that FOMO (fear of missing out). You missed out on something great," Irving concluded.

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