Kyrie Irving didn’t hold back about his feelings on some former players who now cover the sport and how he feels some “just be talking chat s–t.”

The Dallas Mavericks’ season took a shocking turn after the organization traded Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 2. With the team suddenly in flux, all eyes turned to Kyrie Irving, who stepped up in his new role by averaging an impressive 24.

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Irving, a nine-time NBA All-Star, is currently rehabbing a season-ending ACL tear. Before his campaign was cut short earlier this month, the guard was averaging 24.7 points, 4.6 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game.

After the season-ending injury to Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis gave his true thoughts when witnessing it.

After sustaining an injury, Kyrie Irving was notably unimpressed with the Mavericks' offer of a two-year contract worth $60 million. Given his status as one of the league's elite players, Irving viewed this offer as an insult. Consequently, he made his trade request public, expressing a desire to join either the Los Angeles Lakers or the Clippers.

In a stream on Twitch, Mavericks star Kyrie Irving had a lot to say about ex-NBA athletes in the media. According to Irving, they've lost their way by becoming too hypercritical of the modern game.

In a long monologue four hours into his stream, Irving took aim at NBA media, in particular former athletes, and the way in which race and money pit players against one another and create an