Quote (Kayeto @ May 28 2018 02:36pm)
Right, so he scheduled the surgery for this time as a coverup reason for not wanting to be at this game
The real reason he didn't wanna be there: After playing alongside Lebron, Irving got to observe how the Lebron/Silver dynamic actually works. Silver was unhappy about Lebron's short 2nd round series, so Lebron made it up to him by stretching the ECF out to 7 games. This is evident, just look at the way Lebron played so passively in the first 3 games in Boston.
Kyrie knew that it was just a ploy and that the Cavs would win tonight. He couldn't bear to see his old teammates celebrating without him. If he had attended G7, he would have had to leave the floor to go to the locker room early. That would have created an image that ESPN could replay constantly and make drama about.
lol