Kyrie Irving: we already named a city after him!

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Kyrie on hearing how LeBron wanted him to be a Laker: "I'm grateful for the opportunity, but I think you heard in his interview. As much as the what-ifs I would love to focus on and cherish and what could have been or what should be, I have to shift my focus to what we have going on here."

I don't hear any controversy in this but I think the punctuation is incorrect. The quote should read "I'm grateful for the opportunity, but I think you heard in his interview: 'As much as the what-ifs I would love to focus on and cherish and what could have been or what should be, I have to shift my focus to what we have going on here.'"

Kyrie can be somewhat confusing to interpret but I think he's pretty clearly paraphrasing Lebron. He's trying to communicate "I'm grateful for the opportunity. Regarding Lebron, you heard what he said." -- he's not throwing shade on Dallas.