As one of the NBA’s most outspoken players, Kyrie Irving is no stranger to saying what’s on his mind. And, thanks to his newest contract, the Mavericks star again found himself going viral after The Ringer’s Bill Simmons trolled him over the deal.
The three-year, $126 million contract Irving inked to return to Dallas when free agency opened on Friday sparked several reactions, and perhaps none caught as much fire as a tweet shared by Simmons—one of the more vocal critics of Irving’s off-court drama in recent years.
“Dallas had to go to 3 for 126m for Kyrie because there were at least 3 other teams ready to offer 2 [years] for 25 [million],” Simmons wrote, taking a jab at the reportedly shallow list of Irving’s free-agent suitors.
