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Kristian Winfield

Nets GM Sean Marks noncommittal on long-term extension with Kyrie Irving: ‘We need people here that are selfless’

Just how committed are the Nets and Kyrie Irving to one another long-term? That’s an honest conversation between Nets ownership and the superstar guard — and it’s a conversation the two sides have yet to have.

Irving said in his exit media session after the Celtics swept the Nets out of the first round that he wants to be a Net long-term, that he “doesn’t plan on going anywhere,” that he wants to co-manage the franchise alongside owner Joe Tsai, general manager Sean Marks and cornerstone superstar Kevin Durant.

But given the drama that has surrounded Irving virtually every step of the way since his arrival in Brooklyn, do the Nets feel the same way?

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