At the 2014 All-Star Game, the connection between Kyrie Irving and a certain superstar led to the two men eventually becoming teammates and embarking on a historic journey to win an NBA championship together. Five years later, after an evening in Charlotte, could it be deja vu all over again?
Irving and Kevin Durant were both members of Team LeBron’s starting five on Sunday night, and though the two NBA champions didn’t connect for anything particularly awe-inspiring during the game, they certainly had a lot of fun simply being best buds all weekend long. In fact, Irving and Durant engaged in so much friendship during their time together in Charlotte, someone made an adorable compilation video of all their hangouts.
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There’s Irving and Durant, being the best of friends at practice. There’s Irving and Durant, kicking it in the bowels of the Spectrum Center ahead of the All-Star Game, just a couple of bros being dudes (and maybe, possibly talking about teaming up together in New York next season, who can say?). There’s Irving, rubbing Durant’s head like he’s the genie in the live-action Aladdin remake as Durant walks up to receive his All-Star Game MVP trophy. There’s Irving again, one of the only players to stick around for the entirety of Duran’t MVP ceremony, because you always support your boys when they flourish.
There’s Durant, giving his good friend Irving a nipple twister, as best buds do.
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— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) February 18, 2019
There’s more than just friendship linking the two all-stars, though. Both have the ability to opt out of their respective contracts this summer and become free agents. The New York Knicks shipped prized possession and known unicorn Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas to open up to max contract slots so they could try and lure both of them to The Big Apple. Irving’s long been rumored to want to play with another good friend of his, Jimmy Butler, but what if he’s actually wanted to link up with Durant all along? And it’s not as if the Kyrie to New York rumors have ever gone away.
Irving and LeBron James shook up the NBA landscape when they joined forces in Cleveland the summer after that 2014 All-Star Game. Could Irving and Durant, a beacon of friendship, be next in line?
