Why does the media care so much about kyrie not wanting to play with LeBron? He's a grown ass man. Let him be!

This is exactly why Kyrie never answered these questions directly, because of the drama and insinuations the media outlets were looking to create.

Dan Gilbert is the "culture" he's referring to

Why Paul pierce sounding like doc rivers

Even Paul Pierce is dumbfounded by Kyrie and he's a Celtic.

I use to not like max but I've came to kinda love him.. u betta watch what u say around him because he listens to nothing but u when your talking.. he has mamba like reporter qualities 😂😂😂 he will pick u apart

Kyrie: Its not that I did not want to play with Lebron...its the Cavs culture Espn: Clearly that's coded language for not wanting to play with Lebron Me: (Westbrook voice) WHAT

1:38 is that Paul Peirce or doc rivers talking lol

Waitress - "would you like a refill?" Kyrie - "refills are nice to have if your really thirsty and it's more liquid that I'm putting in my body. I'd like to thank you for asking if I want a refill but you have to think about all the other thirsty people who would want more to drink with the meal they are having."

I don't blame Kyrie for what he did infact I respect him. LeBron controls the ball for the majority of the time and Kyrie is tired of people just considering him as an iso scorer. Dude knows he is much more than that and he is proving that in Boston. I would be pissed af too if a small foreward is trying to take over my position as a pg.

When you realize Paul Pierce is defendin Lebron more as a retired player than an active player 😂😂😂 #truth

Kyrie left because Boston has better lobster rolls than Cleveland.

Paul Pierce sounding like Doc Rivers

Who else got the ad where it says "the world is not flat"? And here we have Kyrie 😂

Paul you are on point

I am going to say something that is very counter intuitive. The Cavs do not have a winning culture. The Cavs win and they win to a championship level, but their culture says otherwise. The Cavs won 52 games and were the number 2 seed in the East when everyone knows they were the overwhelming favorite in the conference. In a bad year that team should have won 62-63 games and 65-67 if they performed to their talent level. I won't say LeBron was the reason they didn't put a high priority on winning as much as possible outside of the playoffs. I believe Ty Lue is the cause for the culture which doesn't always prioritize winning. Ty Lue's mantra is just get to the end of the season healthy and we will be alright. We don't need to develop any habits or have any rhythm. Talent will take us to the finals. LeBron didn't help much when he wasn't upset about the finals loss. LeBron said I did what I could and that wasn't what Kyrie was expecting from the team leader.

Some set ups just aren't meant to last. I remember the Kobe/ Shaq Lakers well. Those two were never going to retire on the same team. One guy was charismatic, friendly, liked to goof off, and didn't completely take the game seriously. And that was the OLDER one. The other was an a-hole who worked tirelessly on his game. He showed very little personality and only cared about basketball. He wasn't trying to be friends with anyone. He just wanted to win. Its like they were from two different planets. LeBron and Kyrie are just different guys. Cleveland should just be happy about the championship they did win. Because that situation wasn't going to last long anyway.

Kyrie should not have done this interview.

Paul pierce sounding like Doc Rivers

I can't find Windhorst's neck and it's really bugging me...

There should be a weight limit for sports reporters.

Damn how many times is Kyrie going to say environment?

I didnt know Jonah Hill was in ESPN :)

Y'all remember when KD averaged 35 and hit the GW on my head?

2;30 "where he doesnt have to play iso ball" Kyrie to golden state confirmed

3:19 STOP.

There is so something wrong the Cavs organization. And it started with Dan Gilbert being fired unexpectedly.

Kyrie should've just said I was tired of playing in the finals.

Man Jonah Hill is so versatile.

The environment probably is the front office, coaching changes every year.

Richard jefferson may be the reason the way he dissed deron williams

All the Kyrie haters need to be medicated!! Talkin about Lebron carried Kyrie, blah blah blah... get off Lebrons nuts. If yall need a reminder, the 1st finals they lost, cause kyrie was hurt. 2nd finals they won, when the guy not scared to take the last shot "kyrie" had a defining moment. Yes when lebron got there kyrie won more, but overall the cavs had better teams once lebron returned.

He kept shaking his head in the beginning 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

This lady be acting like my English teacher 😂

The point guard comment was aimed at ty Lue not lebron. Lue is the one that pushed for Kyrie to attack instead of being more of a facilitator

Kyrie that was articulate babbling

Why is Jonah Hill sitting there, analyzing the NBA and not making movies?

I think he seen the max contracts all the superstars were getting with their own team.. John Wall, Steph Curry, James Harden etc... and that's y he wanted to leave and have his own team

Kyrie is beyond intelligent, he tried to explain it several times to people who can't understand how much thought he's put into this. He made a decision that this was not the right situation for him, sure Lebron was part of that, probably a larger part than he is admitting in the interview. But Lebron probably wasn't the defining part of his decision, it was the team, the culture, the way he was being used, the timing etc etc, I doubt anyone in the KZfaq comments section can understand but if you listen to what Kyrie is saying in the long interview you get a real answer, not something ESPN is spinning into a better more dramatic story.

This isn't about culture and winning. This is about kyrie's ego and him wanting to be a bigger star and individual. He wants to live out of lebron's shadow.

Why my man Paul sounding like dikembe?

Most down to earth player in the league for sure

Kyrie you not hoopin

Paul Pierce is on point. If you're tired of the culture is there something else? Is it personal? Brian Windhorst is just guess.

Time to blow everything out of proportion.....-___-

Sounds like Kobe when he talks.

Kyrie went out of his way to say weird and awkward things that need to be decoded. How can you say he was blaming the Cavs culture from that sound bite? lol...This is a silly title to a video, like Windhorst said you cant really make heads or tails of what the kid said. And if thats the case why did he do the show? Nobody made him, so dont do the show if you dont want to say anything ppl can make sense of.

The fact kyrie doesn't want to play ISO ball all the time I respect him even more. Cavs 4th qrt offense basically was give it to kyrie and let him go one on one. No screens. No picks. No pick n rolls. Nice to hear he actually wants a move the ball type of offense. Welcome go the Celtics

My guy looks like Jonah Hill

Cavaliers also gonna leave Cleveland when their lease is up

Big contracts for Tristan Thompson, JR and Shumpert = false reality

ALL Kyrie had to say is.. I think Lebron will be opting out after this year... I didn't want to be stuck there losing like i was before he came back and i don't want to be going through a circus all season with people asking me all season where I think Lebron will be heading

They tried to trade him after the finals last year and they want him to be legal

He was sick of losing in the finals every year lol

Kyrie being waaaay to politically correct. Sounds like he's protecting everything for when he runs for office in 2036

Lmao how come yall didn't talk about Kyrie before LeBron came back to the Cavs?

It's really not that difficult. He wants to be a part of a team. One.. two.. LeBron may leave. Three.. they said the same for KD. Difference is he still won't say but they still speculate

Paul Pierce Tape lopsided

Handled himself pretty well. This guy went to duke remember

You can see now with the struggles of the team why Kyrie wanted to leave. Him and LeBron co-existing seemed to really cover up a lot of drama going on in Cleveland. I think that’s why LeBron will eventually leave Cleveland too. Some guys just don’t gel.

Why could he just not say he wanted his own team. Perfectly understandable.

Paul pierce "Culture is all about winning"... nice one Paul your a fuckin genius!

I would have left too the Cavs organization is so dysfunctional. Even if Kyrie never see another ring drama don't circle the Boston organization, Lakers, Spurs, or even Golden State Warriors. All these teams don't let drama circulate around.

It gets annoying when analysts constantly mention Lebron for the reason for leaving or a reason to stay. He's just one person, stop mentioning him like he's the kyries only teammate

Funny the stuff he tried to run from in Cleveland still following him

Kyrie's interview, as professional and "nice" as it was, serves as the ultimate referendum on both Lebron James. I say that as a huge fan of Lebron, even since he was in high school.

we will have to wait for the kyrium biography after has retired :-)

He simply said that its too much uncertainty with what lebron's gonna do. He might leave. Might stay. He wont tell his own teammates. He didnt even tell his patna d wade he was haulin ass.

Anybody else feel like clearing there throat after listening to Paul pierce??

I believe he is talking about the coach and management, mainly the coach since he is more involved with him everyday. Most likely he was tired of watching Tyron Lue being a puppet for Lebron. Maybe if they had a more established respected tougher coach that would be able to stand up to Lebron and be able to manage all of the strong personalities and egos in the locker room than he would have felt that it was a better overall culture and had more belief and respect in it.

He wanted to be the superstar of his own team built around him

Paul Pierce voice made me not even want to watch this 🤦🏽‍♂️

Kyrie talks about culture, yet commentators say when you talk about culture, you talk about lebron? so now lebron=culture? that's like me saying " I like snickers" and you saying "oh so you like twix?" culture involves fans(btw cavs have terrible fans), environment and etc. not just lebron. Lebron leaving cavs for Miami didn't mean that cavs lost culture, does it?

It's hilarious how hard they wanted kyrie to give them quotes to twist and attack him on it. The answers he gave cannot be twisted because it didn't really point to anything specific.

Even LeBron wants to leave the Cavs, what part of the answer did the guy in orange tie didn't understand? I know gossip create busy rating, go work for tmz sports. Even LBJ dislike the culture he's helped to create, now that should be the headline.

Cavs culture isnt about Lebron, its about the fans....and you broke our little hearts Kyrie...we loved you man

Explain to me why Kyrie signed a max contract with the Cavs before LeBron decided to come back. Was he confident in the winning culture back then? I mean plenty reasons like the number 1 pick in the lottery 3 out of 4 years and never making the playoffs. I just want to know the Baywagon Warriors fans view points.

When you ask someone s question and they give you a specific answer and you still negate what he said and create your own narrative..... WHY KEEP MAKING IT ABOUT LEBRON

The ending is basically what Kyrie has been trying to say but nobody understands or gets it.

I'm making a prediction right now that the Celtics will not win a single game against the Cavs next year.

So individual success is more important than team success. Sounds pretty selfish and his best winning days are definitely behind him.

why are you'll questioning a grown mans decision

Paul Pierce Hair line is fucked up no joke!

It is some personal issues there. . . . .We may never know

I'll translate for you guys: "I was tired of my name in trade rumors. And after the finals loss to hear I was going to be traded for Paul George. It all came crashing down". Your welcome.

Modern day kobe and shaq going on here it seems

Lebron didn't tell Dwayne Wade either, he left Dwayne Wade, does that mean he didn't want to play with Wade anymore? How come it wasn't about Dwayne Wade when he went to Cleveland? PS: Paul Pierce has been hanging out with Doc Rivers too much.

So Kyrie goes to Celtics and Lebron goes to the Lakers next year. The classic Lakers vs Celtics rivalry reignited! Am I the only one hyped about this?

Is bussiness...If Lebron decide to leave the Cavs again, what about Kyrie? He's just not willing to wait for Lebron's decision to define his future and probably get stuck in Cleveland with his contract and by himself. He's making his decision and accepting the responsability before having to accept the outcome of someone else's decision, and giving the fact that he's just 25, it was a smart one.

Kyrie saw how things were going, if they fail to win this year's title ( and they will ), lebron's gonna leave to LA and let the ship sink, all veterans will either retire or become free agents so he'd find himself at a dead point, so he was like fuck it im outta here, he just saw where it was going

He is the dang PG though, so why are they mad that he wants to actually play it instead of iso? The culture isn't about only LBJ, culture is about things like players getting treated the same, playing hard, hard work, cohesiveness. Winning or losing comes from how you approach the game (culture). Like Philly had a losing culture because everything they did, the effort on and off the court was geared towards setting them up to lose!

If only ESPN would cover sports that actually matter as much as they do basketball. Why do we have to hear about grown children in the NBA 24 hours a day? Talk about grown folks sports like baseball, boxing, or soccer more.

Windhorst right he's saying kyrie basically disliked his role on the team and all cause lebrons there and there's no taking over while with lebron so he bounced. I think it's smart really.

You know what else is a false reality? The world being round - Kyrie No? Let me stop.

Their organization sucks, how hard is that to understand, their owner is not only horrible but gives all the power to one of kyries teammates

hes tired of all the drama.

His timing is impeccable to go. He knows LeBron is gone after this season. He also knows the warriors are clearly better, and the Cavs have done nothing to bridge the gap. And he doesn't want to be stuck in 2019, in his contract year, to have to get a new deal with parts built around LeBron, not him. Now, he's on the second best team in the conference, that with him at least has a chance to take Cleveland now, and in the future. Well played.

He doesn't trust the owner that's what that says to me

How the f can u guys upload a video saying this if he clearly said that he has nothing but love to the Cleveland Claveliers organisation? 😒😪

lebron this lebron that...now i know why kyrie left. People bring up lebron more than kyrie himself regarding kyries trade its crazy.