 Shams Charnia of the Athletic is reporting that Kyrie Irving is going to undergo shoulder surgery It's a missed an extended period of time probably the rest of the year So he initially hurt the shoulder right shoulder on November 4th. He missed 26 games trying to play through the injury Return to action January 12th played in nine games bring his right knee on February 1st and Now the shoulder issues have cropped up again and he's gonna be out indefinitely now if you're a net fan I've got positive news Although Irving's obviously a great player the nets are 8 and 12 when he Has been available they've gone 17 and 16 prior to the all-star break in games Irving had missed With Spencer Dinwiddie and now a healthy Karris Lavert running the show and if you want the silver lining for the nets everybody Let's say he's out for the rest of the year and I would get I would gamble that he is and we know that Durants out for the entire season. They're still gonna make the playoffs So two max players are out the entire year. This is how good this net team was They're still going to make the playoffs now the fact that the east is just a complete dumpster fire That helps the three games under 500. They have the seven seed They are not dropping out of the playoff picture. So they'll make the playoffs the younger players will get more playoff experience It's not as if Irving and Durant need playoff experience. They've won championships So when they get back they have a more battle-tested team that they're playing with and the nets are playing the Sixers tonight The Sixers never lose at home. So that's a good test. But boy, Kyrie Irving What a mess this season has been but I Let's go ahead don't know Peter you go first. I just I want to understand what's going on here I mean, obviously, there's an injury issue. I'm not suggesting. There's not but what has been the confusion Is there something the nets are doing wrong from a physical standpoint and a training standpoint? Or is Kyrie just not dialed in and kind of trying to stall out this season that that's the part that concerns me because he's coming off a year in Boston in which his leadership was constantly Questioned it didn't always seem as if you wanted to be playing He's questioned his teammates in Brooklyn this year after coming back from injury not being there for them And now to me though, I don't doubt the injury. It just seems the way it's been handled Is that of someone who's not desperate to be out there playing with his teammates this year almost like Katie's not playing so I might as well stall at the year. Let me just get the surgery. I'll see you next year You know what? It's hard to dismiss that Peter and say there's no chance of that because you know Past performance with Boston, which was not great This was supposed to be the place, you know, I've had people tell me over the last week or so that and I'm not saying it I don't believe it because I don't really know the guy that Kyrie can be a pain in the butt And that's why the Knicks didn't really want him as the package to get Kevin Durant And that's what ticked him off. Not so much all it was a dream of his to play for the nets He initially had wanted to go play for the Knicks But then he heard that the Knicks didn't want him because the Knicks have heard all this stuff about him But they did want they did want KD even with the Achilles injury They did want KD, but KD and Kyrie seem like it was gonna be a package deal and that's what it was It seems like a serious allegation, but really it has to be on the table that it's not about this year anyway They're likely gonna make the playoffs even without them Why would you hurt yourself in getting one and done when next year is the big year when Durant comes in? I mean, that's a terrible way to look at it, but why else Michael? Just it's something's very strange Peter articulated it perfectly. It just seems to be that disconnect and with his history How can that not be on the table? I wonder if there's ever been a team that has more pressure on it to go from You know a seventh or eight seats and winning a championship next year because the clock is ticking on these two guys They're four-year deals. They're four-year deals. So when they come back, you're expecting Kevin Durant to be KD Not not even skip a beat with an Achilles surgery And then Kyrie Irving who's had a hard time staying on the court both emotionally and now physically And you expect them to plug and play and be great because they do sign these guys just to make the price I'm making the price without them. They started these guys to win a championship. So this is year two of four It's not like it's a long process. It has to get done next year. So whatever issue it is you hope That this is a legitimate injury with Kyrie and why would you have surgery if it's not legitimate? I'm certainly not doubting that but I think there also has to be a little bit in Kyrie Let me get this taken care of rather than playing through it Durant's not playing when I go to win a championship anyway Let's all get ready for next year. I think there might be a little of that in there Maybe It's worrisome though It the whole thing does concern me if I'm a net fan now the one thing you do love though Michael is that you keep seeing from this team how scrappy they are and it's another opportunity To kind of show how scrappy this team isn't kind of to show I mean this kind of messed up I guess in its own right kind of to prove Kyrie wrong From when he came back from the injury the first time and talked about all the pieces they're missing Well, we'll find out what pieces they're missing as the rest of this season moves forward without him