Kyrie Irving doesn't like tanking...

[ManUp]

There's an art to tanking. The trick is to not let your players no that your organization is actually doing it. When you do it as blatantly as the Cavs have been things like this tend to happen...

CLEVELAND: The most riveting part of the night should have been the game’s final play, when Kyrie Irving backed down Norris Cole in the final seconds and was stripped in what became a 96-95 Miami Heat victory.

But Irving’s peculiar behavior after the game quickly became just as interesting as another loss in a season filled with them. While the rest of the players lined up to hand selected fans their jerseys and shoes as part of Fan Appreciation Night, Irving immediately sprinted off the court at the buzzer and into the locker room. Irving’s quick exit left a staff member to scramble back to the locker room and gather a jersey and pair of Irving’s shoes to be handed out by someone else.

Coach Byron Scott said he thought Irving was injured on the game’s final play and a team spokesman announced in the locker room just prior to Irving meeting with reporters that he had suffered a bruised right heel. Irving acted surprised upon hearing that.

“That’s what I have? Oh, when was someone going to tell me that?” Irving said. “I’m hurt again? [dang]. How long am I going to be out, 4 to 6 weeks?”

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland-cavaliers/cleveland-cavaliers-1.275356/cavs-fall-to-heat-at-buzzer-irving-skips-ceremony-and-scott-expects-to-return-next-season-as-coach-1.390079?localLinksEnabled=false

[Kevin OConnor]

Wow. Stern might throw down the hammer here.

[indeedproceed]

Ballsy.

[JoT]

Oh wow he just put everything out there and exposed the organization.
Going by his comment, I guess he wasn't injured when they made him sit down durin the season.

[timobusa]

Wow. That's intense.

[CelticSooner]

Ouch. I love his competitiveness. They'll make him apologize and he'll be punished though.

[dinome18]

I'm a real baller. I get buckets...get buckets!

[CelticConcourse]

I think this is the last year. Next year, they could make the playoffs with Kyrie, Waiters, Thompson, Zeller, (new lottery pick).

Very smart move, and just in time for Kyrie. They could get to round 2