Kyrie Irving said that he had not been recruited to join James' marketing company, LRMR, nor that of his agent, Leon Rose -- Creative Artists Agency (CAA.)

Earlier this week, highly respected Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo!Sports.com wrote about the uneasiness that would have resulted had Irving signed with LRMR and/or CAA and then been drafted in Cleveland, where James' departure still stings. Wojnarowski said rival agents believed Irving would sign with CAA, which also signed Paul.

Irving said that was never going to happen.

"CAA never officially recruited me," said Irving, who is represented by Jeff Wechsler. "I was close with LeBron and a couple of affiliates with CAA, but they never recruited me."