The Brooklyn Nets received negative intel by executives, coaches and players who worked with Kyrie Irving during his prior stops with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics prior to when they signed him in 2019, sources tell Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.

Information was shared on "his unresponsiveness and truculence with coaches, his lack of self-awareness with teammates, his constant defiance of offensive game plans, his disinterest in playing off the ball."

Sources told ESPN that the Nets moved forward with signing Irving because they realized that it was necessary in order to also sign Kevin Durant.

The issues Brooklyn has had with Irving in the ensuing years have been more due to his actions in the aggregate rather than one single act, which is irrespective of his play on the floor.