According to Shams Charania on Twitter, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is “opting into his $37 million player option” for the 2022–23 season. Plus, Shams added that Irving is “bypassing multiple opt-in and trade scenarios” to fulfill his four-year commitment to the Nets and Kevin Durant. — Kyrie Irving played us. This time, Kyrie was the one who played chess and all of us, including the media, played checkers.