Three games into life as a Net and Kyrie Irving’s ‘mood swings’ have left officials feeling ‘queasy’

The Nets are only three games into life with their new superstar and are already feeling “queasy” about his mood swings, according to ESPN.

Kyrie Irving has made a fast start to life as a Net. But will it last?

The Nets are only three games into life with a superstar, and are already finding the side effects include mood swings and nausea.

Kyrie Irving’s “mood swings” were well-documented before he arrived in Brooklyn, but they are an “unspoken concern” that make Nets officials “queasy,” ESPN reported in a feature published Tuesday.

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Irving’s time with the Celtics and Cavaliers included some incredible play on the court in addition to some rocky moments off of it.

His mood swings were confirmed by ex-teammates to ESPN, episodes that included him shutting down and cutting off communication with coaches, the front office and teammates.

Irving was a massive coup for the Nets.

ESPN reported one such instance of Irving shutting down occurred during the Nets’ recent pre-season trip to China, and it left “everyone scratching their heads as to what precipitated it.”

The Nets were on a photo shoot at the Pearl TV Tower in China, when Irving refused to remove his hat. He then instructed the photographer to photoshop it out.

Kevin Durant, who joined Irving in signing with the Nets during their momentous summer of free agency, indicated that it’s all part of the package with Irving.

“I look at Kyrie as somebody who is an artist,” Durant told ESPN. “You have to leave him alone. You know what he’ll bring to the table every night because he cares so much about the game.

“Now, it might not be how other people want him to care about it. He has his way of doing things. I respect who he is and what he does. He has all the intangibles you want in a teammate and a great player. So, how he gets to the point to be ready for 7:30 every night, I’m supporting him 100 per cent.”

Through three games with the Nets, Irving has averaged 37.7 points, 6.3 assists and 5.7 rebounds during a 1-2 start.

But his transition to Brooklyn has come with some bumps along the way.

When the team held organised summer minicamp in California, the Nets sent their performance staff and gave the players wearable technology that would measure their biometric data, according to ESPN.

But Irving allegedly passed, saying “I’m not doing it,” despite the Nets encouraging him to participate.

“Look,” coach Kenny Atkinson said. “These guys have won championships. They come from darn good pedigrees, and we’ve thrown some things at them that they’ve said, ‘Hell no!’”

Kenny Atkinson addresses the recent report on Kyrie Irving: "That is completely false ... in my experience with him so far, it's absolutely not true."

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