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Kyrie Irving on People Dissecting His Convo With Kevin Durant: 'Doesn't Make the League Fun'

"It’s a video of me and one of my best friends talking," Irving said.

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CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 17: Kevin Durant #35 and Kyrie Irving #11 of Team LeBron are seen during the 2019 NBA All-Star Game on February 17, 2019 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Michelle Farsi/NBAE via Getty Images)
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On Monday, basketball fans were treating a video of a private conversation between Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in the hallway of the Spectrum Center during All-Star Weekend as if it were the Zapruder film. People were searching for any possible clues that would suggest the two were leaning towards teaming up this offseason as has been widely speculated.

When Kyrie spoke with reporters about the widely-discussed video, the Boston Celtics star guard was clearly more upset over his invasion of privacy, and how his personal conversations get exposed to the public. "I don’t have a private life when I’m out there in the NBA," he said. "I’m a human being talking to another best friend of mine. It’s just crazy. This is the stuff that just doesn’t make the league fun. Nobody helps promote the league even more by doing bullshit like that."

After getting consistently pressed to "pour water" on the matter, Kyrie pushed even harder on trying to understand how his personal life has turned into a storyline. "It’s my life, right? It’s two people talking, having a conversation," he said. "If this was the real world, would it be anybody’s business? But it’s a video of somebody assuming what we’re talking about, making an opinion about it. Why would I care about it? Why does that have an impact on my life?"

See his full comments below.

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