Report: Kyrie Irving likely to sign $141 million deal with Nets

The long-awaited union between Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets appears to be close to finalized.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Irving will meet with the Nets on Sunday in New York, and the guard is expected to sign a four-year, $141 million max deal with the team.

Free agent Kyrie Irving is meeting with the Brooklyn Nets in New York on Sunday and both sides are motivated to move quickly toward reaching a 4-year, $141M deal, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2019

Irving has been linked to Brooklyn for weeks now, and this does not come as a surprise. The attention should quickly turn to who Irving might bring with him, as he and Kevin Durant have apparently discussed teaming up. Regardless of those conversations, it appears that Irving had his mind made up, and he wanted to be in Brooklyn, where he will immediately become the face of the franchise and send D’Angelo Russell packing. The Nets reportedly will now plan to either trade or renounce their rights to Russell.