Cleveland Cavaliers star guard Kyrie Irving and coach Mike Brown are at odds as the struggling team languishes near the bottom of league standings in categories ranging from points per game, shooting percentage, field goal percentage and offensive efficiency.
According to USA TODAY Sports, following a blowout loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves last week, Irving asked Brown to leave the locker room so he and his teammates could speak directly and out of earshot of the the growingly unpopular head coach.
Brown was fired during the first week of last season by the L.A. Lakers after he apparently managed to rub star Kobe Bryant the wrong way in much the same way some speculate he and Irving's relationship is now worsening.
While no one seems willing to publicly claim things have become that bad in Cleveland, Brown is under heavy criticism over his inability to effectively incorporate No. 1 draft pick Anthony Bennett into the team's rotation and his growing feud with young guard Dion Waiters.
Waiters inexplicably left the team last week and as of Sunday no one on the team had seen or heard from him. He didn't attend Friday's shootaround and missed Saturday's game in Washington.
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