After LeBron James spurned the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010 to join Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, fans in Cleveland are worried that their current star Kyrie Irving will do the same to the hard-luck franchise. Thus some fans have taken the initiative to convince the star guard to stay in Cleveland.
Take for example, this young fan who walked onto the court and approached Irving right in the middle of the Cavs game against the LA Clippers.
SI.com reports that the young male fan walked up to Irving during the second quarter in an apparent attempt to get him to look at his "Kyrie, Don't Leave" t-shirt.
The website recounts what happened: with a little more than three minutes remaining before halftime and the score tied at 44, Cleveland set up on offense. Irving dumped the ball into Andrew Bynum and hovered at the top of the key before the fan approached him. The possession continued with Bynum missing the shot and the Clippers securing the defensive rebound and bringing the ball up the court. Finally, the officials noticed the fan as he stood near Chris Paul's dribbling path. A pair of security guards carried the fan off the court but not before Paul could confront him. Blake Griffin, on the other hand, wisely kept a safe distance throughout.
The 21-year old Irving is in his third year with Cleveland, and the Cavs have picked up his team option for 2014-15. The team can offer him a maximum of five year contract extension next summer. If both parties fail to agree on a deal, the player would be a restricted free agent in 2015. The earliest that he could leave Cleveland is in 2016 as an unrestricted free agent.
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