Kyrie Irving reportedly plans to play in Brooklyn with or without Kevin Durant

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LeBron James’ Lakers wishlist may have gotten a little shorter.

Though a definitive decision has not yet been made, NBA Insider Shams Charania, of The Athletic, reported this afternoon that Kyrie Irving does not want to be shipped out of Brooklyn, and has every intention of playing out at least the next season with the Nets.

For the majority of the offseason, Irving has widely been assumed to be on his way out of Brooklyn, with the Lakers pegged as a popular destination for the point guard’s services. Those rumors only intensified when Kevin Durant, who was linked to the Boston Celtics this morning, requested a trade after a disappointing 2021-22 Nets campaign.

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Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets smiles during Round 1 Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Playoffs on April 25, 2022 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Regardless of Durant’s whereabouts, Irving wants to be in Brooklyn.

"Kyrie Irving opted in (to his contract) with the full intent of playing out next season as a Brooklyn Net, " Charania told the The Pat McAfee Show. "From everything I’ve been told, in his mind, he’s playing next year in Brooklyn with or without Kevin Durant in a lot of ways."

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Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets plays defense during Round 1 Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Playoffs on April 25, 2022 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Kyrie’s preference to remain a Net regardless of whether or not Durant’s