Former Cleveland Cavaliers GM explains why LeBron James and Kyrie Irving could not co-exist

Former Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin recently made an appearance on Bill Simmons’ podcast and gave some more insight into why Kyrie Irving wanted to leave LeBron James and a guaranteed shot at contending for NBA titles every year. “I think the fit of LeBron and Kyrie was difficult because Kyrie was so good offensively, had been carrying the load offensively for a bad team, hadn’t been raised to understand how to lead and help you win necessarily, hadn’t been given that opportunity yet, and just when we’re gonna be good LeBron shows up, and it’s his team,” Griffin said. “So he never got the chance to take the natural progression in his career where he had to try to carry the load and see how good he could be.