Kyrie Irving ready to remind Celtics fans exactly what they're missing

Kyrie Irving's unceremonious departure from the Celtics didn't settle well with fans of the Green and White. A trade with Cleveland that was met with so much promise and anticipation ended with bitter disappointment and a less than enthused version of Irving looking disinterested in basketball at times in Boston.

Signing with his childhood team, the Nets, has somewhat reinvigorated the enigmatic point guard's zest for the game, but he's still had episodes and instances this season of putting basketball on the backburner for short periods of time.

Inside @KyrieIrving's 50-40-90 accomplishment, and other notable statistics in the final Stat Survey of the regular season 📊

— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) May 18, 2021

Now on the verge of the franchise's best opportunity to win its first NBA title, the Nets have a chance to make the nightmarish trade orchestrated by Billy King is 2014 that saw unprotected draft picks fly out the door for aging stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce just a distant memory. Celtics fans will be subjected to inspired and likely devastating play by their former savior and Brooklyn has a chance to flip the script by making Boston the butt of its jokes for once.