I was listening to another show and they said that Rob Parker was on the radio the other day and said that last summer James was pushing for Cleveland to trade Irving for Paul, which Parker said because he wanted to put it out there that there are always two sides to everything and that James has more skin in the game (so to speak) than is currently being reported. I didn't hear Parker so I have no idea if he was stating that off of reporting, opinion, or something else, but if James did that, Irving's disdain for James would make a lot more sense.