- [Windhorst] I know that there are people in the league, and we're not talking about ancillary people, we're talking about high-ranking people, who believe that this is not done. He obviously was very interested in joining the Lakers. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10040175-nba-rumors-lakers-were-very-interested-in-kyrie-irving-nets-pg-felt-same-about-la 274 comments nba