As is almost everything in the world, the Kyrie situation is complex.

On one hand, he has an obligation to talk to the media, and he makes beat reporters' jobs that much harder by not talking, and there's a risk of other players jumping on the band wagon ...

... and there being little-to-no access for anyone. Not really ideal for anyone.

At the same time, even as a member of the media, I see everyday how reporters/journalists/writers/bloggers shit talk these athletes, particularly on this app, and how some ...

... reporters allow Twitter and rumors to dictate their questioning, even when it's not rooted in reality. For instance, asking Nets players about James Harden. While innocuous, the reality of that trade means someone(s) on that team is getting shipped out ...

... having their entire life uprooted. There are way more interesting things to ask KD or Caris or whoever about than that, yet here we are.

Kyrie going all "pawns" is weird, and a lot of the criticism of him has been his own doing, but ....

... if "we" -- as in the media, who are the only ones who should really even care about this -- want the athletes to be better, we, too, have to be better as well. When we had all the proverbial power over the decades, we abused it ...

... and now we have Uninterrupted and 35Ventures and The Players Tribune, and media strikes because of it. Maybe Kyrie did all this because he's weird, or maybe we could look inward and ask what led to him making this decision.

Just a thought.