On Aug. 22, 2017, Kyrie Irving was filming a scene for his upcoming movie, “Uncle Drew” when his co-stars began to congratulate him.
Irving, who was with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the time, said in an interview with Boston.com’s Kevin Slane that he didn’t have his phone on him while filming, so he had no idea the Cavs had agreed to trade the point guard to the Boston Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizi and the Brooklyn Nets 2018 first round pick.
“They were like, ‘Congrats, man, you just got traded,’” Irving said, via Slane. “And I was like, ‘What? What do you mean?’”
The trade had yet to be official, with…