Kyrie Irving may be looking at an early retirement.

Despite being just 25 years of age and arguably not even in the prime of his career yet, Irving recently hinted at possibly retiring early during an interview on Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye's podcast:

On a new episode of Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson's podcast, Kyrie Irving hinted he may retire earlier than expected. H/T @NBA_Reddit pic.twitter.com/5Y4C3Ho7nf — Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) May 18, 2017

While Irving pretty much ruled out retiring by the age of 29, he did hint at leaving the game at an early age to pursue other opportunities. Considering LeBron James is 32 years of age and will slow down at some point over the next several years, that would mean Irving would take over as the face of the franchise.

If the 25-year-old Irving decides to walk out an early age, this would obviously put a huge dent in the Cavaliers' future plans as a franchise.