CLEVELAND, OHIO -- Scribbles in my Cleveland Cavaliers notebook as they look to trade Kyrie Irving:

1. I've heard it was about two weeks ago when Kyrie Irving informed the Cavs of his wish to be traded. It was a meeting with Dan Gilbert. Irving was very prepared about what he wanted to say and why he wanted out. He said he wanted to be "the focal point" of a franchise. Left unsaid is that would never happen with LeBron James on the same team.

2. As I wrote after ESPN's Brian Windhorst broke the story, Irving averaged more shots in the regular season and in the NBA Finals than James. He averaged 25 points a game. He was given the green light to shoot about any time from anywhere by coach Tyronn Lue. But Irving wants to be the face of a franchise.

3. The Cavs kept Irving's request quiet. They wanted to patiently work on a deal without all the media frenzy happening right now. I also heard it was some players who began telling others -- leading to the news coming out.

4. Guess those rumors of a Cavs player telling Jimmy Butler not to come to Cleveland are true. Butler and Irving are close friends. Butler was eventually traded to Minnesota, and that's why Irving has Minnesota on his wish list of four teams.

5. Andrew Wiggins is the one player I'd want from Minnesota. The Wolves are not trading Karl-Anthony Towns or Butler. Wiggins can be a free agent next summer. The Wolves are talking about an extension with him.

6. Minnesota just signed point guard Jeff Teague to a three-year deal worth $19 million annually. So I'm not sure how Irving fits into their salary structure. But I kept hearing the Wolves really want Irving.

7. A top NBA executive sent me this text about being able to trade Irving: "They will get the earth, the sun and the moon for the guy. He is 25, an all-star and under contract at below market for two more years."

8. Irving signed an extension in the summer of 2014. Irving's deal has $18.9 million (2017-18) and $20 million (2018-19) remaining. That is modest, given what some All-Stars are being paid.

9. The Cavs new-look front office will have Koby Altman as GM and Cleveland native Mike Gansey as Altman's top assistant. An Olmsted Falls native, Gansey is the same age as Altman -- 34. I'd like to see the Cavs add an experienced GM-type at least as a real consultant.

10. Irving put together a wish list of four teams: Minnesota, New York, Miami and San Antonio. Irving's list of teams means nothing. He can't veto a trade. By asking for a trade, he has put his future entirely in the hand of the Cavs in terms of where he'll end up.

11. The Knicks have supposedly said, "We'll trade you Carmelo Anthony and some draft picks for Irving." That's a way to see if the Cavs are dumb and desperate. They don't want to deal 21-year-old Kristaps Porzingas. The Cavs should insist on him being in a deal for Irving with the Knicks.

12. I just heard Irving's name attached to Sacramento, not sure what comes back to the Cavs other than Kentucky point guard De'Aaron Fox. The Kings just signed veteran point guard George Hill to a two-year deal with $40 million guaranteed, so I don't know how Irving fits into that roster.

13. John Wall just signed a huge extension to stay in Washington. The deal was brokered by Cleveland-based agent Rich Paul and Klutch Sports contract negotiator Mark Termini. There were two years left on Wall's contract. Add four more years and it's $207 million over six seasons. He has a 15 percent bonus if traded. The last four years are worth $170 million, giant dollars even by NBA standards.

14. This gets complicated, but Wall was able to sign this huge deal because he stayed with his own team. If Irving is traded, he loses some of that extra clout -- perhaps as much as $50 million to $70 million over a super-max deal.

15. Most of the Irving rumors include Phoenix, with Eric Bledsoe and others coming to the Cavs. The Suns are a good landing spot. I also expect the Cavs to push even harder to sign Derrick Rose to that $2.1 veteran minimum contract.

16. Not everyone was happy with my column about trading Irving. A reader, Rocco, emailed: "LeBron is ALL about glory - glory for himself. You are not privy to the inner workings of the locker room, nor daily operations of the team. LeBron may very well be an insufferable boor and Kyrie is feeling disgusted by the fact that James is such a glory hog."

17. Rocco also said I had conflict of interest because I "wrote a book about LeBron." Actually, it's two Cavs books with LeBron as the main character. By this definition, I shouldn't write about LeBron at all. Nor should several others who cover the Cavs because they have written books.

18. Rocco concluded: "For you to blast Mr. Irving in such a way and I would think that a person who makes the profession of faith you do would behave with a little more balance and intellectual honesty."