Kyrie Irving's name has come up in many barber shop debates on the greatest NBA players of all time. However, the Dallas Mavericks star believes the GOAT title is not as important as fans make it out to be.In a recent livestream, Irving said he found little value in this type of discussion."Y'all are arguing over who's the goat. I don't f**king care," Irving said. "I don't care who the GOAT is...because basketball is bigger than the GOAT. Even the GOATs of basketball will tell you that."Irving spent three seasons playing alongside LeBron James, one of basketball's all-time greats who frequently gets mentioned in GOAT debates alongside Michael Jordan.In the days and weeks leading up to Irving's comments, several sports personalities chimed in on the GOAT discussion. This year's No. 2 pick Dylan Harper told writer Brandon Robinson that James was the GOAT in his opinion. Meanwhile, on "The Big Podcast With Shaquille O'Neal," iconic boxer Mike Tyson picked Jordan as the greatest of all time."It shocked me": Kyrie Irving opens up on former Nets teammate's request for tradeElsewhere in the livestream, Irving got candid on his reaction to former teammate James Harden requesting a trade out of Brooklyn in 2022."It shocked a lot of people. It shocked me," Irving said. "S*** I was talking to James one day and I'm like, s*** bro, we about to go win these championships. It was like a day later, [he] asked for a trade."Irving added that, since then, he'd already had a conversation with Harden and that he "understood completely" the former MVP's request for a trade.