Kyrie Irving is tepid about LeBron and his contract status, which he should be

Kyrie Irving gave an update on his knee, talked about what it was like to watch the Celtics' deep run in the playoffs and his appreciation for having a seat at the table when it comes to the direction of the team.

But the headlines from Irving's press gathering on Tuesday at Boston Harbor Hotel, which was part of his press duties to promote his film "Uncle Drew" (in theaters, June 29th), were likely no bulletins at all: he was noncommittal about a possible reunion with free-agent LeBron James in Boston, and that he won't be signing a contract extension this summer.

"Contractually or financially, it just doesn’t make any sense," Irving said of an extension.

Brian Robb laid out all the sound reasoning as to why Irving wouldn't entertain an extension at BostonSportsJournal.com (with exclusive comments from Irving) on Monday. There was a chance that if Irving was unsure about the future of his knee that he could take the security now at less dollars but he quickly shot that down.

"I’m pretty sure management and I will have the talk but that talk, but it won’t happen now," he said.

"My hope is we could maybe limit it to one question a day about what I’m doing next year ..."

Not much should be read into that, but there will be (seriously, just read B-Robb already).

As for James ... let's just say Irving wasn't ready to start a recruiting campaign.

"Uh, I mean, in this business I’ve kind of experienced it all and I’ve seen a lot, so we’ll see what management decides," Irving said when asked about whether or not he'd be open to a reunion.

Other news and notes from Irving:

On the movie: "I'm excited for everyone to see it June 29th. I'm kind of excited just to integrate that artistic expression, so it's fun. It's family-oriented, lots of life lessons, incredible cast."

On his knee: "I'm feeling good, man. It was going to be a process coming back, just making sure I'm healthy enough for September. Just trying not to push it too hard. Just taking my time with the rehab and feeling good. ... I'm not running yet. It's a process. I'm on the floor doing some running activities, but I'm not running yet."

On having to watch the playoffs: "It sucked, man. You work extremely hard to be able to play really well on that big of a stage and the identity of our team was really forming after the break. To have something kind of unexpected was hurtful because of a lot of stuff I wanted to accomplish with our guys and individually as well as the team, kind of had to take a rest. I really had to be an outsider looking in from that standpoint. But I was still around. Obviously, it wasn't going to feel the same but I was just so proud of our guys and what they did. They passed a lot of expectations and I couldn't be more proud of them.

On the younger players stepping up: "I'm just glad everyone got to see how special they are on a bigger stage. I had been talking about how great they were ... they were always locked in. And then when they were afforded the opportunity to take the reins of the team, you saw them take full advantage of it. You saw guys that are literally going to be stars in this league for years to come. Obviously, Terry (Rozier) is a starter in this league and now that turns into an unbelievable dynamic with JT (Jayson Tatum) and JB (Jaylen Brown) and you watch Marcus (Smart) come back. And now getting my man Gordon (Hayward) back ... I'm excited, man. ... we have a championship pedigree."

On being having his voice heard by team brass: "I’m truly grateful to be able to speak with management as well as our coaching staff and we pretty much have an open dialogue with the direction we’re going in and we all feel confident we have something to offer here. Even the fact that we’re having those conversations and I’m part of it, I’m thankful for it. Obviously, it’s a business and at the end of the day ownership and management are going to do what’s best for our future and I’m fully supportive of it. So we’ll see what happens."

On the 2019 season: "I think you guys can feel my attitude is just really redemption next year. Really integrating myself with our team again and really focus on winning a championship. That’s the only thing I can really worry about."