Kyrie Irving was said to be considering the “nuclear” threat of sitting out the remainder of the NBA season if the Nets didn’t heed his request to be traded before Thursday’s trade deadline.

We’ll pause here until you stop laughing. Or shaking your head.

In no way should Nets owner Joe Tsai and GM Sean Marks have allowed Irving to suit up in the black-and-white Brooklyn uniform again after the latest of an astonishing series of dramatic twists and turns since he agreed to join Kevin Durant to form a free-agent mega duo in the summer of 2019.

And they swiftly sent the super-talented headache packing on Sunday, bringing back old friend Spencer Dinwiddie, useful role player Dorian Finney-Smith and a few draft picks (an unprotected 2029 first-rounder and second-rounders in 2027 and 2029) from Mark Cuban and the Mavericks, who also received Markieff Morris in the swap.