With Kyrie Irving, you just never know — is he trolling the world? Is he messing with us? Or is he hinting at something?

That’s the case with a tweet on Tuesday that he dropped, a casual video of him lacing up some basketball kicks.

But the timing is curious: Just a day ago, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported “There is renewed optimism around Irving returning to the Nets this season,” but that “It remains unclear whether Irving’s potential return this season would come via vaccination to meet New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement or by Brooklyn opening the door for him to play road games and practice at home.”

So: Hmmm. Let’s run through this tweet and the reaction to it: