Wantaway Nets star Kyrie Irving was loudly booed by fans at Barclays Center when his name and picture appeared on the arena's jumbotron, hours after he pulled out of Saturday night's game with a sore right calf and just a day after handing in a trade request.

The 30-year-old point guard was unexpectedly a last-minute addition to the Nets' injury report, as he hadn't originally been listed as out on Friday night or Saturday morning.

Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn said after the Nets' 125-123 win that Irving didn't attend the game against the Washington Wizards and that the player's absence was excused. 

Therefore, he didn't hear the boos that echoed around Barclays in the Nets' warmup. 

Vaughn said before the game that he was unsure if Irving would play another home game in Brooklyn, as he wouldn't speculate if the 2016 NBA champion would be available for the Nets' two remaining games before the trade deadline on Thursday afternoon.

'I'm not going to complicate this thing at all,' he told reporters prior to Saturday night's win.

Irving asked the Nets for a trade on Friday, several sources inside the NBA have revealed. The eight-time All-Star has been frustrated that Brooklyn has thus far refused to give him an extension on his contract that expires after this season.

Vaughn said he spoke with Irving and the rest of the team Friday, prior to the star guard's trade request becoming public. However, it was not a topic of conversation between the coach and his team.

'Our conversations were more than basketball,' said Vaughn. 'Life, checking in on them. I never want to speculate how a player feels. Their feelings are their feelings. And I'll always validate that. ... So I won't speculate.' 

Kevin Durant is still sidelined because of a sprained knee ligament, and Ben Simmons and T.J. Warren also missed their fourth straight game with left knee soreness and a left shin contusion, respectively. 

Simmons was downgraded after previously being listed as questionable. Warren was initially listed as doubtful, which changed to out about an hour before gametime.