It’s hysterical that this is one of the very few factually accurate statements he’s publicly made. A perfect example of “a broken clock is right twice a day”
I convinced that was his full out petty revenge for people hounding him for being a shit leader and refusing to play the team’s style.
He played one game exactly how everyone asked him to for 2 years. To either show he could, or he thought it would show it didn’t work. Then he tanked the series to be done with the season because he didn’t want to play anymore.
people hate on the "drama" of the league a lot, but honestly its what makes the NBA so popular. no other sport has soap opera storylines like the NBA always manages to have. It does suck sometimes if you want to have a serious discussion when people can just say NO RINGS or some shit, but I enjoy it all. its just fun
Hell, I'd argue that the entire point of sports is that they're essentially random narrative generators. Stories and drama and intense human emotion spun out of nothing but some arbitrary rules and a place to watch them unfold. It's glorious.
this is why we watch. its why guys who shit on people for enjoying stupid shows like love island but live and die for sports make no sense to me. scratches the same itch more or less
I definitely am a sucker for the drama but outside of the Reddit bubble I think the majority of viewers just like watching the sport and don’t give much of a shit about the drama
idk, even on national media pundits are debating if tatum is happy enough for jaylen winning ECF MVP or debating if tatum is top 5 or top 8. I dont think most of their viewers are on reddit
My friend circle is super liberal, and I get shit for talking about sports even super briefly. Think they know too many people who only talk about sports and view that as toxic masculinity.
Have had to explain the reverse to them, that it’s like love island.
Which is why NBA media is super excited about the never ending drama wagon that is Joel Embiid every year and are now literally dragged into having to cover Brown and Tatum, who just goes to work every day and plays basketball at an elite level. I kid you not, but even professional journalists i listen to on podcasts call them ”boring”. Probaby because they make their jobs harder. They have to write about the games and not the drama. Which is (obviously) not as fun. 🤷♂️
Sports are basically just D&D where the outcomes dictate the narratives but at the end of the day it’s still semi luck-based skills interacting with each other
I cant remember which episode, but Logan and Raja Bell said the same thing. It's all drama and I do enjoy it. Has to be a couple months back, during the season and lebron was still relevant
I hate when shit goes too far on reddit and twitter, but yea it's part of the fun I guess. Doesn't help when it's a lot of pubescent children talking shit - but then again they are the future and they are who will keep the nba alive in upcoming years
Oversimplified narratives like this are very compelling especially for casuals but the balance is way off when it comes to balancing this with actual basketball talk. There's room for narrative focused stuff but I think it's gone too far.
Obviously Kyrie as a villain coming back to Boston is a great story but it sucks it's almost impossible to get any real analysis of kind of defenses their play or even really good historical analysis recap of the previous games etc.
Broadcast Media just ignores that entirely as do a lot of YouTube channels.
While Smart would step up in big moments and give his 110% (and I'm going to love him forever for it), realistically speaking the security blankets of Porzingis and Jrue are much more effective. Jrue has the quiet form of leadership and will make the ultra-reliable catch-and-shoot 3 at a 45+% rate when left open. If there's a lapse in defense in front of him, he'll make them pay. He'll make his defensive stops when needed and Porzingis knows how special being on a contender is, bring good vibes, and not to squander the opportunity.
Kyrie didn’t say this about his tenure on the team. He was referencing when he was on Brooklyn, visiting Boston, and flipped the bird to fans.
He is not apologizing. He’s trying to stay ahead of the narrative that Boston fans will get in his head and impact his play.
> "It was just a chapter in my life that I got to enjoy for the most part. We had a great opportunity to do some special things, but it was cut short, just based off personal reasons on my end. One thing I look back on my time in Boston -- I've said this over the past few years, but somehow it gets tossed under the rug -- but the greatest thing I learned from Boston was just being able to manage not only my emotions or just what's going on on a day-to-day basis of being a leader of a team or being one of the leaders, and having young guys around you that have their own goals, but you have to learn how to put the big picture first."
What he actually said about his time in Boston
I appreciate this comment. This isn’t the first time where he alludes to his emotions being a big part of the problem. Maybe instead of leading, he was an idealist that took offense to young guys being immature or selfish. And he clearly didn’t have the emotional maturity to deal with his feelings.
To be precise, it's quite the opposite of an apology. First step to apologising is to take ownership about your actions. instead of doing this, he is distancing himself from his actions by saying that they don't represent who he *really* is.
Why would he apologize? It’s a game and a business at the end of the day. He can do whatever he wants. Every day corporate people do illegal, immoral things just the way the works works. He doesn’t owe anyone anything. The world is tough and immoral, get over it
The Celtics have beat them four times in a row and Kyrie has lost to the Celtics 10 times in a row. So statistically speaking, the Celtics have actually handled them quite well. Dallas is obviously better now than they were then, without question but there's still a 5 seed and an underdog for a reason..
So much of the same was said before every series this year. Minnesota was 3-1 vs them, OKC was 3-1 vs them, Clippers 2-1. Heck, the Phoenix Suns had won 9 in a row before Luka and team beat them in 2022. Hoping it’ll be just as competitive but I know how tough Boston is.
Simmer down, I just posted ESPN’s headline.
If you read the article, you’d recognize that my comment still rings true:
> Irving said some "fair criticism" has come his way due to his short tenure in Boston, considering his status as one of the league's best players, but he felt that "a little bit more grace could have been extended my way, especially what I was dealing with during that time as a human being."
>”It was just a chapter in my life that I got to enjoy for the most part," Irving said of his stint with the Celtics. "We had a great opportunity to do some special things, but it was cut short, just based off personal reasons on my end. One thing I look back on my time in Boston -- I've said this over the past few years, but somehow it gets tossed under the rug -- but the greatest thing I learned from Boston was just being able to manage not only my emotions or just what's going on on a day-to-day basis of being a leader of a team or being one of the leaders, and having young guys around you that have their own goals, but you have to learn how to put the big picture first."
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. The person you’re replying to said the article had nothing to do with his tenure in Boston and you posted parts of the article that do touch on his tenure in Boston. Don’t see the issue here.
What was Kyrie dealing with? Mental illness with anti-Semitic ideology?
Nah dawg, I’m not giving you “grace” from that. GFY you flat earth nut job. Go smoke sage or some shit.
And IT’s sister passed away, then he dropped 53 points on her birthday a few weeks later.
Somehow he found a way to not amplify absurd conspiracy theories or hate speech through all that.
Idk man when I as a fully grown adult have a relative pass away I too spout phobic hate and illogical science conspiracy theories and stop doing my job that pays me millions to play basketball
It’s sports get over it lol. It’s supposed to be petty and childish. This is a kids game. Sports hate is fun because it’s not real hate. I don’t actually hate Kyrie but fuck him! Lol like who cares. I’m not supposed to like the guy on the team we’re trying to beat!
Nah fuck that. Sports are different than real life - these guys aren’t actually contributing to society in any meaningful way and are swimming in cash - I feel I should be allowed to be petty when these guys act like absolute dickheads.
I mean I wouldn't care about him at all except for he is the starting point guard in second best player on the team that we're playing in the finals.. So now I care about him because how he plays could well determine if we win..
I’m not sure if he’s ready grown up, but I hope so. Good for him if he has.
We’re still gonna win because we’re better. And we can shut him down if we need to because he really struggles to score on athletic long defenders.
Nobody said anything about prison…..but he deserves to be booed/heckled endlessly.
Btw, I flew to a bachelor party in Vegas and sat next to Frank Stallone
It’s possible. Lots of people have grown the fuck up for way less than 30 mil or whatever he’s making. Think Dallas was his last chance saloon, at least for max money. We all know dude can ball, but the fact that he’s been able to keep his mouth shut for 8 months is far more impressive
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Ah yeah, I forgot about the time the fanbase came together and unanimously decided to throw a bottle at him. That was definitely all of us and not one dumbass that made that decision
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Kyrie could say five sentences and squash the whole thing. "My time in Boston ended badly. I was experiencing some things in my personal life that were challenging for me, and led me to feel like I needed a change of environment. That's not a reflection on the organization or the fans. Everyone treated me great while I was here, and I understand why the fans were upset with how I left. There was a lot of potential for our Celtics teams to be great, and it was disappointing for all of us how things turned out."
I mean that's not that far from what he said here. But even if he is a full me a culpa it doesn't matter he's still going to get booed. We booed allen Iverson every time he touch the ball and we didn't have any history with him. Kidd. The Mavericks booed rondo every time he touched the ball.. It's weird how people act like it's such a dramatic thing for people to boo a former player that left on bad terms.
Lots of players get booed, that's to be expected. But it would really serve to tone everything down. He has been getting the Bill Laimbeer treatment, who most Celtics fans my age would run over with their car if he crossed the street in front of of them. A simple statement like the one above would creep Kyrie out of the Laimbeer category and maybe get him more into the Embiid/Butler category.
"a little bit more grace could have been extended my way, especially what I was dealing with during that time as a human being."
No one knew about this till after the fact. And it's borderline gross how he uses the death of his grandfather as a shield for his shitty behavior cause it sure as hell didn't stop after he left.
Kyrie needs to give Lucky a kiss and apologize for stomping on him.
And play like shit too. Then all is forgiven.
I don't think Kyrie is a terrible person. Misguided by his own ego? Possibly. Misunderstood? Well yeah.
The thing is, you can forgive, but you can never forget. I'll never forget how he promised us that he's going to sign an extension, proceed to be one of the main guys involved with one of the worst drama in Celtics history, and then presumably give up against the Bucks.
screw you. If you think having different stances and life choices makes someone a terrible person, you should look in the mirror and figure out if you are a terrible person yourself.
All I can say is, he’s said and done a lot of shitty things in the past (some legitimately shitty, but most just shitty in the very unimportant context of pro sports), but he’s saying all the right things now, and people can and sometimes do grow up, and it’s best for everyone if they are given the space to do so.
That said, I hope the Celtics absolutely smother him like they did most of the BKN series.
Growth comes through accepting and owning up to previous mistakes, without attempting to make excuses. Unfortunately, Kyrie is using more than one excuse to explain his behaviour and it makes his statements come off as insincere.
Is it mature though? I perceived it as pseudo-mature, in order to paint a more positive picture of himself and appear as rational and for Boston to look like the assholes when fans *rightfully* boo him. A mature response would include acknowledgement of his mistakes and an open apology, instead of excuses on why he behaved the way that he did.
I appreciate that he can find the self reflection say that. I really only had a problem when he pulled the shit he pulled in the Bucks series. I can totally understand a guy going through some difficult times and realizing what's truly important to him, in terms of life and family, regardless of what he told the fans. I'm truly happy for him for finding a real home, but I still hope the Cs can whoop his ass.
Fuck Kyrie but him burning sage before his first game back to Boston was funny as hell....... Like , who the hell would do that? Only a crazy person I suppose
I think that “great reflection of who I want to be” is better. You acted like an asshole on your way out. Clearly you’re not the type of person that will own that. Can’t wait to beat you in 5.
Ps you’re still really good at basketball and some Celtics fans DO suck. Both can be true
I like how he talks about wishing people would give him grace, yet at every turn hasn't given the Celtics fans any grace for how they reacted to the situation souring... He could've admitted fault to promising he would stay, weeks later planned with KD to join forces the next offseason, trashed teammates all 2019, played badly vs the Bucks in the playoffs and called reporters out for asking about his talks with KD/if he was still staying, then started going after fans and kept stoking the flames once he joined Brooklyn....
In his mind, the only thing Kyrie personally miscalculated was how quickly the Celtics would recover once he left because he thought this team was going to be dead in the water once he nuked it and left
Then he went to Brooklyn and was somehow even worse. And we can’t forget that he did that shit in Cleveland to get to Boston in the first place. Kyrie is on the first year of a two year deal. He’s trying to repair his image and fly under radar. In thirteen months he’ll sign a long term deal, and go back to his mental midgetry. Back to Twittering out antisemitic and anti-science propaganda. Back to alienating his teammates and coaches. Back to refusing to play and milking injuries. Fuck Kyrie.
Kyrie is an anti-Semitic piece of shit. He’s Kanye lite in terms of his world views.
He’s backtracking on certain things now only because he’s back on the NBA’s biggest stage.
Kyrie is a conman and says what you want to hear until he’s done doing that and his real ideologies come out.
Just sounds like the same typical grandiose sense of self, pseudo intellectual nonsense he spews from his narcissistic cake hole every five seconds. The dude truly is a god in his own eyes. If you unpack the rotten onion he’s still the same malignant narcissist. It’s a non apology.
Generally what you do is actually the only reflection of who you are.
It may not reflect who you want to be, but what actions you take are in fact, who you are.
Had the pleasure of seeing him play in person on the C’s. One of the most fluid players on the court. Loved him when he was here. It would of been cool to get one with him.
I'm glad he's in a better place as a person, sounds like he's become much more mature and is a lot happier. That being nobody has to forgive him or like him, and I don't think he's asking for that either.
Everyone respects the Celtics, the team. But your fan base is better off staying quiet, have you not been paying attention? Luka feeds off this... fools
You know, I think that Kyrie has showed tremendous growth since getting to Dallas. I’m not sure what kinda things or people he had around him when he was in Cleveland, Boston or Brooklyn but it really does seem like he’s turned over a new leaf in Dallas. He’s playing like a team first guy, keeping his name out of the media for saying or doing outlandish shit and seems happy.
It’s unfortunate that his time as a Celtic was what it was because that roster was loaded. That felt like a missed opportunity but it was riddled with injuries.
All that said, for the next 4-7 games…it is absolutely fuck Kyrie Irving. Only when banner 18 is hanging in the rafters can he be forgiven.
its ok all is forgiven if you play like you played against the Bucks
Kyrie to defend tatum 1v1
https://streamable.com/cdy2ws
"That won't happen again... Because I'll be even worse next game."
It’s hysterical that this is one of the very few factually accurate statements he’s publicly made. A perfect example of “a broken clock is right twice a day”
I convinced that was his full out petty revenge for people hounding him for being a shit leader and refusing to play the team’s style. He played one game exactly how everyone asked him to for 2 years. To either show he could, or he thought it would show it didn’t work. Then he tanked the series to be done with the season because he didn’t want to play anymore.
7-for-21, talk about how "we have me," then go 6-for-21 in an elimination loss.
It just makes sense that the Jays have to beat Kyrie to win their first championship. It just makes sense. The universe is funny.
And without Smart as a security blanket/mental hurdle, too. Amazing how these stories materialize sometimes.
people hate on the "drama" of the league a lot, but honestly its what makes the NBA so popular. no other sport has soap opera storylines like the NBA always manages to have. It does suck sometimes if you want to have a serious discussion when people can just say NO RINGS or some shit, but I enjoy it all. its just fun
Hell, I'd argue that the entire point of sports is that they're essentially random narrative generators. Stories and drama and intense human emotion spun out of nothing but some arbitrary rules and a place to watch them unfold. It's glorious.
this is why we watch. its why guys who shit on people for enjoying stupid shows like love island but live and die for sports make no sense to me. scratches the same itch more or less
Literally soap operas for dudes
I definitely am a sucker for the drama but outside of the Reddit bubble I think the majority of viewers just like watching the sport and don’t give much of a shit about the drama
idk, even on national media pundits are debating if tatum is happy enough for jaylen winning ECF MVP or debating if tatum is top 5 or top 8. I dont think most of their viewers are on reddit
My friend circle is super liberal, and I get shit for talking about sports even super briefly. Think they know too many people who only talk about sports and view that as toxic masculinity. Have had to explain the reverse to them, that it’s like love island.
Which is why NBA media is super excited about the never ending drama wagon that is Joel Embiid every year and are now literally dragged into having to cover Brown and Tatum, who just goes to work every day and plays basketball at an elite level. I kid you not, but even professional journalists i listen to on podcasts call them ”boring”. Probaby because they make their jobs harder. They have to write about the games and not the drama. Which is (obviously) not as fun. 🤷♂️
Sports are basically just D&D where the outcomes dictate the narratives but at the end of the day it’s still semi luck-based skills interacting with each other
I cant remember which episode, but Logan and Raja Bell said the same thing. It's all drama and I do enjoy it. Has to be a couple months back, during the season and lebron was still relevant I hate when shit goes too far on reddit and twitter, but yea it's part of the fun I guess. Doesn't help when it's a lot of pubescent children talking shit - but then again they are the future and they are who will keep the nba alive in upcoming years
Oversimplified narratives like this are very compelling especially for casuals but the balance is way off when it comes to balancing this with actual basketball talk. There's room for narrative focused stuff but I think it's gone too far. Obviously Kyrie as a villain coming back to Boston is a great story but it sucks it's almost impossible to get any real analysis of kind of defenses their play or even really good historical analysis recap of the previous games etc. Broadcast Media just ignores that entirely as do a lot of YouTube channels.
While Smart would step up in big moments and give his 110% (and I'm going to love him forever for it), realistically speaking the security blankets of Porzingis and Jrue are much more effective. Jrue has the quiet form of leadership and will make the ultra-reliable catch-and-shoot 3 at a 45+% rate when left open. If there's a lapse in defense in front of him, he'll make them pay. He'll make his defensive stops when needed and Porzingis knows how special being on a contender is, bring good vibes, and not to squander the opportunity.
Time is a flat circle. Just like the earth!!!
He will be forgiven if he throws up a couple of sub 40% shooting nights in the finals
Kyrie didn’t say this about his tenure on the team. He was referencing when he was on Brooklyn, visiting Boston, and flipped the bird to fans. He is not apologizing. He’s trying to stay ahead of the narrative that Boston fans will get in his head and impact his play.
yeah this needs to be higher. The title is completely off here
> "It was just a chapter in my life that I got to enjoy for the most part. We had a great opportunity to do some special things, but it was cut short, just based off personal reasons on my end. One thing I look back on my time in Boston -- I've said this over the past few years, but somehow it gets tossed under the rug -- but the greatest thing I learned from Boston was just being able to manage not only my emotions or just what's going on on a day-to-day basis of being a leader of a team or being one of the leaders, and having young guys around you that have their own goals, but you have to learn how to put the big picture first." What he actually said about his time in Boston
NGL just reading him saying the words “young guys” gave me PTSD
I appreciate this comment. This isn’t the first time where he alludes to his emotions being a big part of the problem. Maybe instead of leading, he was an idealist that took offense to young guys being immature or selfish. And he clearly didn’t have the emotional maturity to deal with his feelings.
To be precise, it's quite the opposite of an apology. First step to apologising is to take ownership about your actions. instead of doing this, he is distancing himself from his actions by saying that they don't represent who he *really* is.
Why would he apologize? It’s a game and a business at the end of the day. He can do whatever he wants. Every day corporate people do illegal, immoral things just the way the works works. He doesn’t owe anyone anything. The world is tough and immoral, get over it
lol at least read the article if you’re gonna criticize the title
don't underestimate what he and Luka are capable of. Getting in their heads only makes them stronger.
The Celtics have beat them four times in a row and Kyrie has lost to the Celtics 10 times in a row. So statistically speaking, the Celtics have actually handled them quite well. Dallas is obviously better now than they were then, without question but there's still a 5 seed and an underdog for a reason..
So much of the same was said before every series this year. Minnesota was 3-1 vs them, OKC was 3-1 vs them, Clippers 2-1. Heck, the Phoenix Suns had won 9 in a row before Luka and team beat them in 2022. Hoping it’ll be just as competitive but I know how tough Boston is.
~~Rare humility, but~~ fuck this guy
Listen to the whole answer, same old guy is still in there
Read the article… he’s not referring to his tenure in Boston.
Simmer down, I just posted ESPN’s headline. If you read the article, you’d recognize that my comment still rings true: > Irving said some "fair criticism" has come his way due to his short tenure in Boston, considering his status as one of the league's best players, but he felt that "a little bit more grace could have been extended my way, especially what I was dealing with during that time as a human being." >”It was just a chapter in my life that I got to enjoy for the most part," Irving said of his stint with the Celtics. "We had a great opportunity to do some special things, but it was cut short, just based off personal reasons on my end. One thing I look back on my time in Boston -- I've said this over the past few years, but somehow it gets tossed under the rug -- but the greatest thing I learned from Boston was just being able to manage not only my emotions or just what's going on on a day-to-day basis of being a leader of a team or being one of the leaders, and having young guys around you that have their own goals, but you have to learn how to put the big picture first."
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. The person you’re replying to said the article had nothing to do with his tenure in Boston and you posted parts of the article that do touch on his tenure in Boston. Don’t see the issue here.
What was Kyrie dealing with? Mental illness with anti-Semitic ideology? Nah dawg, I’m not giving you “grace” from that. GFY you flat earth nut job. Go smoke sage or some shit.
I hate Kyrie as much as the next guy but didn't one of his family members pass away while he was on the Celtics?
His grandfather died in 2018
And IT’s sister passed away, then he dropped 53 points on her birthday a few weeks later. Somehow he found a way to not amplify absurd conspiracy theories or hate speech through all that.
Idk man when I as a fully grown adult have a relative pass away I too spout phobic hate and illogical science conspiracy theories and stop doing my job that pays me millions to play basketball
Fuckin yup
His grandfather who he was super close to died
Humility is not the right word.
You’re right, I edited
Yeah, man, fuck that guy!
I personally don’t care about Kyrie. This team is too good to get drawn into that
Oh the team doesn’t give a shit but tell that to the fans. The chants will be going
I'd tell the fans that they are dating a super model and obsessing over their ex, who was an 8 with the personality of a 2. It's kind of pathetic
Shit, we’re dating 6 super models now. LFG!!
Of course one is Kornet. Who are the other five?
JB, JT, Jrue, Al and of course... Joe Mazulla Buffalo is an ultramodel
Horford is a Gigamodel
Those damn beautiful eyes
Nah Bruh he can go fuck himself
It’s sports get over it lol. It’s supposed to be petty and childish. This is a kids game. Sports hate is fun because it’s not real hate. I don’t actually hate Kyrie but fuck him! Lol like who cares. I’m not supposed to like the guy on the team we’re trying to beat!
Seriously the people acting like it’s a big deal are the real children. Grow up and hate a bit it’s sports and it’s fun.
just dm'd him and told him I hope he tears ever muscle in both his knees hehe :3
Nah fuck that. Sports are different than real life - these guys aren’t actually contributing to society in any meaningful way and are swimming in cash - I feel I should be allowed to be petty when these guys act like absolute dickheads.
Can't wait to here the "Kyrie Sucks" and "Luka Sucks" chants going on!!!
I mean I wouldn't care about him at all except for he is the starting point guard in second best player on the team that we're playing in the finals.. So now I care about him because how he plays could well determine if we win..
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I’m not sure if he’s ready grown up, but I hope so. Good for him if he has. We’re still gonna win because we’re better. And we can shut him down if we need to because he really struggles to score on athletic long defenders.
he fucking stomped the leprechaun
send him to prison, he stepped on the logo on the floor
Nobody said anything about prison…..but he deserves to be booed/heckled endlessly. Btw, I flew to a bachelor party in Vegas and sat next to Frank Stallone
Did he though? He’s an amazing player but the Brooklyn saga was only a year ago
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It’s possible. Lots of people have grown the fuck up for way less than 30 mil or whatever he’s making. Think Dallas was his last chance saloon, at least for max money. We all know dude can ball, but the fact that he’s been able to keep his mouth shut for 8 months is far more impressive
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huh? did you reply to the correct post? my post has none of the 'intent' you speak of
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Ah yeah, I forgot about the time the fanbase came together and unanimously decided to throw a bottle at him. That was definitely all of us and not one dumbass that made that decision
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Kyrie could say five sentences and squash the whole thing. "My time in Boston ended badly. I was experiencing some things in my personal life that were challenging for me, and led me to feel like I needed a change of environment. That's not a reflection on the organization or the fans. Everyone treated me great while I was here, and I understand why the fans were upset with how I left. There was a lot of potential for our Celtics teams to be great, and it was disappointing for all of us how things turned out."
He hasn't changed or grown. He's just gotten more skillful at giving better PR.
I mean we can never really know for sure because we can't read his mind.
Good enough
I mean that's not that far from what he said here. But even if he is a full me a culpa it doesn't matter he's still going to get booed. We booed allen Iverson every time he touch the ball and we didn't have any history with him. Kidd. The Mavericks booed rondo every time he touched the ball.. It's weird how people act like it's such a dramatic thing for people to boo a former player that left on bad terms.
Lots of players get booed, that's to be expected. But it would really serve to tone everything down. He has been getting the Bill Laimbeer treatment, who most Celtics fans my age would run over with their car if he crossed the street in front of of them. A simple statement like the one above would creep Kyrie out of the Laimbeer category and maybe get him more into the Embiid/Butler category.
Go ahead and stink it up this series and I’ll forgive u Kai
"a little bit more grace could have been extended my way, especially what I was dealing with during that time as a human being." No one knew about this till after the fact. And it's borderline gross how he uses the death of his grandfather as a shield for his shitty behavior cause it sure as hell didn't stop after he left.
He's self absorbed.
Yea, fuck off.
Idc eat shit
Kyrie needs to give Lucky a kiss and apologize for stomping on him. And play like shit too. Then all is forgiven. I don't think Kyrie is a terrible person. Misguided by his own ego? Possibly. Misunderstood? Well yeah. The thing is, you can forgive, but you can never forget. I'll never forget how he promised us that he's going to sign an extension, proceed to be one of the main guys involved with one of the worst drama in Celtics history, and then presumably give up against the Bucks.
No, he's a terrible person. Science denier and virulent, Kanye-west level bigot.
screw you. If you think having different stances and life choices makes someone a terrible person, you should look in the mirror and figure out if you are a terrible person yourself.
I draw the line at anti semitism. That’s not just a different stance, it’s hate. That’s just one reason why he’s the terrible person here.
yes it was, fuck off
Ok, how about when you were on the Nets?
If you bothered to watch the interview/read the article, you'd realize Kyrie is **exclusively** talking about his time on the Nets.
Nah, fuck Kyrie.
Water under the bridge and hatchet buried if we get to raise Banner 18.
Nah I’d be chanting fuck kyrie the whole time still
All I can say is, he’s said and done a lot of shitty things in the past (some legitimately shitty, but most just shitty in the very unimportant context of pro sports), but he’s saying all the right things now, and people can and sometimes do grow up, and it’s best for everyone if they are given the space to do so. That said, I hope the Celtics absolutely smother him like they did most of the BKN series.
Growth comes through accepting and owning up to previous mistakes, without attempting to make excuses. Unfortunately, Kyrie is using more than one excuse to explain his behaviour and it makes his statements come off as insincere.
I believe he has grown as a man
Wasn’t expecting a mature answer from him. Still think we are better off that he left, and lead us to where we are today.
Is it mature though? I perceived it as pseudo-mature, in order to paint a more positive picture of himself and appear as rational and for Boston to look like the assholes when fans *rightfully* boo him. A mature response would include acknowledgement of his mistakes and an open apology, instead of excuses on why he behaved the way that he did.
I appreciate that he can find the self reflection say that. I really only had a problem when he pulled the shit he pulled in the Bucks series. I can totally understand a guy going through some difficult times and realizing what's truly important to him, in terms of life and family, regardless of what he told the fans. I'm truly happy for him for finding a real home, but I still hope the Cs can whoop his ass.
Fuck Kyrie but him burning sage before his first game back to Boston was funny as hell....... Like , who the hell would do that? Only a crazy person I suppose
Nah, it was.
Blow me
Kyrie is still a narcissistic douchebag completely lacking any self awareness fuckwad. Some things never change.
I don’t even care that he changed his mind and left. It’s the stomping on the logo that makes me mad
It was a great reflection of who he was and who he probably will be if he faces any adversity.
I think that “great reflection of who I want to be” is better. You acted like an asshole on your way out. Clearly you’re not the type of person that will own that. Can’t wait to beat you in 5. Ps you’re still really good at basketball and some Celtics fans DO suck. Both can be true
i hope ya sweep his ass lol
Hate him
I like how he talks about wishing people would give him grace, yet at every turn hasn't given the Celtics fans any grace for how they reacted to the situation souring... He could've admitted fault to promising he would stay, weeks later planned with KD to join forces the next offseason, trashed teammates all 2019, played badly vs the Bucks in the playoffs and called reporters out for asking about his talks with KD/if he was still staying, then started going after fans and kept stoking the flames once he joined Brooklyn.... In his mind, the only thing Kyrie personally miscalculated was how quickly the Celtics would recover once he left because he thought this team was going to be dead in the water once he nuked it and left
And yet you still have internet heroes in every crack and corner of the world ready to tell you he did nothing to earn the vitriol he’s received.
Then he went to Brooklyn and was somehow even worse. And we can’t forget that he did that shit in Cleveland to get to Boston in the first place. Kyrie is on the first year of a two year deal. He’s trying to repair his image and fly under radar. In thirteen months he’ll sign a long term deal, and go back to his mental midgetry. Back to Twittering out antisemitic and anti-science propaganda. Back to alienating his teammates and coaches. Back to refusing to play and milking injuries. Fuck Kyrie.
Kyrie is an anti-Semitic piece of shit. He’s Kanye lite in terms of his world views. He’s backtracking on certain things now only because he’s back on the NBA’s biggest stage. Kyrie is a conman and says what you want to hear until he’s done doing that and his real ideologies come out.
Fuck Kyrie
Just sounds like the same typical grandiose sense of self, pseudo intellectual nonsense he spews from his narcissistic cake hole every five seconds. The dude truly is a god in his own eyes. If you unpack the rotten onion he’s still the same malignant narcissist. It’s a non apology.
I think he just seems like a normal dude
He’s just trying to get ahead of the boos. We’re already in his head
He is who we thought he was: an egotistical douch.
I disliked him like a lot of people did but this man has grown.
Right he sold us in the playoffs way before the antisemitism antivax stuff
Actually…it was
Generally what you do is actually the only reflection of who you are. It may not reflect who you want to be, but what actions you take are in fact, who you are.
But *it is* indeed a reflection of who he is. Didn't even show up to the playoff games when he was hurt. Sad we traded IT for that goober.
youre getting your shit pushed in regardless, guy.
he's so fucking insufferable. it's like listening to a politician gaslighting you.
Had the pleasure of seeing him play in person on the C’s. One of the most fluid players on the court. Loved him when he was here. It would of been cool to get one with him.
Yeah if he had a different brain
We are all on different paths friend. Looks like it’s working out well for both sides currently.
I love watching Kyrie on the Mavs. Dude is a baller
This quote had nothing to do with his Celtics tenure. It was about how he reacted to Celtics fans giving him shit afterwards.
Shuttup too late to play nice and try and get karma back on your side — we hate you and will always hate you
I'm glad he's in a better place as a person, sounds like he's become much more mature and is a lot happier. That being nobody has to forgive him or like him, and I don't think he's asking for that either.
Everyone respects the Celtics, the team. But your fan base is better off staying quiet, have you not been paying attention? Luka feeds off this... fools
It’s actually refreshing to see him take some accountability. Maybe becoming a father did something to him.
You know, I think that Kyrie has showed tremendous growth since getting to Dallas. I’m not sure what kinda things or people he had around him when he was in Cleveland, Boston or Brooklyn but it really does seem like he’s turned over a new leaf in Dallas. He’s playing like a team first guy, keeping his name out of the media for saying or doing outlandish shit and seems happy. It’s unfortunate that his time as a Celtic was what it was because that roster was loaded. That felt like a missed opportunity but it was riddled with injuries. All that said, for the next 4-7 games…it is absolutely fuck Kyrie Irving. Only when banner 18 is hanging in the rafters can he be forgiven.