Kyrie is dirty rotten no good and we have schadenfreude…?
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He was magnificent. That should have been his answer. Giving the crowd a middle finger is what a 2-year old does.
Yes, Guys like Bird and MJ and Brady would win the game and have that be their statement. Kyrie is not that.
Kyrie's treatment from the fans last night reminded me of when Mike Bibby called Celtics fans "bandwagon jumpers" in 2008. I was at Game 2 of that Boston-Atlanta first round series, and Bibby was booed every time he touched the ball. Of course, the difference in that one was that Bibby was rattled - only made 2 field goals, and as I recall, airballed a couple three point attempts. Kyrie's a much more fun villain.
The holier than thou from Kyrie is hilarious. States he’s fasting for the holy month of Ramadan; and then proceeds to flip off the crowd numerous times and swears (all things you’re not allowed to do during Ramadan).
On the court, he was a monster. I wish it worked out for him here in Boston, as his talent is undeniable. Keeping him out of the paint and living with his heat checks from 3 should be the focus.
On the court, he was a monster. I wish it worked out for him here in Boston, as his talent is undeniable. Keeping him out of the paint and living with his heat checks from 3 should be the focus.
Tossup between A) getting hammered and wrapping his car around a telephone pole, and B) spousal abuse. I've always been a bit more bothered by the latter.
Edit: man, I'm slow today, apparently. Also, the crash was after the time period in question, I believe. Whatever.
I would also add, chanting “Wife Beater” while Kidd’s wife and kid were in the crowd wasn’t one of Boston fans’ best moments.
No, no it was not. I was at a few of those games and it was ugly.
I am not a Kyrie guy but screaming expletives at a dude as a fan is noxious behavior. Letting Kyrie that far inside your head as a fan is pretty silly.
Kyrie was indeed a monster on offense in Game One.
One defense he was a matador, and was joined by KD on that last play.
One defense he was a matador, and was joined by KD on that last play.
I found it amusing how Breen immediately talked about the taunting Kyrie gets from the crowd in excusing the middle finger. I'd have to assume another player would not get the same treatment from the announcing team for doing that. Or, a different announcing team would have laid into him.
I remember when Andrew Ference gave a gloved finger to the crowd in Montreal and it was an international incident. Different sport, but this is usually something that guys like Breen would get on their high horses about.
To be clear, I'm not personally offended and I agree with others that it made me like Kyrie a bit. Just observing.
I remember when Andrew Ference gave a gloved finger to the crowd in Montreal and it was an international incident. Different sport, but this is usually something that guys like Breen would get on their high horses about.
To be clear, I'm not personally offended and I agree with others that it made me like Kyrie a bit. Just observing.
I don’t think anyone has a problem with Kyrie talking trash back. Talk your trash. It’s fun. But when he is an equal instigator yet tells the fans to move on, when he hasn’t himself, is what ruffles feathers. If he’s going to get in the mud with the fans you lose the moral high ground. Not to mention how amusing it is to have a guy who’s all about peace and love flipping off fans and yelling curse words. A walking contradiction he is.
Eh, I can do without the pearl clutching from the broadcast team. While that crew is awful in almost all aspects, I thought they handled it well by acknowledging it and moving on. The last thing we need is Breen having a Joe Buck "disgusting act!" moment.
It's a very human response, though I'll say it would have been much better and more villainous had he instead blown kisses to the crowd, waved politely after a big shot, etc. A better villain would have absolutely gone in this obvious direction. No points for creativity here, but flipping off the crowd in the heat of the game is infinitely better than getting in front of a mic and propping yourself up as a paragon of intellectual virtue and tossing out inapt analogies to ex-girlfriends and whatnot. Ference flipping off the Montreal crowd was amazing and one of RMPS's fondest collective memories from that series, so it's tough to claim much moral high ground on that front.
I think the fan stuff is definitely obnoxious—calling a player (or anyone, frankly) a p***y is a sign of immensely low character and just stupid. Boo the guy, be a loud fan, whatever, but being that other kind of fan is really bottom of the barrel stuff. One of the things I love about basketball is that, generally speaking, it's really easy to love players or teams across the league even if you're ride-or-die with the home team. These guys do more amazing things on a nightly basis than you see in any other sport.
I hate Kyrie as much as the next guy but as I get older I find myself trying to be more like the Hawks' bench watching Bird drop 60. It's hard when the good guys are facing off against a true asshole like Kyrie or Kobe before him, but I'm working on it. As with all things I think everyone would be better off if people could just lighten the fuck up.
I think the fan stuff is definitely obnoxious—calling a player (or anyone, frankly) a p***y is a sign of immensely low character and just stupid. Boo the guy, be a loud fan, whatever, but being that other kind of fan is really bottom of the barrel stuff. One of the things I love about basketball is that, generally speaking, it's really easy to love players or teams across the league even if you're ride-or-die with the home team. These guys do more amazing things on a nightly basis than you see in any other sport.
I hate Kyrie as much as the next guy but as I get older I find myself trying to be more like the Hawks' bench watching Bird drop 60. It's hard when the good guys are facing off against a true asshole like Kyrie or Kobe before him, but I'm working on it. As with all things I think everyone would be better off if people could just lighten the fuck up.
IF KI (or any player) responds in a vulgar and offensive manner on the court, during the game, the refs can T him (them) up. I can understand a $50K fine might not mean much to a guy making $40MM, but giving away a point may mean a lot more.
I prefer my announcers not to give a fuck. "And for those of you in the viewing audience who dont know what that signal represents, Kyrie is saying 'fuck you' to the crowd." Would Breen just get fired on the spot?
Prime Marv might have snuck in a wry, "we're number one" reference.
I remember this because I was at the game and it was pretty remarkable. I was glad when he was gone though because his last season in Boston sucked.
View: https://youtu.be/YsOssa86Y-g
View: https://youtu.be/YsOssa86Y-g
He also threw the lob that pretty much ended GH and GH wasn't even that open.
Give me Greg ("pound for pound the least talented player in NBA history") Kite over Kyrie every day. At least Greg made a lefty hook in the Finals.
I remember disliking him greatly during the final season because he manufactured controversy witht he fans and media and blamed the young players for everything while trying to build himself up as some sort of great leader. Then he played his way out of town. There's no love - only hate.
Yeah, that’s my recollection of Kyrie as well. The guy is just a world class phony who’s never at fault.
The middle finger thing and “suck my dick bitch” were both pretty classless but whatever. It’s made much worse when he plays the victim at every turn and talks about “moving on” and “love and togetherness” constantly.
I do have a fond memory for the Celtics jumping out to a 22-4 start in the wake of Hayward's injury, with Kyrie leading the way. Then his knee and later his ego flared up and he was never the same player in Boston.
He's a world class phony, but those things are the most human he's been. I can't stand his faux intellectual nonsense, but flipping off folks calling you a 'p***y' feels pretty organic to me.
the TNT crew talked about it.. Shaq just said he should have just beat up on the fan’s team.. don’t go out and go down to their level.. he also said to look at Bill Russell.. he had much worse said to him and he just went out and won. Kyrie isn’t the first player to be taunted.. but as usual Kyrie has made it all about him.
Yeah my hate of Kyrie has a hell of a lot more to do with who he is off the court than anything he did on the court. I hated his flat earth nonsense and had to really remind myself "laundry" when they traded for him. And then he just got progressively worse with how he handled the limelight in Boston. And the anti-vax nonsense this year is just the confirmation of everything you thought he was as a person. I root against him because he's an idiot using his platform to champion idiocy and with an infuriating self-righteousness at that.
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This seems like a comment you make after a series is over, no?
This seems like a comment you make after a series is over, no?
Philosopher King bullshit, trying to masquerade as graciousness.
Much as his other bullshit tries to masquerade as deep thought.
It seems like everything he says comes out sounding like a high school sophomore trying to sound edumacated in an essay, and then sending it thru Google translate through three different foreign languages before returning to English.
It's four dimensional chess, man. It's not linear. You need to open your mind to the universe. And bad karma only reduces your life force and puts your focus outside of yourself, when it really needs to be inside. Those guys aren't his enemy. The enemy is in the mirror and everywhere. And nowhere.
LOL. I have my own mushrooms experience, thank you very much. Believe in the trees.
Just found this on my phone - forgot I took it after the game. NBCSports chyrons can be great...
