The man is delusional and utterly tone deaf.
From the Athletic:
“That’s what they expect you to do as a player — they expect you to seamlessly buy into the Celtics pride, buy into everything Celtics, and if you don’t, you’ll be outed,” Irving said. “I’m one of the people that’s on the outs. … I did it to myself. They don’t welcome me with a warm embrace.”
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“Let’s call it what it is, when the fans are chanting ‘Kyrie sucks’ or anything, they feel like they have a psychological edge — and that’s fair,” said Irving, who shot 13 of 37 in the first two finals games in Boston. “If I’m not making shots or turning the ball over, that makes it even more of a pressing issue that they can stay on me for. So I think in order to silence even the self doubt, let alone the crowd doubt, but the self doubt when you make or miss shots, that’s just as important.”
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5568446/2024/06/16/kyrie-irving-nba-finals-boston-comments/?source=user_shared_articleKyrie Irving admits he’s ‘on the outs’ returning to Boston for Game 5: ‘I did it to myself’
Kyrie, you nitiwit, you’re booed cause you needlessly promised to stay and left, you were largely ineffective, you quit on the Celtics, you forced your way out, you’re a virulent anti-Semite, and you’re a self-important, pseudo intellectual dumbass. That you didn’t buy into “everything Celtics” is an extremely small aspect of the whole suckpie.
The man is begging to be the story tomorrow night. If I were a Mavs fan or a teammate, I would want him to STFU and I would see absolutely nothing positive in him saying things that could rev up an already frenzied crowd even more. Said differently, I’d want him to focus on the game.
