Kyrie Irving decries ‘racism’ and pocket-watching among NBA media and power brokers
"I'm so sick of that f***ing excuse, bro. That you're not allowed to feel because you make a lot of money in the NBA and you get paid."
"I'm so sick of that f***ing excuse, bro. That you're not allowed to feel because you make a lot of money in the NBA and you get paid."
"It was like, 'Dude, we've been following the NBA our whole lives.'"
"It's a freak accident. That's how it should be reported, but we're not reporting it right"
"It's in the realm of the worst month for an organization in the history of the sport."
"They have to hold that loss and think about what they have done."
"When you’re really passionate about something, you’re gonna be quirky about it, you’re gonna be curious about."
Irving gave a motivational speech, danced, told Kobe stories, and even addressed the infamous flat-Earth controversy.
"It's just so distasteful."
"The stars for Dallas, there is an APB out for them right now."
"It was like a Shakespearean tragedy because you see all the things it could have been."
"I think it's crazy to say that this game is the biggest game Kyrie Irving has ever played in in the Finals."
"We all make mistakes. None of us are flawless. And he is out here and he is balling at a very elite level."
"Here we go again. Bron weaseling his way into somebody else’s moment."
"Is that the first question?"
"Isiah Thomas was one of the strongest instigators to diversifying the media covering the NBA because there wasn’t enough Black reporters."
"I think he has really grown up."
"I hear Luka Dončić say 15 worse things to the opponent in pregame warmups than 'I got Kyrie.'"
"They have two Joe Mazzullas."
“I think my criticism is fair, as long as you keep it on the court and judge me off the success of our team and don’t try to dig too deep into who I am as a person."
"Is he Disgruntled Adrian??"
"Just wanna say I appreciate you and continue to be the person you are. My Tribe says hello."
“Respectfully, to Kyrie Irving, who doesn’t want us talking about him: Don’t play basketball.”
"When they speak on my name and they’re talking about potential teams I’m going to, can you all please stop paying attention to that?"