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Kyrie Irving has a confession to make: He likes all of his Boston Celtics teammates, and he has for a long time. Per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: Irving’s comments came after a 108-94 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night, and they’re easy to take out of context. Is he trying to admit he [...]

Kyrie Irving isn’t going to be happy this article and headline exist. He doesn’t want them to exist. He made that quite clear following the Boston Celtics’ victory over the New York Knicks. Asked whether The Big Apple was, indeed, on his list of preferred trade destinations over the summer, Irving admitted it was, but [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers planned to play a Kyrie Irving tribute video on opening night, when the point guard visited Quicken Loans Arena for the first time as an opponent. They never did. And why not? Well, that much is up for debate. Here’s one potential reason, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: According to team spokesman Tad [...]

Stop asking Kyrie Irving about why he wanted a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Because he isn’t saying jack shit. As he told reporters ahead of the Boston Celtics’ opening-night clash in Cleveland, per The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd: Irving is well within his right as a human being—and very real grown-up—to continue deflecting questions that [...]

As if you needed anymore evidence the Boston Celtics’ acquisition of Kyrie Irving over the summer was ridiculously unique. But here’s some more anyway. Per the Boston Globe‘s Adam Himmelsbach, Celtics assistant general manager Mike Zarren relayed the story of what happened the first time he phoned the Cavaliers to inquire about Irving’s availability: While we [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers could be incredibly low on Kyrie Irving now that he’s a member of the Boston Celtics. They aren’t, of course. But they could be. As head coach Tyronn Lue said when asked how the Cavaliers would defend their former point guard on opening night, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: How are the Cavs [...]

Kyrie Irving spent six years with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He went to three NBA Finals with them. He won a championship with them. He orchestrated an awkward departure from them and best-ever candidate LeBron James. It would be understandable if he was nervous about facing them, in Cleveland, on opening night as a member of [...]

Kyrie Irving is now showing off his maestro ball handling skills and ability to score the ball in numerous ways in Celtic green and white instead of Cavalier wine and gold (can we just call it yellow?). There could be a litany of reasons why Irving requested a trade this off-season, including projecting LeBron’s impending [...]

Building up self-esteem is part and parcel of mentoring young NBA players. And, well, Ramon Sessions is doing one helluva job boosting the ego of New York Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina. Although training camp is barely underway, and although Ntilikina is just 19 years old, and although Sessions hasn’t really spent that much time around [...]

It was all a ruse. Or so Kyrie Irving says. Remember when he stirred up the masses by copping to being a flat-earth truther on the Road Trippin’ podcast? Well, apparently, he was just kidding, as he told The Toucher and Rich Show: Jaylen Brown is going to be so upset. He didn’t necessarily commit to Irving’s [...]