Uncle Drew

The NBA news cycle never takes any days off. Not even during the Oscars. And not even when the subject matter is more than a half-year old. Enter Kyrie Irving’s trade to the Boston Celtics last August. According to actor Lil Rel Howery, the All-Star point guard found out about the deal while filming the [...]

Unless you have been living under a rock or are a very unlucky soul, you have probably seen Kyrie Irving’s alter-ego, aging baller and basketball sage “Uncle Drew”. Irving portrays Drew in a number of Pepsi Max advertisements and like some other NBA ad campaigns in the past (Larry Johnson as Grandmama anyone?) the character [...]

Kyrie Irving is set to play his first game since breaking his left kneecap in last season’s NBA Finals. Last week, he was cleared to practice, and despite being bullish about committing to a return date, he was positive. “I’m a Ferrari without a rearview mirror. Today, there was a lot more up and down, [...]

May 22, 2012 – Allen Moll Going back just one year ago, many were still unsure if one of the top five ranked high school hoops prodigies, Kyrie Irving, from the vaunted St. Patrick’s in New Jersey, who coincidentally played in only 11 games on the collegiate level albeit at Duke, was worthy of the [...]