Post by hedleylamarr on Mar 22, 2023 8:09:16 GMT -5
Too little, too late:
Prior to the 2018-19 season, Irving, who was in the last year of his contract, publicly committed to the Celtics at a season-ticket holder event. But Irving says his personal life began to interfere with his organizational promises. “I mean, for me, I lost my grandfather my second year in Boston, so it was my first time really losing someone close like that to me, other than my mom and my grandmother when I was young,” Irving says. “So me being in Boston, not being home, not having that emotional support, I really felt alone, even though I wasn’t alone. So I didn’t really connect with everybody as much as I should, and I didn’t open up as much as I should. “The week before my grandfather passed, I was committed to the Boston Celtics, and I wanted to stay here. And then my grandfather passed a week later, and then my whole world shifts after that point, and I don’t think anyone understood it. Not the Celtic fan base, not the NBA fans, not anybody from afar.” – via Logan Murdock @ The Ringer
Top Rumors, Free Agency, Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
But the Celtics’ veteran core—which, in addition to Irving and Hayward, included the likes of Al Horford and Marcus Morris Sr.—didn’t have time to wait. When Brown, Tatum, or Terry Rozier would make mistakes, Irving would lash out, and Brown, the most outspoken of the young players, would push back. “Me and Kyrie didn’t really see eye to eye when we was here,” Brown tells me. “Really at all.” – via Logan Murdock @ The Ringer
Top Rumors, Jaylen Brown, Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Brown didn’t hear much from Irving until the pandemic shut down the NBA in March 2020. “He reached out to me, kind of let me know what his experience was when he was in Boston, what he was feeling,” Brown says. “And I understood what he was going through personally. So, life is a journey. We all got ups and downs. And most of all, we don’t always handle everything in the perfect media-appropriate demeanor. Kyrie, one thing about him, he going to be who he is. I appreciate that.” – via Logan Murdock @ The Ringer
Jaylen Brown, Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Brown tells me that he still believes that Irving’s punishment was unjust, not because he agrees with the content of the film, but because the suspension violated the collective bargaining agreement. “That’s my job as vice president of the union,” Brown says. “The union is supposed to be an entity to protect the players, especially their rights and their freedom of speech. I feel like what the Brooklyn Nets did—I still feel the same way—it was inappropriate. I think it was like a public ransom note almost, in a sense, where he had a list of demands he had to do to return to the game. It was a violation of our CBA. It’s a violation of our agreement and kind of got looked over like it was nothing.” – via Logan Murdock @ The Ringer
Jaylen Brown, Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Prior to the 2018-19 season, Irving, who was in the last year of his contract, publicly committed to the Celtics at a season-ticket holder event. But Irving says his personal life began to interfere with his organizational promises. “I mean, for me, I lost my grandfather my second year in Boston, so it was my first time really losing someone close like that to me, other than my mom and my grandmother when I was young,” Irving says. “So me being in Boston, not being home, not having that emotional support, I really felt alone, even though I wasn’t alone. So I didn’t really connect with everybody as much as I should, and I didn’t open up as much as I should. “The week before my grandfather passed, I was committed to the Boston Celtics, and I wanted to stay here. And then my grandfather passed a week later, and then my whole world shifts after that point, and I don’t think anyone understood it. Not the Celtic fan base, not the NBA fans, not anybody from afar.” – via Logan Murdock @ The Ringer
Top Rumors, Free Agency, Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
But the Celtics’ veteran core—which, in addition to Irving and Hayward, included the likes of Al Horford and Marcus Morris Sr.—didn’t have time to wait. When Brown, Tatum, or Terry Rozier would make mistakes, Irving would lash out, and Brown, the most outspoken of the young players, would push back. “Me and Kyrie didn’t really see eye to eye when we was here,” Brown tells me. “Really at all.” – via Logan Murdock @ The Ringer
Top Rumors, Jaylen Brown, Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Brown didn’t hear much from Irving until the pandemic shut down the NBA in March 2020. “He reached out to me, kind of let me know what his experience was when he was in Boston, what he was feeling,” Brown says. “And I understood what he was going through personally. So, life is a journey. We all got ups and downs. And most of all, we don’t always handle everything in the perfect media-appropriate demeanor. Kyrie, one thing about him, he going to be who he is. I appreciate that.” – via Logan Murdock @ The Ringer
Jaylen Brown, Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Brown tells me that he still believes that Irving’s punishment was unjust, not because he agrees with the content of the film, but because the suspension violated the collective bargaining agreement. “That’s my job as vice president of the union,” Brown says. “The union is supposed to be an entity to protect the players, especially their rights and their freedom of speech. I feel like what the Brooklyn Nets did—I still feel the same way—it was inappropriate. I think it was like a public ransom note almost, in a sense, where he had a list of demands he had to do to return to the game. It was a violation of our CBA. It’s a violation of our agreement and kind of got looked over like it was nothing.” – via Logan Murdock @ The Ringer
Jaylen Brown, Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
