Kyrie Irving: Celtics Fans Have the RIGHT to Boo Me | Mavericks Postgame Interview

Kyrie Irving: Celtics Fans Have the RIGHT to Boo Me | Mavericks Postgame Interview

8179 you guys were making a run just kind of pulled away what what happened in that stretch and why could you guys kind of keep up with it uh I mean they were making threes and they had what 30 plus assists tonight so they were doing

A good job of uh spreading us out and uh attacking specific matchups and every time we got within close it seems like they would hit two threes or three threes create separation or get to the free throw line so they’ve been showing it all season um and for the fast few

Seasons they’ve been showing how um good of a team they are together how well they play off each other you were after the last game in Dallas you said you were looking forward to facing the beginning getting kind of a litus test what is what is this tell you about you

Guys this uh I mean this road trip or just this game this road trip and yeah this this game was high intense High emotions um you know Battle of two of the best teams in the league and uh you can tell that uh some of the mental

Mistakes and also the mistakes that we made on offensive defense they took advantage of it and it was a litness test um but it’s just a regular season game at the end of the day and we’re not going to take it uh too far you know we

Got to get ready for a good game against the Sixers on Sunday um but we just take our lessons man just grow from it you get booed when you touch the ball does that motivate you at all does do you even hear it when yeah I mean it’s in an

Arena man um a lot of detentions on me um in terms of just the fandom has been six years got to love it um but rightfully so they have a right to boo and you know for my career record against them for the last few games

Haven’t won so till I beat them then they have all the right to to continue to boot I think that’s what makes the theatrics of sports and competitive Sports fun and just got to embrace it you know it’s part of it in terms of like seeing Jason and Jaylen grow and

And getting to that what what’s that process like from from the outside after beting their teammates when they were younger uh I mean they’ve they’ve learned how to uh accept that fail is part of the journey and that every season is going to be different and that

The pieces around you how you elevate the matters and taken a a lot of my advice but but also they’ve taken a lot of others advice and they have experience now so you got to give them credit and um to see them grow I’m nothing but proud um you know they’ve

Been showing it again for the past few years that they’re forced to be reckoned with not really playing around with us in the regular season a lot of his teams and you can see that they’re remaining focused and that’s the true Testament of a team that wants to win the

Championship that’s hungry what Impressions you most about the way they lead that team now at this point and how they’ve kind of grown it’s like the initiators of that offense uh you know just just how they make it work I I think um they had a lot

Of external noise around them as a Duo and how well they work together in the future and what was going to be the future who works well was JB or JT and um just as a fan of the game you know you see all that you hear all that but

Uh knowing them personally um you know I think that they’re handling extremely well and they’re not afraid to get their hands dirty going after what they want um you know metaphorically speaking right just out there as Leaders they’re willing to put their bodies on the line

They’re willing to play a lot of games to put their team in a better position for the season and you got to give them credit for that knowing those guys do you keep up with them like going through some of the like ups and downs they did

You know since you left like did you kind of check in with them and like give them some like you know motivation or anything like that just keeping that relationship up they didn’t really need any motivation from me I mean when I first met them they were hungry young

Players who wanted to be stars as soon as they got into the league and I think that’s what separated them from a lot of young guys that I’ve been around is they came into the league with that chip on their shoulder you know meeting JB when

He was in his second year seeing the Boston Celtics draft JT and then now six years have passed and you know JB’s doing wondrous things JT’s doing wondrous things and um their teammates around them trust them so it’s a it’s a good sense to feel as an older brother

Um but as a competitor I want to beat them every time still and they know that so I think that’s what makes all this fun um and there’s extra motivation for all of us when we’re going against each other on the court that we main sacred

Uh on the court but off the court you know support each other still you men the six years You’ want to move on past the booing and all that stuff no no the Boo’s part of it man I again I have dealt with Boston fans prior to me even

Coming here you know uh I wouldn’t say that uh you know I’ve exited them a few times but you know early in my career we used to come up to Boston and smack them around so it you know I’ve had both sides of the coin now and I and I’ve

Accepted that that’s what comes with the competitive side you know so great I’ve had both sides you know seeing sending Boston fans home then also them booing me all the time you know and then seeing the way they they treat some of the star players in the league I mean they want

To win so you got to give them credit what’s it like to be be old grow older in this league and be be the not the old head you’re not that old yet but just the the guy that players look up to and say that they played you in 2K and that

Kind of thing where they what’s that like that transformation like from going from young guy to to veteran and and in terms of being a leader uh I’ve embraced it it’s a it’s a process that I I don’t take for granted um I mean if you look

At the average uh lifespan of a professional athlete just specifically a professional basketball player it’s maybe four or five years so there no there are no guarantees and especially if you’re a number one pick or you’re number 60 pick you got to find your Niche you got to find your team that you

Can grow with and and I feel like I’ve done that um here in Dallas and it’s it’s been a a great uh unraveling of who I am as a person here as well of maturing um when you come into League it’s just basketball basketball basketball it’s not really a work life

Balance so once I learned that then pretty much the keys of the World opened up to me and this basketball Forum became um more of an artistic expression for me a competitive Lane where I can express my emotions and then outside of that I mean I have a tribe I go home too

That that loves me and I love them so my life outside the game too is also just as big if not bigger and means something to me and uh that’s what I do now as a veteran is is help these young guys rationalize that yeah there is going to

Be some media pressure that’s there going to be some fan pressure yeah there’s going to be some social media pressure but you got to dial into what matters to you and find that work life balance because this newer generation man they um I would say included I’m included this social media pressure and

Fandom and media pressure sometimes can get overwhelming and no one knows how to say that they’re suffering in silence you know mental health um awareness your mental health awareness is a big thing it’s not a cliche so you know all that stuff is just grouped in and me being a

Conduit or a bridge I just try to explain to people that I’ve been through it all you can come to me and talk and as a veteran in this league it’s totally different than when MJ was in Kobe was in Tim Duncan was in you know I came in

In 2011 when those guys were still the elders der Derk niskey uh so they passed on the culture but it’s a newer culture emerging you got young guys coming in that want to establish who they are and they want to go completely out you know outside of what

The norm of the NBA culture is so I think that um I give that credit to a lot of the young guys but also me as a young veteran I feel like I still have to keep the old NBA morals and values still very prevalent and relevant um cuz

It’s it’s almost like a free-for-all now you know in terms of platforms and teams and you know so that’s just my perception I don’t I don’t share that or speak for anyone it’s just my

BOSTON — In the Celtics 138-110 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, Kyrie Irving scored 19 points for Dallas but struggled with his shooting, going 9 of 23 from the field. Addressing the boos from Celtics fans, Irving said, “Rightfully so they have a right to boo and, you know, for my career record against them for the last few games I haven’t won so until I beat them, they have all the right to continue to boo. I think that’s what makes the theatrics of sports and competitive sports fun and just gotta embrace it. It’s a part of it.”

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