Earlier this week, Kyrie Irving found himself at the top of the headlines again for recent comments he made regarding his current situation with the Nets.
On Steve Nash (who was just hired last month), he bluntly stated that he “doesn’t see” the team having a head coach and that he and Durant could take on that role on any given game day.
He also described his new teammate, Kevin Durant, as being the only guy he has ever trusted to take late-game shots — despite him having played with current Lakers superstar LeBron James.
Needless to say, neither of those words were received very well by the community and many have since spoken out against it — including FOX Sports analyst Nick Wright, who accused the Nets guard of “running from his own words.”
“We could show you Kyrie’s playoff numbers and LeBron’s playoff numbers in these clutch situations because it’s obviously a no-contest. You have one who’s the greatest ever at it and one who has made two shots in this category. We could talk about the years, when he was not attached to LeBron James, has a losing record with multiple variations of teammates, multiple teams.
But here’s what I will say, Kyrie’s the most dangerous type of person: a kinda-smart guy who thinks he’s a genius. He’s a 112 IQ who thinks he’s a 180. He’s the guy who has actually completed four and a half credits of philosophy and thinks he has solved the world. He’s the guy who has his facts consistently wrong. And when you tell him his facts are wrong, you know what he says? Do your research…
The worst part of it all, is that when he’s called on it, he runs from it.”
Kyrie is a relatively smart guy who thinks he’s a genius, and to make things worse he’s constantly running from his own words. pic.twitter.com/VnPJXshbcM
— nick wright (@getnickwright) October 2, 2020
Let’s not pretend like Kyrie doesn’t consider himself as “woke.” on multiple occasions, and throughout his career, he has talked about being “aware” and “awake” like he knows something we all don’t.
But the guy isn’t going to change his opinions (or even stop sharing them) just because they’re controversial. Irving believes in freedom and, to his credit, he has always valued peace and unity. He isn’t going to let us, or anyone else, tell him what he can or can’t believe.
Hopefully, though, come next season, he’ll be too busy winning on the court for us to worry about anything he might say on the sidelines. We’ll just have to wait and see.
