7x All-Star Kyrie Irving was back to his old antics this week, posting a series of tweets aimed at the media and the narratives they push regarding the NBA’s best players.
He even went so far as to call them “puppet masters.”
I send shots at the puppet masters, not the puppets. All puppets do is run around society, trying to gain popularity and state opinions. What a life! My name is worth billions to these media corporations. My brothers and sisters who deal with this know exactly what I mean.
A lot of these media corporations make their money by degrading BLACK/African/Indigenous community heroes. They thrive off of it, and then sell it back to us by having a hand selected person or group of people spark controversy about them for the world to see.
Just watch all of the people who wake up everyday and report about people’s lives on TV and social media, and then profit off of them. Then they justify their jobs by saying they get paid to say how they feel. Lol its like these people live in a Fantasy
It’s an interesting statement, to say the least, and not at all out of character for the star point guard. For the past few years now, he has had several moments of “war” with NBA journalism.
This time, however, his play on the court hasn’t been nearly enough cover for him. After getting sept by Brooklyn in mediocre performances, people are pushing back against Irving.
Kendrick Perkins is one of them. On First Take on Friday, he let loose on the 1x Champion.
“You got swept by the Boston Celtics. You didn’t win one game. Where was that same energy against Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart and those boys who gave you that spanking?”
“To see Kyrie come out and lash out, all the time his cop-out is going at media,” Perkins said. “Let me attack the media. Why you didn’t attack Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Marcus Smart?”
My thoughts on Kyrie social media post!!! Carry the hell on… pic.twitter.com/n3SOZCEEw0
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) April 29, 2022
This has been the situation with Kyrie all season long. As he fights battles off the court against the media and the “establishment,” Irving’s team suffers and struggles to stay consistent.
Until he can prove he’s reliable, he might find it more difficult to get his point across on matters off the court.
