why do celtic fans hate kyrie so much?

[tbhawksfan1]

Kyrie is a black man who thinks for himself , Boston is a city with a history of racism. Like Denzel says in training day: do the math.

(And don’t get mad at me , even kyrie said he heard racist comments in TD garden)

Racism is never an excuse to be racist. It becomes a chicken and egg thing.

Kyrie, no matter his race, thinking for himself is a complete idiot

[srhcan]

yeah he promised the fans he would re-sign in a speech at like the beginning of the year

He actually tried to recruit KD for Celtics. But KD want nothing to do with Boston and instead went to Nets together

There is video of him telling Durant the two of them should team up in Brooklyn during the 2019 all star game when the Celtics were still in the middle of the season and gearing up for a playoff run. I'm over it, obviously the situation in Boston ended up being a bad fit for both him and us in the end and so it's better for everyone that he parted ways, but let's not pretend he was super jazzed to be in Boston and only ended up in Brooklyn because KD forced his hand. He tolerated Boston for two years because it wasn't Cleveland.

I remember it differently. He was trying to poach KD for Celtics and Celtics fans were very happy with this development and Kyrie was like consider a Messiah to bring chip to Celtics.

[sam_I_am]

yeah he promised the fans he would re-sign in a speech at like the beginning of the year

He actually tried to recruit KD for Celtics. But KD want nothing to do with Boston and instead went to Nets together

Total BS. Celtics had no cap space for KD. It was never a possibility or even a rumor at that time.

[Banner18]

People that hate other people they don't even know are weird.

Having protagonists and antagonists, heroes and villains is part of what makes sports fun and entertainig (especially a sport that markets individual superstars probably more so than any other league). I really can’t fathom how this is a difficult concept to grasp.

[spanishninja]

the real question is how can anybody like Kyrie? There are better players, and there are better people.

[srhcan]

the real question is how can anybody like Kyrie? There are better players, and there are better people.

you have it all figured out, congrats

[Theocy]

He actually tried to recruit KD for Celtics. But KD want nothing to do with Boston and instead went to Nets together

There is video of him telling Durant the two of them should team up in Brooklyn during the 2019 all star game when the Celtics were still in the middle of the season and gearing up for a playoff run. I'm over it, obviously the situation in Boston ended up being a bad fit for both him and us in the end and so it's better for everyone that he parted ways, but let's not pretend he was super jazzed to be in Boston and only ended up in Brooklyn because KD forced his hand. He tolerated Boston for two years because it wasn't Cleveland.

I remember it differently. He was trying to poach KD for Celtics and Celtics fans were very happy with this development and Kyrie was like consider a Messiah to bring chip to Celtics.

Where are u getting this **** from ? You’re defo not. Celtics fan. They guy was caught out on looking to bugger off and the fanbase hated him at that poiint. Nobody thought he was recruiting for the team

[KIRAG]

Hayward must be so fond of him too.

Ironically, their birthdate is the same but different year.

Watch on YouTube

[zimpy27]

Because they loved him..

[Slax]

He actually tried to recruit KD for Celtics. But KD want nothing to do with Boston and instead went to Nets together

There is video of him telling Durant the two of them should team up in Brooklyn during the 2019 all star game when the Celtics were still in the middle of the season and gearing up for a playoff run. I'm over it, obviously the situation in Boston ended up being a bad fit for both him and us in the end and so it's better for everyone that he parted ways, but let's not pretend he was super jazzed to be in Boston and only ended up in Brooklyn because KD forced his hand. He tolerated Boston for two years because it wasn't Cleveland.

I remember it differently. He was trying to poach KD for Celtics and Celtics fans were very happy with this development and Kyrie was like consider a Messiah to bring chip to Celtics.

Read on Twitter

?t=EhZdrwoLvzP81yob2OPS6w&s=19

He was recruiting Durant to join him on a different team with two max slots in cap space so they could both go to a new team in free agency. There was speculation at the time it could be the Knicks, but ultimately was revealed to be the Nets.

Some Celtics fans at the time (including myself) wanted to deny this because we didn't want to face reality that Kyrie had checked out and didn't want to be in Boston. I deluded myself into believing this discussion wasn't really that serious, maybe just some joking or speculation between friends. Obviously I was very wrong.

[Ugalde]

they can dislike whoever they like. but the original question was why celtics fans have this much disdaine and vitriol (not merely dislike) towards kyrie so much. and my answer is because boston is a city of racist ****. and yes kyrie obviously makes it easy to dislike him,

do you have any evidence that they hate him because he’s black?

there's quite a few nba athletes that have had incidents with boston fans that involved racism. kyrie, marcus smart, john salley. not just the NBA either. It has happened in baseball, hockey. a simple google search will reveal alot of news on it. furthermore, boston the city has an ugly history of racism that extends beyond professional sports.

i mean they seem to love all their other black players.

right, until they do something they don't like. nba players disappointing fan bases isn't new or that uncommon; kyrie did it to cleveland too. the level of vitriol from specifically boston fans is what we're talking about here.

then there’s one that treats them like crap and they hate him and that just automatically makes them racist? most of the nba is black players.

i mean... this is kinda like, "i have black friends so i can't possibly be racist"

so anytime a fan base hates a player greatly it’s racism?

no

oh so then hating kyrie has nothing to do with racism. got it.

[danvato]

He missed his first playoffs with injury and watched rookie Tatum and our other young guys take us to the ECFs. And didn't even sit on the sidelines to support them. He actually scheduled an elective dental procedure during Game 7 of the ECFs.

Then at the start of the following season he publicly insulted them and said they don't know how to win without him. And to get the attention back on himself he stood up at the Garden and told everyone he was re-signing.

Then we had a mediocre season and he said the RS doesn't matter and the playoffs should just start so he can be a basketball genius and lead us to a title.

Then the playoffs started and he had the most inefficient playoff series on high volume shooting of any NBA player since the 1960s. And after each game he promised to play better and pass the ball more, but didn't. Then he said "who cares" and visibly gave up.

Then he went back on his word to re-sign and bounced to the Nets. Which imo was the only good part of his Celtics career.

Then while in Brooklyn he continued to say unflattering things about the Celtics and stomped on the leprechaun and did the sage burning thing haha.

So yeah. Quite a few reasons.

During game 7? Are you sure? I know he's Kyrie and all, it just seems selective dental surgery AT 8:30PM ON SUNDAY is a bit unlikely, don't you think?

[Kalela]

No idea. My guess is a lot of them loved and were disappointed when he bolted. I personally don't hate him and I didn't care if he returned or not. In fact, I wanted him gone. I don't believe in building small defensively questionable guards even if they are skilled/talented as Kyrie. Also, I find him a little strange but I don't believe he is a bad guy.

[bigbreakfast]

Spoiler:

I know this history of the city. Do you know the history of the country? Singling out Boston as uniquely different than other places to the point of being considered ‘redneck’ despite the voting tendencies being the opposite of rednecks is inflammatory and disrespectful to an entire region.

This country has a race a problem. Let’s not pretend Boston is worse than other northern cities, I’ve experienced racism in NYC than Boston for example. I’m not going to generalize the area.

I said northern rednecks. excuse me for my creative and metaphorical use of language.

i think boston is doing a good job of singling itself out with repeated incidents of racist fans in all major professional sports... there's a reason why boston is known as the most racist northern city amongst minorities (and they have moved out in droves to get away from it) and minority professional athletes.

this country does have a race problem, but let's not play whataboutism here, boston is clearly leading that problem in the context of racist fans.

edit: looks like i got boston fans triggered. you can keep pretending you don't have that reputation and the reputation isn't deserved. i'll take my warning and gtfo.

I’m a minority. You are basically trying to tell me how to think. I actually have the life experience to tell you that you are wrong in your inflammatory opinions. You don’t really understand what whataboutism is either apparently. Pretty normal, trying to tell minorities how they should think, though. I’m used to that irony. Good on you.

EDIT: just saw Dirk’s post. Sorry, Dirk. Hopefully didn’t break a rule there.

I'd tell you I'm also a minority, but you'd probably wanna compare skin tones to see who's more of a minority

Warned for continued effort in escalating and derailing with race topics. - Ken

[bigbreakfast]

there's quite a few nba athletes that have had incidents with boston fans that involved racism. kyrie, marcus smart, john salley. not just the NBA either. It has happened in baseball, hockey. a simple google search will reveal alot of news on it. furthermore, boston the city has an ugly history of racism that extends beyond professional sports.


right, until they do something they don't like. nba players disappointing fan bases isn't new or that uncommon; kyrie did it to cleveland too. the level of vitriol from specifically boston fans is what we're talking about here.


i mean... this is kinda like, "i have black friends so i can't possibly be racist"


no

oh so then hating kyrie has nothing to do with racism. got it.

I'm not so sure you get what anytime means.

[DroseReturnChi]

kyrie owns boston. he destroyed the franchise internally and externally game 1.

[srhcan]

There is video of him telling Durant the two of them should team up in Brooklyn during the 2019 all star game when the Celtics were still in the middle of the season and gearing up for a playoff run. I'm over it, obviously the situation in Boston ended up being a bad fit for both him and us in the end and so it's better for everyone that he parted ways, but let's not pretend he was super jazzed to be in Boston and only ended up in Brooklyn because KD forced his hand. He tolerated Boston for two years because it wasn't Cleveland.

I remember it differently. He was trying to poach KD for Celtics and Celtics fans were very happy with this development and Kyrie was like consider a Messiah to bring chip to Celtics.

Read on Twitter

?t=EhZdrwoLvzP81yob2OPS6w&s=19

He was recruiting Durant to join him on a different team with two max slots in cap space so they could both go to a new team in free agency. There was speculation at the time it could be the Knicks, but ultimately was revealed to be the Nets.

Some Celtics fans at the time (including myself) wanted to deny this because we didn't want to face reality that Kyrie had checked out and didn't want to be in Boston. I deluded myself into believing this discussion wasn't really that serious, maybe just some joking or speculation between friends. Obviously I was very wrong.

Thanks. I was also of the opinion at that time that Kyrie wanted to bring KD to Boston. Creating 1 max slot for KD would not be a problem for Celtics, Dany would have taken care of it.
I still think that at that time when Kyrie met KD, Kyrie genuinely wanted KD to join him in Boston. But somethings happened after this meeting between Kyrie and Celtics (FO/Coaching/Media/Fans?) which alienated Kyrie from Celtics and they end up together in Nets instead.

[Onlytimewilltel]

I remember it differently. He was trying to poach KD for Celtics and Celtics fans were very happy with this development and Kyrie was like consider a Messiah to bring chip to Celtics.

Read on Twitter

?t=EhZdrwoLvzP81yob2OPS6w&s=19

He was recruiting Durant to join him on a different team with two max slots in cap space so they could both go to a new team in free agency. There was speculation at the time it could be the Knicks, but ultimately was revealed to be the Nets.

Some Celtics fans at the time (including myself) wanted to deny this because we didn't want to face reality that Kyrie had checked out and didn't want to be in Boston. I deluded myself into believing this discussion wasn't really that serious, maybe just some joking or speculation between friends. Obviously I was very wrong.

Thanks. I was also of the opinion at that time that Kyrie wanted to bring KD to Boston. Creating 1 max slot for KD would not be a problem for Celtics, Dany would have taken care of it.
I still think that at that time when Kyrie met KD, Kyrie genuinely wanted KD to join him in Boston. But somethings happened after this meeting between Kyrie and Celtics (FO/Coaching/Media/Fans?) which alienated Kyrie from Celtics and they end up together in Nets instead.

That’s delusional thinking. Kyrie wanted to go to New York and was recruiting KD. This is well known by now.

[Slax]

I remember it differently. He was trying to poach KD for Celtics and Celtics fans were very happy with this development and Kyrie was like consider a Messiah to bring chip to Celtics.

Read on Twitter

?t=EhZdrwoLvzP81yob2OPS6w&s=19

He was recruiting Durant to join him on a different team with two max slots in cap space so they could both go to a new team in free agency. There was speculation at the time it could be the Knicks, but ultimately was revealed to be the Nets.

Some Celtics fans at the time (including myself) wanted to deny this because we didn't want to face reality that Kyrie had checked out and didn't want to be in Boston. I deluded myself into believing this discussion wasn't really that serious, maybe just some joking or speculation between friends. Obviously I was very wrong.

Thanks. I was also of the opinion at that time that Kyrie wanted to bring KD to Boston. Creating 1 max slot for KD would not be a problem for Celtics, Dany would have taken care of it.
I still think that at that time when Kyrie met KD, Kyrie genuinely wanted KD to join him in Boston. But somethings happened after this meeting between Kyrie and Celtics (FO/Coaching/Media/Fans?) which alienated Kyrie from Celtics and they end up together in Nets instead.

Stop doubling down on this. He literally said "two max slots". And then he and KD went to a team with two max slots in the offseason. How much clearer can this get?

[srhcan]

Read on Twitter

?t=EhZdrwoLvzP81yob2OPS6w&s=19

He was recruiting Durant to join him on a different team with two max slots in cap space so they could both go to a new team in free agency. There was speculation at the time it could be the Knicks, but ultimately was revealed to be the Nets.

Some Celtics fans at the time (including myself) wanted to deny this because we didn't want to face reality that Kyrie had checked out and didn't want to be in Boston. I deluded myself into believing this discussion wasn't really that serious, maybe just some joking or speculation between friends. Obviously I was very wrong.

Thanks. I was also of the opinion at that time that Kyrie wanted to bring KD to Boston. Creating 1 max slot for KD would not be a problem for Celtics, Dany would have taken care of it.
I still think that at that time when Kyrie met KD, Kyrie genuinely wanted KD to join him in Boston. But somethings happened after this meeting between Kyrie and Celtics (FO/Coaching/Media/Fans?) which alienated Kyrie from Celtics and they end up together in Nets instead.

Stop doubling down on this. He literally said "two max slots". And then he and KD went to a team with two max slots in the offseason. How much clearer can this get?

why you believe Celtics could not have created a max slot for KD? Danny is seriously undersold here