Kyrie Irving Goodbye Thread

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That can't be real...can't it?

It is very real. See here.

[BigTrade92]

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That can't be real...can't it?

It is very real. See here.

Good grief, what an entitled turd.

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Rex gets it

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Rex gets it

Ha ha, true -- although I'm not sure Rex Chapman has ever thought he wasn't open.

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Oh, this doesn't look familiar at all....

[CeltsfaninDC]

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Oh, this doesn't look familiar at all....

I feel like I’ve heard this before somewhere......

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Oh, this doesn't look familiar at all....

LMAO. If he stays healthy all year that entire team will hate his guts by April.

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Oh, this doesn't look familiar at all....

Deep thinker? The phrase you're looking for is "psuedo-intellectual."

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Now who I am is exactly who I'll be
Not good enough for you
Go ahead and find a better me
Now who you are is exactly what I see
That **** is killing my vibe so go on and let me breath
I know you all to well
You talk **** and know the smell
Don't think that I can't tell
You're fake and nothing else
You should know this well
Ain't tryna wish you ill
Hope this life treats you swell
Oh yeah P.S. go **** yourself

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"The Kyrie I thought he was is not him," Smart says. "The tension, selfishness and things like that, about having his own team ... that's not him."

None of the old descriptions feel valid anymore. Whereas young Kyrie was branded moody and disengaged, Boston Kyrie is called upbeat and generous, an indefatigable cheerleader for his teammates.

Jaylen Brown calls Irving "a great teacher." Tatum admires him as "an intellectual individual." Horford lauds him as "down-to-earth." Rozier calls him "very genuine" and "a funny guy."

On the eve of the 2018 playoffs, Kyrie Irving invited Terry Rozier to raid his shoe closet.

Sidelined by knee surgery, Irving was channeling all his energy into preparing Rozier, his understudy, for the postseason. As it happens, their feet are the same size. So part of that preparation began in the closet, which was filled with every version of Irving's signature shoe, from the Kyrie 1 through the Kyrie 4, dozens of them, in every colorway.

"That was special," Rozier says. "He didn't even go in there with me. He was like, 'Yo, take as many pairs of shoes as you need.'"

Rozier grabbed 10 pairs, enough to carry him through three playoff rounds, all the way through Game 7 of the conference finals, in which the Celtics—sans Irving and Hayward—fell to LeBron's Cavaliers.

With Irving providing both moral support and arch support, Rozier went on the greatest tear of his young career, averaging 16.5 points, 5.7 assists and 5.3 rebounds over 19 games.

"It's all genuine at the end," Rozier says. "I know he cares for me, and I care for him."

The 6'7" Brown wears a slightly larger shoe but says Irving has been just as generous with his basketball insights, sharing tips on footwork, ball-handling, shooting and how to operate in the screen-and-roll.

"A lot of times, people that have acquired so much status or so much respect or experience throughout the game, or throughout any walk of life, they don't want to share it," Brown says. "Kyrie's the complete opposite. He's completely willing and open to sharing any information that he's learned along his way."

For Smart, the clearest vision of Irving came in September, after Smart's mother, Camellia, died of cancer. Irving, whose mother, Elizabeth, died when he was a child, sent Smart a paragraph-long text message offering his sympathy and open-ended support.

"He actually cares for people," Smart says. "He sits, he talks, he cares about you, wants to know how you're doing, what's going on in your life. ... It shows a lot about his character."

Pro sport is bloody bizarre, not as much as the fans but quite a lot.

[FlatearthZorro]

"The Kyrie I thought he was is not him," Smart says. "The tension, selfishness and things like that, about having his own team ... that's not him."

None of the old descriptions feel valid anymore. Whereas young Kyrie was branded moody and disengaged, Boston Kyrie is called upbeat and generous, an indefatigable cheerleader for his teammates.

Jaylen Brown calls Irving "a great teacher." Tatum admires him as "an intellectual individual." Horford lauds him as "down-to-earth." Rozier calls him "very genuine" and "a funny guy."

On the eve of the 2018 playoffs, Kyrie Irving invited Terry Rozier to raid his shoe closet.

Sidelined by knee surgery, Irving was channeling all his energy into preparing Rozier, his understudy, for the postseason. As it happens, their feet are the same size. So part of that preparation began in the closet, which was filled with every version of Irving's signature shoe, from the Kyrie 1 through the Kyrie 4, dozens of them, in every colorway.

"That was special," Rozier says. "He didn't even go in there with me. He was like, 'Yo, take as many pairs of shoes as you need.'"

Rozier grabbed 10 pairs, enough to carry him through three playoff rounds, all the way through Game 7 of the conference finals, in which the Celtics—sans Irving and Hayward—fell to LeBron's Cavaliers.

With Irving providing both moral support and arch support, Rozier went on the greatest tear of his young career, averaging 16.5 points, 5.7 assists and 5.3 rebounds over 19 games.

"It's all genuine at the end," Rozier says. "I know he cares for me, and I care for him."

The 6'7" Brown wears a slightly larger shoe but says Irving has been just as generous with his basketball insights, sharing tips on footwork, ball-handling, shooting and how to operate in the screen-and-roll.

"A lot of times, people that have acquired so much status or so much respect or experience throughout the game, or throughout any walk of life, they don't want to share it," Brown says. "Kyrie's the complete opposite. He's completely willing and open to sharing any information that he's learned along his way."

For Smart, the clearest vision of Irving came in September, after Smart's mother, Camellia, died of cancer. Irving, whose mother, Elizabeth, died when he was a child, sent Smart a paragraph-long text message offering his sympathy and open-ended support.

"He actually cares for people," Smart says. "He sits, he talks, he cares about you, wants to know how you're doing, what's going on in your life. ... It shows a lot about his character."

Pro sport is bloody bizarre, not as much as the fans but quite a lot.

The thing was how the **** did it turn around? Non of our young guys are confrontational. And did Kyrie make up his mind last summer that he was leaving the Celtics and was that the reason he acted like a self-absorbed jackass the entire year?

[Curmudgeon]

Misunderstood? He's playing for the Nets next year. Did I misunderstand something?

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"The Kyrie I thought he was is not him," Smart says. "The tension, selfishness and things like that, about having his own team ... that's not him."

None of the old descriptions feel valid anymore. Whereas young Kyrie was branded moody and disengaged, Boston Kyrie is called upbeat and generous, an indefatigable cheerleader for his teammates.

Jaylen Brown calls Irving "a great teacher." Tatum admires him as "an intellectual individual." Horford lauds him as "down-to-earth." Rozier calls him "very genuine" and "a funny guy."

On the eve of the 2018 playoffs, Kyrie Irving invited Terry Rozier to raid his shoe closet.

Sidelined by knee surgery, Irving was channeling all his energy into preparing Rozier, his understudy, for the postseason. As it happens, their feet are the same size. So part of that preparation began in the closet, which was filled with every version of Irving's signature shoe, from the Kyrie 1 through the Kyrie 4, dozens of them, in every colorway.

"That was special," Rozier says. "He didn't even go in there with me. He was like, 'Yo, take as many pairs of shoes as you need.'"

Rozier grabbed 10 pairs, enough to carry him through three playoff rounds, all the way through Game 7 of the conference finals, in which the Celtics—sans Irving and Hayward—fell to LeBron's Cavaliers.

With Irving providing both moral support and arch support, Rozier went on the greatest tear of his young career, averaging 16.5 points, 5.7 assists and 5.3 rebounds over 19 games.

"It's all genuine at the end," Rozier says. "I know he cares for me, and I care for him."

The 6'7" Brown wears a slightly larger shoe but says Irving has been just as generous with his basketball insights, sharing tips on footwork, ball-handling, shooting and how to operate in the screen-and-roll.

"A lot of times, people that have acquired so much status or so much respect or experience throughout the game, or throughout any walk of life, they don't want to share it," Brown says. "Kyrie's the complete opposite. He's completely willing and open to sharing any information that he's learned along his way."

For Smart, the clearest vision of Irving came in September, after Smart's mother, Camellia, died of cancer. Irving, whose mother, Elizabeth, died when he was a child, sent Smart a paragraph-long text message offering his sympathy and open-ended support.

"He actually cares for people," Smart says. "He sits, he talks, he cares about you, wants to know how you're doing, what's going on in your life. ... It shows a lot about his character."

Pro sport is bloody bizarre, not as much as the fans but quite a lot.

The thing was how the **** did it turn around? Non of our young guys are confrontational. And did Kyrie make up his mind last summer that he was leaving the Celtics and was that the reason he acted like a self-absorbed jackass the entire year?

I think it’s something that developed during the year since when the team reunited he was enthusiast and pledged eternal fidelity(if we wanted him). That’s even more strange because the change of mind was all enclosed between the start of the training camp and the ASG when he talked KG into join him to the Nets... That’s a weird situation for sure and I think we would never know what happened. For sure KI has some important mental issues...

[Gooner]

I think I am one of the few who is not really angry at Kyrie at all for leaving.

It seems to me that people don't realise Kyrie is 27 years old. You can't expect too much from him. The bigger problem were those above him(Ainge and Stevens) who pandered to him, and influenced his behaviour. It's like dealing with a spoiled child, you can't keep spoiling it more and more, hoping it starts respecting you.

[BRUNiNHO91]

Pro sport is bloody bizarre, not as much as the fans but quite a lot.

The thing was how the **** did it turn around? Non of our young guys are confrontational. And did Kyrie make up his mind last summer that he was leaving the Celtics and was that the reason he acted like a self-absorbed jackass the entire year?

I think it’s something that developed during the year since when the team reunited he was enthusiast and pledged eternal fidelity(if we wanted him). That’s even more strange because the change of mind was all enclosed between the start of the training camp and the ASG when he talked KG into join him to the Nets... That’s a weird situation for sure and I think we would never know what happened. For sure KI has some important mental issues...

What happened was they just hated playing with each other because the fit was bad. The skillsets didn't mesh well enough to maximize all these guys full potential and a lot of them hated it. The main thing here is that at some point I think Kyrie figured out that he didn't like Boston and when that happened his head was never fully here anymore. There was never a Kyrie + Boston love fest moment and I think he saw that..dude wasn't Celtic material..and that's fine, not everybody is. I thought the superbowl comments where he used to just say 'Go Pats' were so 'mehh' and 'I could not care less I'm just saying this because I have to'..that to me was a clear indication that dude was not buying in to being a part of this city. If dude liked being here and had issues with the roster, he would have told Danny to ship people off and Danny would have without hesitation..but that never even crossed his mind. He just wanted to leave..

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The thing was how the **** did it turn around? Non of our young guys are confrontational. And did Kyrie make up his mind last summer that he was leaving the Celtics and was that the reason he acted like a self-absorbed jackass the entire year?

I think it’s something that developed during the year since when the team reunited he was enthusiast and pledged eternal fidelity(if we wanted him). That’s even more strange because the change of mind was all enclosed between the start of the training camp and the ASG when he talked KG into join him to the Nets... That’s a weird situation for sure and I think we would never know what happened. For sure KI has some important mental issues...

What happened was they just hated playing with each other because the fit was bad. The skillsets didn't mesh well enough to maximize all these guys full potential and a lot of them hated it. The main thing here is that at some point I think Kyrie figured out that he didn't like Boston and when that happened his head was never fully here anymore. There was never a Kyrie + Boston love fest moment and I think he saw that..dude wasn't Celtic material..and that's fine, not everybody is. I thought the superbowl comments where he used to just say 'Go Pats' were so 'mehh' and 'I could not care less I'm just saying this because I have to'..that to me was a clear indication that dude was not buying in to being a part of this city. If dude liked being here and had issues with the roster, he would have told Danny to ship people off and Danny would have without hesitation..but that never even crossed his mind. He just wanted to leave..

Well I think he has the same issue KD has, everything was fine until people of Boston(who loves blue collar dudes and kids) started to blaterate about how the kids were the best and Badhed both Kyrie and GH. That got KI tired and he relased that interview where he talks about teammates being young just to point out that the C’s not playing extremely well was not entirely his fault, it all went downhill from there and before everything went back to normal, his childish brain already decided to quit. He has an affection problem, he wants to be loved and he thinks he is misunderstood... He is not misunderstood nor “specia” on the human side, just childish and the childish KD is his best marriage, I can’t wait to see than fighting over the peanut butter... Brooklin ain’t going to be soft either...

[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

Let us never forget that Kyrie's car broke down in September, 2017, because he put the wrong type of gas in it. The warning signs of his low IQ were there. We should have traded him right then and there.

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