Kyrie saying he hopes there won't be racist abuse from Boston fans

[Ogaju]

I'm going to be real curious about what is said ahead of Tuesday's game by the players and management. Durant also said they won't be coming back to Boston - which is probably true but it certainly amounts to rubbing it in.

One thing that is for certain - regardless of what happens Tuesday  - is that this team is soft as a grape.  It lacks a leader like KG who has the ability to hold others accountable.  None of them want to offend - save for maybe Ainge.

Also for those on this board who weren't around back when Red was running the team - he'd have been the first one to clap back at Kyrie regardless of whether the team was going out next game or not.  And he'd have called Irving out for what he is - totally classless.

Kyrie just keeps spitting on the city of Boston but it's ok because he's a millionaire victim! Respect is a two-way street.  I have zero respect for Kyrie. Just another rich entitled Edited for profanity.  Please do not do it again. from Brooklyn.

Kevin Garnett gets it. Amazing that some just do not.

[dannyboy35]

  I feel like this is a real dangerous time fit the franchise. That Kyrie is creating a whole thing out of this. Now stepping on the face of the Irish caricature logo. Like black players will be deemed as sell -outs if they play for the Celtics.

[kraidstar]

  I feel like this is a real dangerous time fit the franchise. That Kyrie is creating a whole thing out of this. Now stepping on the face of the Irish caricature logo. Like black players will be deemed as sell -outs if they play for the Celtics.

Our players should have stood up and settled things.

They let this clown disrespect the city and the franchise. By not intervening they lend Kyrie credibility. No way would the players of the great Celtics teams of the past tolerate this.

[kraidstar]

Classless to stomp on the logo and classless to throw the bottle. Two morons.

I wish someone did this to Kyrie.




Give me a TP if you agree.

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[Ogaju]

Classless to stomp on the logo and classless to throw the bottle. Two morons.

I wish someone did this to Kyrie.




Give me a TP if you agree.

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[lrybrd]

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[liam]

I'm going to be real curious about what is said ahead of Tuesday's game by the players and management. Durant also said they won't be coming back to Boston - which is probably true but it certainly amounts to rubbing it in.

One thing that is for certain - regardless of what happens Tuesday  - is that this team is soft as a grape.  It lacks a leader like KG who has the ability to hold others accountable.  None of them want to offend - save for maybe Ainge.

Also for those on this board who weren't around back when Red was running the team - he'd have been the first one to clap back at Kyrie regardless of whether the team was going out next game or not.  And he'd have called Irving out for what he is - totally classless.

Kyrie just keeps spitting on the city of Boston but it's ok because he's a millionaire victim! Respect is a two-way street.  I have zero respect for Kyrie. Just another rich entitled Edited for profanity.  Please do not do it again. from Brooklyn.

Kevin Garnett gets it. Amazing that some just do not.

Of course, KG gets it! He's seen stupid before!

"You can see that people just feel very entitled out here," Irving said"
Said the entitled millionaire who faces no repercussions for his stupid behavior.

[gouki88]

Irving compared what is happening in sports now what players went through decades ago. He explained that “subtle racism” refers to fan comments about “moms, or what you look like or calling you out on your name” and doesn’t want to take away passion from fans.

“Anything could’ve happened with that water bottle being thrown at me,” Irving said. “But my brothers were surrounding me and I had people in the crowd. Just trying to get home to my wife and my kids.”

It is not known if the arrested fan was intoxicated.

“That’s just what sports is: You mix drunk people out in the crowd that are cheering for the team,” Irving said. “You have some fans that are there to watch the quality of the game. Now we don’t know who is who.”


Obviously the fan shouldn’t have thrown the water bottle, even after Kyrie wiped his shoes on the Celtics logo like he was trying to get dog sh*t off of them.... but the “Anything could have happened with that water bottle being thrown at me”? Come, on...

I put in red what I wanted to highlight - that might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

I live in one of the most progressive cities in the world and am a university student, so I'm pretty much constantly surrounded by very leftist perspectives. Even many of the super-progressive people would have a hard time linking people (be they white, black, Asian, Latino) insulting a basketballer's mum or appearance and racism.

Kyrie Irving is doing his absolute best to trivialise the actual impacts of racism so that he can have personal gain on the basketball court. Shame on him

[Celtics4ever]

Throwing a bottle was not racist.   It was low class and the guy should be banned for life but I think he did it because of the logo stomp.

[C3LTSF4N]

So this guy is being charged with assault and battery with a "dangerous weapon" (Dasani water bottle btw) which is a felony in Mass.  Wild.

[gouki88]

So this guy is being charged with assault and battery with a "dangerous weapon" (Dasani water bottle btw) which is a felony in Mass.  Wild.

Dangerous weapon... far out! Are they serious? Wonder if there's a GoFundMe for his defence yet

[Ogaju]

So this guy is being charged with assault and battery with a "dangerous weapon" (Dasani water bottle btw) which is a felony in Mass.  Wild.

Dangerous weapon... far out! Are they serious? Wonder if there's a GoFundMe for his defence yet

banned for life? That is bs ..it doesn’t even look like bottle had water...didn’t hit anyone so where is the battery? Meanwhile, Kyrie can incite and set back race relations but not a word of rebuke from ANYONE.

[Kiorrik]

So this guy is being charged with assault and battery with a "dangerous weapon" (Dasani water bottle btw) which is a felony in Mass.  Wild.

Dangerous weapon... far out! Are they serious? Wonder if there's a GoFundMe for his defence yet

banned for life? That is bs ..it doesn’t even look like bottle had water...didn’t hit anyone so where is the battery? Meanwhile, Kyrie can incite and set back race relations but not a word of rebuke from ANYONE.

Oh I do like the "banned for life". Sets a good precedent. It's not like he's banned for life from something vital to his survival.

[gouki88]

So this guy is being charged with assault and battery with a "dangerous weapon" (Dasani water bottle btw) which is a felony in Mass.  Wild.

Dangerous weapon... far out! Are they serious? Wonder if there's a GoFundMe for his defence yet

banned for life? That is bs ..it doesn’t even look like bottle had water...didn’t hit anyone so where is the battery? Meanwhile, Kyrie can incite and set back race relations but not a word of rebuke from ANYONE.

Oh I do like the "banned for life". Sets a good precedent. It's not like he's banned for life from something vital to his survival.

Banned for life makes sense. Can't encourage that kind of behaviour.

But assault with a dangerous weapon? Ridiculous

[Kiorrik]

So this guy is being charged with assault and battery with a "dangerous weapon" (Dasani water bottle btw) which is a felony in Mass.  Wild.

Dangerous weapon... far out! Are they serious? Wonder if there's a GoFundMe for his defence yet

banned for life? That is bs ..it doesn’t even look like bottle had water...didn’t hit anyone so where is the battery? Meanwhile, Kyrie can incite and set back race relations but not a word of rebuke from ANYONE.

Oh I do like the "banned for life". Sets a good precedent. It's not like he's banned for life from something vital to his survival.

Banned for life makes sense. Can't encourage that kind of behaviour.

But assault with a dangerous weapon? Ridiculous

Agreed 100%.

If that's a dangerous weapon, hand in all the guns and swap them for water bottles.