https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2019/02/20/kyrie-irving-free-agency-espn/amp
“We basically have a bunch of young men in our locker room that feel like they’re capable of doing a lot more than they’re doing,” Irving told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols. “That’s OK, but there’s a maturity you have to have, there’s a professionalism you have to really showcase every single day. That’s what the great ones do.”
“Terry Rozier, he played in the playoffs, he did extremely well,” Irving said. “Coming back, that’s a natural competition that me and him have. It is what it is. No one wants to say it, but I will. It’s part of their growth. When you have winning in mind, then you got to do what it takes, but you got to understand your teammates.”
Does Irving understand the team made the ECF last season without him or Hayward??
Why does he feel the need that he has to teach them ?
Did anybody else see this issue with AL and young guys as they made their way to the ECF?
We don't need really need an article about a 4 minute YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir7AT-BFcSI“We basically have a bunch of young men in our locker room that feel like they’re capable of doing a lot more than they’re doing. That’s OK, but there’s a maturity you have to have, there’s a professionalism you have to really showcase every single day. That’s what the great ones do.”
When I listen to that interview, I think Kyrie's including himself in that quote, so he's not calling out anybody there (at least the way I interpret it.).
And there's a sentence bridging the 2 quotes conveniently missing that adds more context.
"I initially didn't play the minutes I wanted to play, I'm 26 years old heading into my prime, like why do I have to wait for anybody? Terry Rozier, he played in the playoffs, he did extremely well, coming back, that’s a natural competition that me and him have. It is what it is. No one wants to say it, but I will. It’s part of their growth. When you have winning in mind, then you got to do what it takes, but you got to understand your teammates.”
When I hear the whole interview, I hear "we as a team need to be mature and professional every single day to be great. We have a locker room full of young talented guys who want to play more minutes and have a bigger role. I want to play more. Terry wants to play more. We all have to understand each other."
Irving could have worded it better, but I don't hear anything negative in that interview.