Kyrie Irving will return to TD Garden for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Here's a refresher on the star guard's roller-coaster tenure in Boston.
starting with Game 1 Thursday night at TD Garden. That means for the C's to get over the hump and win the NBA championship, they'll have to get through one of the most vilified players in recent Boston sports history: Kyrie Irving.Irving played for the Celtics from 2017 to 2019. Although he was his usual All-Star self on the court, his tenure was marred by questionable comments and actions off of it.
The full trade: Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and Brooklyn's 2018 unprotected first-round pick for Irving."Contractually, financially, it just doesn’t make any sense," Irving said."I’m pretty sure management and I will have a talk, but that talk won’t happen now.""I shared it with some of my teammates as well as the organization and everyone else in Boston: If you guys will have me back, I plan on re-signing here next year," he said.
"Looking at this locker room, me being in my eighth year and being a ‘veteran’ as well as Al and Baynes. Right now I think it would be nice if we had someone that was a 15-year vet, a 14-year vet that could kind of help us race along the regular season and understand it’s a long marathon rather than just a full-on sprint, when you want to play, when you want to do what you want to do.""Experience. It’s the best thing I can say is experience," he said.
"I had to call Bron and tell him, I apologized for being that young player that wanted everything at his fingertips, and I wanted everything to be at my threshold," he said."I wanted to be the guy that led us to a championship. I wanted to be the leader. I wanted to be all that and the responsibility of being the best in the world and leading your team is something that is not meant for many people.
"I still have confidence in Boston and what they can promise for the future and what we have in terms of pieces. That’s what excited me at the beginning of the season."
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