Kyrie Irving’s 2022 middle-finger incident in Boston ‘wasn’t a great reflection of who I am’
NY Post
The last time Kyrie Irving stepped foot on the floor at TD Garden in the playoffs was not his best moment, the Mavericks star admitted.
Irving said on Monday that the 2022 playoff incident where he was flipping off Celtics fans while a member of the Nets “wasn’t a great reflection” of who he is.
Irving and the Mavericks are gearing up for Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Celtics later this week.
“When we played in the playoffs and everyone saw me flip off the birds, and kind of lose my s–t a little bit, that wasn’t a great reflection of who I am and how I like to compete on a high level,” Irving said.
“It wasn’t a great reflection on my end toward the next generation on what it means to control your emotions in that type of environment no matter what people are yelling at you. I’m built for these moments to be able to handle circumstances like that and I’ve been able to grow since then.”
Irving was seen several times during Game 1 between the Nets and Celtics in 2022 taunting the crowd at TD Garden, where he spent two seasons calling home before he jumped ship to join Kevin Durant in Brooklyn in 2019.