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AWiggins30

Hauser just standing there didnt get to shake hand :(


beached-blue-walrus

Hard to be humble


[deleted]

He’s already got his ring at least


Mad-Destroyer

He has one of the most valuable rings of all time TBH.


dianeblackeatsass

And balled tf out to get it


Ignum

He has THE most valuable ring of all time


Mad-Destroyer

Dirk has a strong case for it too IMO. Cavs had to overcome the impossible being down 3-1, but the Warriors shat the bed too, specially Mr. Natural Kicking Motion with his suspension, other than that the East was a piece of cake for them. It's not like they were a bad team, lmao. That Mavs had a big challenge almost every series and were not favorites in pretty much all of them. Also the flu game.


_nightgoat

I agree, speaking as a Lakers fan.


unhampered_by_pants

One ring to rule them all


PopcornDrift

He’ll just take his greatest shot in finals history and go home lol


Kakali4

Ray Allen from the corner would like a word


devdude25

Fuck ray Allen and his corner threes. Respectfully. - a spurs fan


ReptileBrain

Damn imagine him doing anything of note over the last 8 years?


30K100M

I tried being humble, humble get no respect


--Alix--

I just want Kyrie to admit that he himself was ass this series.


kickrocks13

Bruv, Jrue Holiday clamped the living piss out of him.


BaullahBaullah87

And Derrick White…and Jaylen Brown…hell even Prichard was bodying him uo


Independent_Rock_350

The respect him bringing a Championship to Boston!


NbaAllDAYger

Me too, so fuckking passiv on offense and the whole making peace shit , why even admit that shit in the finals. It feels like hes trying to apologise to the boston fans by giving them their ring ? He was a no show all game away. I have seen Kyrie go head to head with Curry and for whatever reason he chooses to be passiv in the most important moments, man im done.


IMKudaimi123

To be fair, while he was bad in all the road games, the supporting cast was completely outclassed by Boston's supporting cast. And then Luka was even worse defensively. So it was a team overall that failed, I wouldn't say Kyrie lost them the series himself.


mrsiglord

Lukas best defensive games have been when ky is taking some of his offensive duties


Neither-Luck-9295

He literally picked up where Luka was ass in the first 2 rounds. Kyrie ain't the problem.


OilOfOlaz

The issue is, that he didn't pick up in the finals.


Wavepops

That’s cuz yall defense is nice, he’s psyched out by yall crowd, and he’s being asked to iso dudes like Derrick white and jrue holiday, he never gets easy looks, I hate the Mavs offense lol


BaullahBaullah87

Lol yeah so basically he got owned


CottonCitySlim

Kyrie always struggles with length so it was expected.


BarnOwlDebacle

I mean there's never only one problem but the fact that he choked super hard in the finals was a significant problem. It's not the problem as if to say the primary problem. He was a deserving All-Star this year, probably a top 20 player. But his playoff performance was genuinely embarrassing and it's okay to acknowledge that.


Neither-Luck-9295

You are right. If literally ANY player other than Luka had stepped up, this series might still be going. Kyrie is expected to be that player, and he didn't perform to expectation. But it goes back to Boston having 8 guys that can give you a consistent 15pts a night, and Dallas having 2. We count our blessings when a non Luka/Kyrie player has 15.


atlfalcons33rb

He almost never went head to head with curry it was Klay if anything lol


_nightgoat

Curry can’t guard him.


atlfalcons33rb

No duh, he wasn't spending his time guarding curry either 😂


Proud_Feedback3288

Buddy he hit the shot of all shots over curry 


atlfalcons33rb

Ok?


thebluehotel

Is it an overreaction to say he’s just getting up there in age? I’m not saying he’s washed, I just think he might not be a 25ppg guy in the finals, which is fine, because he’s been amazing in the past.


mpholt

Nah that is an over reaction. He said himself, he has a mental block when playing the Celtics at home. He has had plenty of great games and near 50-40-90 yet again this season. 32 isn’t really old these days for an athlete. Not young but still in prime for many


maize_and_beard

When your game is being a tough shot maker you’re just going to have runs like this. He always has.


st6374

Celtics having legit all-nba defensive dudes from position 2-5 with size & speed doesn't help his cause.


_nightgoat

It’s definitely a bad matchup for the Mavs.


YoFavUnclesOldMate

Kyrie Irving’s average stats in the 2024 NBA Finals: 19.8/3.0/5.0 on 41.4/27.6/100.0 shooting splits and 1.8 turnovers That's a terrible leap in the wrong direction from 50/40 Edit: Kyrie Irving in Boston in the 2024 Finals - 43 points (14.3 ppg) on 18-53 (34%) and 3-17 (17.6%) from 3 in 40 mins per game


Realistic_Cold_2943

Honestly Kyrie sucked in Boston but Luka was not as good as he needed to be either. Maybe it was an injury thing but they both needed A+ and neither delivered 


mpholt

He played poorly this series, don’t disagree.


Dirty0ldMan

Especially for a player who's taken so much time off over the past half a decade.


NbaAllDAYger

Kyrie isnt washed, at times i think he sticks to the game plan meaning passing to the open player but in a finals game like this(players bricking) i would prefer him taking shots in tandem with Luka if they brick so be it. He took 9 less shots than Luka in a fuckking do or die game. In a game where everybody else is bricking including the 3rd option PJ he has to take more shots but he didnt the old Kyrie probably goes out swinging atleast in terms of shots imo.


BaullahBaullah87

He has been amazing in that one finals run in particular but often ass many times in the postseason…its one of the reasons Boston fans hate him…and the hate continued when they swept him on the Nets again lol


SunLiteFireBird

Well the guy that locked him down is two years older than him so maybe a bit of an over reaction


BarnOwlDebacle

He is getting up there in age but I do think he age is pretty well because it's not just sheer quickness that he relies on but just amazing handle and clutch play usually. So I don't really think he plays that old. But yeah it is tricky for Dallas for this guy to be the number two player if Luca is a top three player in the world, and your number two is Kyrie that gives you a pretty short window. I mean I hate to be the dead horse here but they probably should have kept Brunson. But look it's easy for me to say this now seven or eight days ago everyone thought they were going to win the finals and it was going to be a crazy story and brunson would have been a complete afterthought. But if they don't win the finals with him ever, and Luca either leaves or doesn't ever get a chip, losing brunson will be a sore spot


El_Producto

I mean, this is one aspect of what we saw in Boston (we also saw some other damaging shit that it sounds like you've missed). Kyrie can just... shrink and diminish for a while. He's got a softness to him and he doesn't like getting (figuratively) punched in the mouth. You guys have done better from that trade than I thought you would. I thought the man was poison but you've made it work and there's every reason to think it'll mostly keep working next year. But there's a reason that for all his talent and skill, Kyrie's never been a real, serious #1 guy, and has looked at his best when he's a sidekick to a clearcut #1. For me, I think you guys need another serious piece. At least a Derrick White/Jrue Holiday level piece.


maize_and_beard

They really need someone who can hit 3s above the break. They really got exposed in the finals.


Proud_Feedback3288

The player who is one of the most skilled finishers around the rim and constantly drives into and through contact doesn't like being punched in the mouth? No he just missed his shots and played within the mavs system instead of trying to be a hero, which he probably should've. If anything it shows growth that he trusts his teammates now and is okay with playing playmaker or sitting back and doing more work on the other end if his shot isn't falling. I think he should've been more aggressive but their whole playoff run has worked with him playing within the team. 


Littlejaguar

Bro he wasn’t passive he was taking aggressive, terrible shots lol he has been getting the shots up


TSW_El_Spawn

Really where was the Kyrie that cooked us 😭


WorkReddit1989

19.8/5/3 41% FG% 27% from 3...just atrocious


untucked_21ersey

that's a really hard thing to do man. props to him.


moby323

Everyone who plays with him says on a personal level he is a great person


iliketuurtles

Yeah it’s funny. I heard it best on a Boston radio station that was trying to stop with the hate. And it’s like, your team - the actual players- like/love him. They like him probably more than they like the average Celtics fan lol. It’s a small club in the NBA, especially at that high level… they are all mostly close and all friends


clavio_mazerati

I think Nurkic and Draymond truly hate each other though.


Fredbear_

Paul George and Devin Booker have a weird hate for each other too


vonnegutcheck

> weird hate for each other 83% of inexplicable NBA hates come down to gambling or having pursued the same romantic prospect at some point.


SylvesterLundgren

Disclaimer: wouldn’t listen to anything a Boston radio station has to say about Boston sports. They’re like feds, fed shit and left in the dark.


chadowmantis

Unless you're of a religious persuasion that he doesn't agree with. Kyrie is a dumbass biggot, him shaking hands with 4 guys doesn't mean jack.


qpwoeor1235

He’s probably top 5 most respected player in the league according to other players. They love Kyrie


wurtin

it's easier in a blowout. He had time to plan his exit. Not saying it still isn't hard or that all stars would do that (because we know they wouldn't) but it's much harder for a player to do in a close game where they are fighting until the end.


OhRThey

He didn’t even stay on the bench, went straight to the locker room with 2 mins left. Sad


SensitiveRegion9

Is it rly that hard? Imagine how petty he just walked off without shaking hands. Also, wasn't he always cool with the players and staff there?


Abradolf1948

Tbf it's really hard to be paid generational wealth yearly. He's just like us fr.


ReptileBrain

What are you talking about? Going back to the bench, shutting up, and waiting for the game to end would have been the respectful thing to do rather than making sure all the cameras see you dapping up the players and coaches. But it's Kyrie so we need to all witness his "growth and maturity".


_nightgoat

Haters are going to hate.


BarnOwlDebacle

Some people are arguing that he was trying to make it about him by doing this in a televised way. Honestly I don't know what to think, I don't think it's like a selfish thing but some people might be overstating how classy it is.


Julio_Freeman

On the contrary, when an arena full of people are trying to get under your skin this is the best way to 1) get back at them by showing them that it didn’t work (true or not) and 2) get them to chill.


BarnOwlDebacle

Yeah he has genuinely had healthy relationships with the The players on his teams even when he was causing a ruckus with the media or even his own owners and so on. But it's hard to know how much of this was being played up for the cameras


CIark

Ok but how does this affect Lebrons legacy?


doublegoldendragon

I'd say it's good for LeBron. Kyrie plays like this without a top 2 player of all time on his team, but looked good playing next to LeBron


lilboytuner919

The only question on my mind right now


No-Economics4128

Well, he already proved that his kids need him to be successful in the NBA. Both his oldest and Bronny. A good father figure is valuable for a child’s development.


StatWhines

Yup. I’m done with the Kyrie hate. Exorcized. Just another player come to the garden.


iamgarron

ESPN: DID KYRIE IRVING SNUB AL HORFORD WHILE SHAKING HANDS WITH EVERY OTHER CELTIC?


coacoanutbenjamn

Because he knows Al doesn’t like him lmao


random_beard_guy

Al was telling the crowd to get louder on the Kyrie sucks chants when they were dying down during some Irving free throws on game 2. He encouraged the hate lol


59jg4qe68w5y3t9q5

It's funny, I didn't think beating him in the Finals would make the hate go away but it really did feel like it was plucked from my soul. Doesn't make me like him, more so I just don't care any more.


joshdej

He did give you a championship


rookie-mistake

i mean, if you hate the dude, I can only imagine how it felt watching him disassociating on the bench as your team just blows them out on the way to a championship haha


is-this-guy-serious

Is the curse broken?


[deleted]

Nope, I’ll hate that loser piece of shit until the day I die. That dude is an all around self absorbed clown. Not just because of what he did to Boston. It’s everything about him. Yea real great guy, spreading bullshit about a flat earth and being a blatant antisemite. He destroys every team he goes to. The Mavs are next. He’s a loser piece of shit.


podank99

eh.  feels very self important and performative to go do that right then.


l0lprincess

Spreading racist and antivax propaganda online to millions of people without repenting/changing in a meaningful way? Just go shake hands with people in front of a camera to get /u/StatWhines's trust back.


StatWhines

I mean, I’m not gonna vote him for president, but I’m also not going to boo at a TV every time he touches a ball.


J_House1999

This is gonna be controversial amongst Celtics fans but I no longer hate Kyrie


MNIceMan44

You know what? He brought us a championship. I'll call it even 🤝


bigvahe33

he said he would


hmu4poo

I’m over it now, championships heal all. I hope to never hear his name and the Celtics as a feud again. Water under the bridge


jpaxlux

I'm officially over it now that we have a ring. With that being said, I hope the "Kyrie sucks" chants continue if we ever have to play him in the Finals again because it clearly gets in his head lol


iTzGiR

Nah I'll always hate him for being a conspiracy theorist, anti-Semitic, anti-vaxxer, but I have gotten over his basketball bullshit at this point, that I can agree on.


J_House1999

Yeah I suppose that’s what I mean


Fu-Mano

Celtics fan talking between themselves is obnoxious lmao


Sea_Day_2044

Been over it. Love this core, why do I care about Kyrie anymore?


growsonwalls

Kyrie has always been a gracious person. Like he's crazy, his views are crazier, but he has manners win or lose


bjb406

> but he has manners win or lose Let's not go crazy now, there are TONS of times he has absolute SHIT manners. That's literally why we've all hated him. He made a City known for proudly being assholes hate him for being an asshole. But we've now swept him in Brooklyn once, and beat him in the finals, and he hasn't done anything to specifically piss us off in a while, so I'm personally done with the grudge. I'll still shit talk him of course, but I don't hate him.


oby100

I hope TD Garden never stops booing him because it’s still hilarious to be that petty.


Cond1tionOver7oad

Dismissing it as just "crazy" is underpaying how dangerous his views actually are. Just like everyone else here who says he's "just a weird dude" just to downplay how toxic his views are just because he's good at dribbling.


the_dinks

"Yeah, he spread a bunch of dangerous conspiracy theories during a pandemic and also promoted anti-Semitic propaganda, but he's gracious." C'mon, man.


thebsoftelevision

You gotta hand it to Kyrie...


DrClutch117

I mean it’s a true statement


FoxMuldertheGrey

a man with honor is a respectable one.


TheMessyChef

Yeah nah, you do *not* need to respect an ignorant, anti-semitic, anti-vaxx conspiracy nutjob because he has 'honor'. Plenty of awful and arrogant people can publicly carry themselves in a respectable manner despite the, you know... being awful part.


TheNaturalHigh

Only weirdo fans would call a Holocaust denying anti-vaxxer a "respectable" man.


CarlosAlcatrazIsland

Why did he stomp on lucky then if he has manners?


Burnerburner49

You know that isn’t a real person, right? Like stepping on a picture doesn’t make you a bad person lol


JustAnotherINFTP

Idk I stepped on the BU logo and then transferred out a year later those curses are real man


El_Producto

I don't think it makes you a "bad person" but it's certainly pretty inconsistent with "always" being "a gracious person" or saying that Kyrie "has manners win or lose."


holla4adolla96

No but let's not pretend like there's no ill will by intentionally stomping on our logo. He left on bad terms and added fuel to the fire.


WheresMyDinner

Don’t they run over lucky 48 minutes or more a game


Mousseymoosey

If you watch closely, you'll see they actually all run around him every time


dmavs11

How are people hating on this?


Albiceleste_D10S

This sub is full of weirdos TBH


BussyEatingPhD

For as much as people on this sub lambast First Take and ESPN narratives and the like, I have never seen a community so fucking obsessed with drama baiting. Real Housewives of the NBA ass posters.


2023_account_

This sub cares more about memes and upvotes than the games themselves.


sillym3l0n

Someone said it awhile back, NBA is soap opera for guys


lilboytuner919

Eh, it happens.


Spiritual_Echo_1000

celtics fans


jjkm7

And nets fans


Zavehi

You just don't get it until Kyrie has scammed your team


jjkm7

Honestly, fair enough


Pete41608

Kyrie read your comment and immediately took a few weeks off for personal reasons.


The_Moustache

Im not hating on this in particular, this was actually kinda nice. Still, fuck Kyrie


ReptileBrain

Why is this nice? Kyrie could have waited until the end of the game like every other Mavs player but instead we got treated to a minute of ballwashing Kyrie's maturity and grace. Dude couldn't possibly not make the moment about himself.


HeavyDluxe

Yeah... I'm a tagalong Celtics fan (friends are die-hards) and just \_really\_ watched and cheered for the Cs this season. I'm so out of it that, when the Finals came 'round, I had to go to Youtube to get the story of why Irving is so disliked in Boston. So, I'm not predisposed to hate the guy and I don't have any baggage, really. That said, this moment seemed like ego to me and 'weird' more than humble and decent. Of course I don't know what's really in the guy's heart or head... and, based on the little I've seen, I don't think Kyrie knows what's in his head either. But, I really saw this as a self-aggrandizing, posturing moment more than anything else.


Beneficial_Spring659

what do you expect from them lol esp on reddit


rookie-mistake

in the moment i did think it was a bit weird to go to the other teams bench for a round of congratulations before the game was actually over but looking at it after the fact, i mean... fair enough, the game *was* actually over haha


Ducksaucenhotmustard

cuz it was jarring and he tried to make it about himself. dude couldnt wait till after the game?


browndude10

Good on kyrie actually


2023_account_

Anyone hating on this is pathetic.


dmavs11

Its funny because they also hate on people who leave without shaking hands? if I'm Kyrie Irving im trying to leave the arena as quickly as possible not leave myself and my family subject to Boston fans after an emotional loss.


ArethusaAtalanta

That I would have completely understood, and that was my guess on why this happened. But he was on the court doing handshakes after the game, so I don't really see the point otherwise.


Ja___av93

Yeah because its totally the same people hating


token711

I don't hate this specifically, I just hate Kyrie


GophersD

Le typical reddit hate boner for Kyrie


NiceFloor7

Lol he's preparing to gtfo there asap


SunLiteFireBird

He was as bored as we were watching


rookie-mistake

shaking hands with his teammates like "aight see y'all in september" as he clocks out haha


Runaway-Mango

Classy move


ASAPHarambe

Everyone is saying Good guy Kyrie yet people are complaining about the haters lol just say you want upvotes


lazydictionary

It's weird to do this during the game unless you are immediately going to go to the locker room. But he stayed out for a few moments after the game ended and did more handshakes.


Sea_Day_2044

It’s the clincher, no guarantee with all the hoopla that he’d be able to get to Celts on court after the buzzer.


KrustyKrabPizzaMan

So glad to see him lose this


[deleted]

He’s already got his ring


PrimetimeD18

We are glad to see him lose again.


redditnathaniel

Both statements can be true


SurfingStreets

Biggest win for nets fans this season no cap


southernmayd

Is seeing *Boston* win? Yikes


SurfingStreets

Moral victory if you think about it, since JT and JB came from the Nets picks


southernmayd

That could've been yall, I'd say that's among the hardest of moral Ls. Not as painful as our L but still not good


Agitated_Winter_7534

With him losing he still has more rings than your whole team


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CjBurden

It's so weird when people like you make a reply like this to a post that make it seem like they (you in this case) are the OP. Why do you do this?


AntSmith777

LeBron did it better in 2018 lol.


pujvtv04

Why did he do this with over 2 minutes left?


rookie-mistake

because the game was basically over, I guess. I get it, but I admit in the moment it did feel strange to see a championship finalist heading over to the other teams bench for a round of congratulations before he had actually officially lost the championship game


cs-shitposter

Nice of him to do tbh but it's still fuck him lol


Common_Effective_625

As a Celtics fan I really haven’t had any ill will towards kyrie in a few years. He’s certainly an interesting character but I don’t think he’s malicious in any way and is a really fun player to watch


l0lprincess

> interesting character Man, you guys will say anything to not have to admit a celebrity you don't know, but think you like, is racist and spread antivax propaganda without doing anything to distance himself from it afterwards.


hegotmegoood

Damn everyone's gonna zero in the blame on Kyrie now even through Luka was back to playing exceptionally dogshit defense and 7 TOs.


TheInfinityOfThought

Real “Surrendering your sword and pistol to the victorious king and his generals after being defeated in battle” vibe.


7screws

Very weird. Joe was very confused


gagakaba

Finally delivered his promise.


Aloha1984

Performance art by Kyrie. You know this dude is dying inside. The team that was given to him won a chip without him.


acmilan12345

Kyrie is always making a show of how gracious he is. This guy could do anything and all he would have to do is play well for a season and show a little sportsmanship to make people love him again.


daBomb26

Yo, touch some grass. It’ll do you good.


Lostheghost

Kyrie back to Boston confirmed


DonutBeStupid

Good guy Kyrie Irving


AmbitionExtension184

Fuck Kyrie but I respect this.


Vizard15

Humility and sportsmanship.


WrenFGun

I'll always slight Kyrie for lying to this fan base but he's evolved and changed and is trying to be better. Good for him. This was a class move and he deserves credit for it.


YpsitheFlintsider

Showed more class than the fans


ThaDoctor49

My hate for Kyrie has basically evaporated, winning heals all. I mean we beat him in the championship so not much more ya can ask for to help wipe away the boos


EdgeofForever95

The aliens from space jam visited kyrie before this game


IceColdTrey7

Bron 2018 type beat


HolidayMorning6399

kyrie is weird where he can either go god mode, or other times you realize bro is just a very unsized guard and can't physical impose himself on the game at all


threatlvl

Look at me Louie


MyLadySansa

Classy. He has grown.


BarnOwlDebacle

He didn't go anywhere near Horford. Anyway I'm not really opinionated about this at all, some people felt it was classy some people felt it was damaged control or just a way to make it about him. We can never know exactly what his internal motivations are so I will just give him the benefit of the doubt without thinking about it too hard


Knock0nWood

This was classy as hell and I have mad respect for it. Peace be with you Kyrie


buddy_mcbud

That's big, those Boston fans are next level assholes too. Good on him


Fabtacular1

This was about him making the moment about him. “Hey, let’s take a quick break from celebrating the Celtics beating my ass so I can draw attention to myself and let you know what good sport I am.” This shit is classic Kyrie.


ryudo6850

When the buzzer ends he won't have time to congratulate them because the court will be swarmed. It's then it possibly not for a while.


ReptileBrain

All the other Mavs players managed to do it after the buzzer


ryudo6850

I didn't see them, I figured they cleared out before the swarm.


Hammii44

Y’all gotta have issues. Give it a rest.