big nymag kyrie piece https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kyrie-irving-traded-to-dallas-mavericks-brooklyn-nets.html
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 February 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
worth reading?
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Monday, 13 February 2023 18:55 (one year ago) link
i only started it but the first few paragraphs are about him talking new age nonsense on twitch when his wife calls and suggests he spend less than two hours on the virtual reality so it seems pretty good
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 February 2023 19:10 (one year ago) link
yeah i think it has a couple interesting angles
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 February 2023 19:10 (one year ago) link
Kyrie switched from NBA 2K23 to Call of Duty: Black Ops, and as he picked off Nazi zombie hounds, he told his viewers to put an infinity sign in the chat to connect with one another. “I’m built to lead a tribe,” he said. “Yes, I’m going to be one of the greatest basketball players ever to do it. That’s cemented. But I’m also going to be remembered as having a great community … I’m going to impact way more people when I’m done playing basketball than I will playing it.” Less than five months later, Irving would immolate the Nets.
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 February 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
Irving eventually apologized and returned to the bleak gray-on-gray of the Barclays Center hardwood in late November.
this guy gets it
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 February 2023 19:19 (one year ago) link
Irving’s alienation from the mainstream was evident and also indiscriminate. “What’s going on now in our world is blatant. What’s going on now in Jackson, Mississippi — a lot of stuff is blatant.” He was referring to news of the city’s tainted water supply. “They’re not hiding it anymore,” he continued. “Movies that praise all these demonic forces. And video games. And all these symbols.”Deep into the livestream, Irving took a call from his wife, Marlene Wilkerson, a YouTuber who posts about health and spirituality. She was pregnant with their second son, whom they would name Elohim. Irving joked that he couldn’t be disturbed. “When 2K comes out, I’m on the journey with the fellas,” he told her.“Who’s on the chat?” Wilkerson asked.“Nah, it’s just Twitch chat,” Irving said a little sheepishly, as if he’d been caught talking to an imaginary friend. She mumbled something about maybe spending “less than two hours on the virtual reality” and hung up.
Deep into the livestream, Irving took a call from his wife, Marlene Wilkerson, a YouTuber who posts about health and spirituality. She was pregnant with their second son, whom they would name Elohim. Irving joked that he couldn’t be disturbed. “When 2K comes out, I’m on the journey with the fellas,” he told her.
“Who’s on the chat?” Wilkerson asked.
“Nah, it’s just Twitch chat,” Irving said a little sheepishly, as if he’d been caught talking to an imaginary friend. She mumbled something about maybe spending “less than two hours on the virtual reality” and hung up.
― k3vin k., Monday, 13 February 2023 23:38 (one year ago) link
naming your kid elohim is in itself problematic but whatever not my battle
― Clay, Monday, 13 February 2023 23:56 (one year ago) link
just a thing kyrie did whatever
Kyrie's wife being a wellness YouTuber solves a few mysteries.
― ヽ(´ー`)┌ (CompuPost), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:21 (one year ago) link
Heh, you ain’t kidding
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 02:19 (one year ago) link
my first thought as well lmao
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 03:04 (one year ago) link
makes u think
pic.twitter.com/x2o1NpU6FE— Hélà (@KyrieIrving) February 14, 2023
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 15:47 (one year ago) link
He should probably think less, we'd all be better off.
― Shartreuse (Leee), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 15:51 (one year ago) link
lol @ these middle school ass memes
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
much thinking to do
― Clay, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link
tfw you wrote a bunch of stuff with your giant pencil head but then a bunch of giant eraserheads erased what you wrote
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 18:06 (one year ago) link
he's right though, it's fucked up that we have to pay to use our own pens
― omar little, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
this guy really just says a whole lotta of nothing while contradicting himself from one sentence to the next
Kyrie Irving explains his 2022 comments about managing Nets w/ Joe Tsai & Sean Marks: “I would just love more of a shared responsibility if we’re going to be building a future here. They gave me all the right answers… I just wanted to bring in some great guys. I know cohesion.” pic.twitter.com/wQR92YjfwS— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) February 18, 2023
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, 19 February 2023 01:02 (one year ago) link
lmao @ “they gave me all the right answers , ‘yes, yes, yes’” and the bit about how Dallas values the consistency he brings to teams
― Clay, Sunday, 19 February 2023 01:07 (one year ago) link
lol yup. I wanna know who the "just want to bring in some great guys" guys are. is he talking about players he was recruiting? is he talking about his entourage? family?
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, 19 February 2023 01:16 (one year ago) link
that style of speech where one thought is always interrupting another doesnt seem super corolated with great mental health
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link