Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving is one of the best players in the league, and he is never one to shy away from voicing his opinion.
Recently, he took aim at the business of basketball in general, saying that the system is flawed for players, coaches and executives alike:
“I think this whole business is flawed, by the way the draft is set up, by the way the coaches and the GMs are set up, the way people get fired and traded,” Irving said, according to Jackie MacMullan of ESPN. “When you think about putting a leather basketball in a rim, and how many other complicated things happen because of that one simple thing, with our families and our lives, you can understand why people are struggling.”
Irving was mainly speaking in reference to the dissension that occurred within the Celtics' locker room this season, where young players struggled with their roles and Kyrie often found himself criticizing them through the media.
It has certainly been a roller-coaster season in Boston, as the C's came into the year as the general consensus top pick in the Eastern Conference and were looked at as a potential 60-win club.
Of course, the regular season did not go as anticipated, as the Celtics meandered through an up-and-down 49-win season and finished fourth in the Eastern Conference standings.
Boston has gotten off to a solid start in the playoffs, sweeping the Indiana Pacers in the first round and splitting the first two games with the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the second round, but the C's still have a long way to go to fulfill preseason expectations.
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