Kyrie Irving's two-year tenure with the Boston Celtics has been filled with a lot of intrigue, especially his second season, which brought many of his issues afloat. Among them was an anecdote of how the organization catered to Irving, yet the star point guard would have his moments.
“Could the Celtics have salvaged their relationship with their point guard? They afforded him several perks of stardom, including assigning a security guard to his table during team charity functions and allowing him to occasionally fly separately from the team when he had outside commitments. Much like the Cleveland Cavaliers, who still aren't clear on all the reasons why Irving soured on them, the Celtics remain puzzled about exactly how their prized player became so disenchanted so quickly.”
MacMullan also painted a passage in which the Celtics asked their players to sign 100 basketballs for their charitable partners, only for Irving to blow it off nonchalantly.
“At the completion of the regular season, the team set up 100 balls in a room for their charitable partners. Everyone signed the balls except Irving. When pressed to do it, say team sources, he was neither aggressive nor confrontational. He merely said, “No, I'm not interested in that.”
Irving's mood has ebbed and flowed through the course of the season without a true reason for it. Not wins, not losses, just Kyrie being Kyrie.
Yet refusing to do something for the team that has given him so many perks just seem unwarranted and appalling, considering most players had done the same without questioning the franchise.
