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Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge didn’t take umbrage to Kyrie Irving’s postgame comments following a loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday, when the self-appointed leader of the roster sounded nearly defeated, pointing the finger at the team’s lackluster defensive strategy to contain All-Star point guard Kemba Walker: “I did hear (Irving’s comments). It’s not […]

The Boston Celtics are 11-2 this season when star point guard Kyrie Irving doesn’t play. Celtics guard Marcus Smart says that record, though, “means nothing.” “You know, Kyrie is one of the greatest players to play this game, and I think if you ask anybody, they want Kyrie – especially when there’s games on the line, […]

The Boston Celtics have just provided an update on the status of veteran big man Al Horford and second-year wing Jayson Tatum. Both guys are dealing with respective injuries, but it appears that they might just be able to suit up on Tuesday as Boston take on the Cleveland Cavaliers. #NEBHInjuryReport update: Al Horford (left […]

With the playoffs drawing nearer and nearer, the Boston Celtics seem more focused on making sure their top guys are healthy more than anything else. That’s why Kyrie Irving will miss his team’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night as a result of load management, according to Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports Boston. […]

The Boston Celtics have somehow survived a rollercoaster of highs and lows throughout a tumultuous season that has glued them to the fifth seed in the East. Kyrie Irving, the resident self-proclaimed leader of this team, has felt the brunt of the responsibility of what losses signify — something he hardly had to deal with […]

Kyrie Irving expressed the same frustration that the Boston Celtics’ locker room has showed during the past week after going winless in their last four games, capped by a sizable 115-96 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. Celtics players met after this recent loss, and Irving was the first to admit the shaping […]

The Boston Celtics’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday marks the team’s fourth straight defeat. Despite this, veterans Kyrie Irving and Marcus Smart remain optimistic. After the game, Smart admitted that the team is still figuring out how where everyone on their roster excels. Nonetheless, he believes that once they find it, it’s […]

In their embarrassing loss to the San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics star guard Kyrie Irving claimed that his team’s ‘energy just wasn’t right.’ Per Tim Bontemps of ESPN, Irving blamed their 115-96 loss to the Spurs on his team’s lack of energy. “Our energy wasn’t right. Simple as that. We’ve just got to move forward […]

Following Saturday’s 124-117 loss against the Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving once again had some choice words for his teammates, citing the need to be ‘mature enough’ in terms of how they execute their plays during close games. Irving has been critical of his teammates over the past couple of months, but head […]

This past summer, the Toronto Raptors decided to take a big risk by acquiring superstar Kawhi Leonard in a blockbuster trade with the San Antonio Spurs. The market was actually fairly limited for Leonard, as he had just one year left on his deal and was refusing to commit to any team that dealt for […]

Boston Celtics star guard Kyrie Irving had quick realizations after their loss to the Charlotte Hornets — a game where Kemba Walker dropped 36 points on him. Per A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston, Irving realized that they should’ve trapped Walker more, just like what any other team does to the Hornets All-Star. Apart […]

The Boston Celtics were once again outdone and outhustled by a non-playoff team, as they squandered a five-point lead with less than three minutes left and lost to the lowly Charlotte Hornets 124-117. The Celtics have now lost three straight games and are one-and-a-half games behind the Indiana Pacers for the fourth spot in the […]

With the Boston Celtics up by nine points against the Charlotte Hornets entering the fourth quarter, Kyrie Irving thought they had the game in the bag. However, as the All-Star point guard phrased it, they took their “foot off the gas pedal.” The Celtics eventually lost to the Hornets 124-117 at Spectrum Center on Saturday. […]

Former NBA player and current ESPN personality Jalen Rose thinks Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will sign with the New York Knicks this summer if they leave the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, respectively. Both Durant and Irving become unrestricted free agents this summer once they decline their 2019-20 player options. The two superstars […]

It’s one of the ultimate what-ifs in NBA history. The Los Angeles Clippers could have drafted Kyrie Irving in 2011 had they protected that draft pick after trading Baron Davis to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The fallout would have been crazy from a historical perspective, as LeBron James maybe never returns to the Cavaliers due to […]

Dennis Smith Jr. was shown an edited photo featuring Zion Williamson, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving donning the New York Knicks jersey. His reaction was priceless. Peep the clip below posted by the House of Highlights. Notice how Smith Jr.’s mood quickly shifted upon seeing the edited photo. He even said… “Tell KD and tell Kyrie […]

Don’t be surprised if Kyrie Irving sits a few games to preserve his health as the regular season winds down. The Boston Celtics are fixing to make a run at obtaining home-court advantage in the NBA Playoffs, albeit having their roster at full strength for when it really counts. Head coach Brad Stevens cleared the […]

If the Boston Celtics are going to flip the switch once the playoffs start, Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving says the team needs “more focus and discipline.” The Celtics’ season hasn’t gone as everyone thought it would. After Boston reached the Eastern Conference finals last year and LeBron James bolted out to join the […]

Boston Celtics superstar Kyrie Irving is set to sit out one or two of his team’s 11 remaining games in the regular season as he gears up for an extremely grueling postseason. Irving himself announced that he intends to take a night or two off for rest purposes, and claimed that the only thing that […]

Bench cog Terry Rozier has become aware of how moody a team the Boston Celtics has been throughout this season, riding waves of highs and lows, streaks of confidence and seeds of doubt have seeped in through various players in a long 82-game season. However one thing has been made clear, Kyrie Irving has proved […]

Jayson Tatum is in the midst of a slump, but his teammate Kyrie Irving and coach Brad Stevens have insisted he keep shooting the ball, regardless. His woes weren’t any more evident than on Monday’s game, as the Boston Celtics were up three and poised to make a run when Al Horford made a shot and […]

The Boston Celtics almost didn’t come out of the TD Garden with a victory after they almost blew a 25-point lead in the second half against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. Following the game, Celtics superstar Kyrie Irving said that they have to be more mature in managing a sizable lead like that. “To be […]

The 2018-19 season hasn’t exactly gone as planned for Kyrie Irving. Despite the superstar routinely rubbing Boston Celtics fans the wrong way of late, though, it will be hard for the Green and Gold faithful to be too frustrated with Irving. Irving scored 30 points, grabbed nine rebounds and doled out 11 assists in his […]

Boston Celtics veteran Kyrie Irving and Brooklyn Nets All-Star point guard D’Angelo Russell are the only players in the Eastern Conference who are averaging at least 20 points and 6.5 assists per game, according to Anthony Puccio of Nets Daily. For the Celtics, Irving is putting up 23.5 points and 7.1 assists. Meanwhile, for the […]

After the Boston Celtics defeated the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday at home, Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving told reporters he enjoys seeing Hawks rookie point guard Trae Young prove the doubters wrong. Young got off to a slow start to the season and the critics started calling him a bust. However, Young didn’t let […]

Saturday afternoon against the Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving became the first Celtics player to record 30+ points and 10+ rebounds in back-to-back games since Paul Pierce did it back in 2005. Irving finished with 30 points and 11 rebounds versus the Hawks, helping Boston win by a final score of 129-120. […]

The Boston Celtics are slowly but surely playing like a championship contender, and while they are still trying to fix some flaws in their system, it is obvious that they’re getting ready for playoff action. For Celtics guard Terry Rozier, the success of the team relies heavily on the shoulders of Kyrie Irving. “It’s easy […]

Kyrie Irving denounced the treatment of NBA players from belligerent fans at the wake of the incident between Russell Westbrook and a front-row fan in Utah. The Boston Celtics guard offered that no fan would talk “that s**t” to players at dinner or anywhere without police or anyone else to get between them. “The [Jazz] […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving is glad Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Russell Westbrook is okay after what happened to the former MVP on Monday in Utah. A Jazz fan told Westbrook to “Get on your knees like you’re used to.” Westbrook went back at the fan with a profanity-laced rant and the […]

Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics has become the first player in franchise history since Rajon Rondo to record a 30-plus point triple-double. In their 126-120 win over the Sacramento Kings, Irving logged in 31 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds. Per Celtics Stats, he’s the first player to achieve a 30-plus point triple-double since […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving put on a show on Thursday against the Sacramento Kings. The Celtics defeated the Kings by a final score of 126-120. Irving recorded a triple-double with 31 points, nine rebounds and 11 assists in 38 minutes of action. It was the second triple-double of Irving’s career and his […]

The likely first overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft is back. Duke star Zion Williamson is scheduled to play in Thursday night’s game Syracuse. He couldn’t have returned at a better time, as the game is Duke’s first in the ACC Tournament. Williamson missed the last five games of the season with a knee […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton has had his share of rookie growing pains. The eighth overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, and one of the superstars of the Summer League, Sexton struggled during the early months of the season. Through the first 13 games of his career, he posted just 12 points per contest […]

Amid all the rumors involving the Boston Celtics’ team chemistry, star guard Kyrie Irving has made it clear that he wants to continue playing with second-year man Jayson Tatum. Irving shared his relationship with the 21-year-old. Irving knows how great Tatum could become — and he’s willing to help him every step of the way. […]

Kyrie Irving’s value to the Boston Celtics has been put in question several times this season, despite being the franchise’s best player. However, despite his defensive weaknesses being a lot less glaring since joining head coach Brad Stevens, the Celtics wind up being just as good, if not better, when he doesn’t play. David Thorpe […]

The Los Angeles Clippers thumped the Boston Celtics by a score of 140-115 on Monday night, marking their fifth straight win as they continue in their quest to claim a surprising playoff spot in the Western Conference. Doc Rivers has done an impressive job with the Clippers this season, and after the game, Celtics star […]

Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated had a brief talk with Charles Barkley on the prospect of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving joining forces to play for the New York Knicks this upcoming summer, but the Hall of Famer doesn’t think they have what it takes to make it in The Big Apple. “You ain’t tough […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving has nothing but the highest of praise for the L.A. Clippers’ coaching staff’s hard work on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. #Celtics star Kyrie Irving on #Clippers' rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (1/2) – "Who would've known Shai Gilgeous-Alexander would be where he is now, being on a playoff team that's competing for […]

The Boston Celtics have been impressive so far, winning three of the four games in their California road trip. For coach Brad Stevens, a lot of the team’s success has something to do with Kyrie Irving’s leadership on the court and in the locker room. “We take a lot from Kyrie, but we owe a […]