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After another huge performance for the Boston Celtics on Friday, Kyrie Irving has matched a franchise record that is currently held by the great Larry Bird. Following his 38-point, 11-assist performance in Friday night’s 122-116 victory against the Memphis Grizzlies, Irving is the first Celtic in more than three decades to notch at least 27 […]

Boston Celtics superstar Kyrie Irving confronted Memphis Grizzlies guard Shelvin Mack during the third period of their match on Friday night at the TD Garden in Boston. Irving was obviously irked, as he was seen having some words for Mack, which led to technical fouls for both players. The one-time NBA champion guard revealed after […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens says star point guard Kyrie Irving is “dying to win” and Irving’s leadership comments are coming from a good place. After the Celtics lost to the Orlando Magic last weekend, Kyrie Irving said the young guys on the team don’t know what it takes to win a championship. Then, […]

ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith believes Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving could explore a potential reunion with former teammate LeBron James as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers during his unrestricted free agency this summer. The recent call with James to address his departure and apologize for his erroneous ways of handling a trade […]

Charles Barkley shared his thoughts on the apology of Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics to LeBron James. On NBA on TNT, Barkley went straight to the point and said that he isn’t buying the Celtics’ guard apology to James. Asked on what his thoughts were, the NBA legend said: “I didn’t like it all. […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James was reportedly very appreciative that Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving called him and apologized for how he acted during his younger days in Cleveland, according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic. After the Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday, Kyrie Irving revealed to local reporters […]

Former NBA player and current ESPN basketball analyst Jalen Rose says the players on the Boston Celtics are looking for star point guard Kyrie Irving to make them better on the basketball floor. Kyrie Irving recently said the young players on Boston don’t know what it takes to win a championship. The five-time All-Star then […]

Circulating social media for the past week or so has been the 10-year challenge. It involves posting one picture of yourself 10 years ago and then one from this year. It’s sort of a “glow-up” post, but it’s more focused on the actual amount of years rather than the actual growth of the person Jayson […]

Kyrie Irving, after his 27-point and 18-assist performance against the Toronto Raptors, told the media that he was wrong for blaming his Boston Celtics teammates for the team’s slump. Irving realized that he needed to critique his teammates in love rather than latching onto hate. Kyrie Irving says Jaylen Brown was right — he can’t […]

After the Boston Celtics’ 117-108 home victory against the Toronto Raptors, Kyrie Irving told reporters that he called former teammate and Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James to apologize because he didn’t realize how hard it can be to lead a young core of players. The Celtics snapped a three-game losing streak during which the […]

In their win over the Toronto Raptors, Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics either scored or assisted his team’s final 25 points. Per ESPN, Irving finished with 27 points, a career-high 18 assists, and five rebounds in their 108-117 victory over the Raptors. Kyrie scored or assisted on the Celtics’ final 25 points of the […]

Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics didn’t need to look to find Gordon Hayward underneath the basket. In their game against the Toronto Raptors, Irving wasted no time after securing the loose ball to set up the play. He immediately found Hayward camping underneath the basket. Check out Kyrie Irving’s sick no-look pass as posted […]

Boston Celtics center Al Horford came off a fast break with some serious thunder on forward Serge Ibaka and the Toronto Raptors late in the third quarter of an Eastern Conference battle. Al Horford gets the dunk + stare down on Ibaka 😤 https://t.co/TwYSvthOvM — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) January 17, 2019 Ibaka has been known as […]

For the past couple of weeks, there has been a ton of tension in the Boston Celtics locker room. Just the other day, Kyrie Irving called out his younger teammates for not playing with a championship attitude. As the de facto leader in Boston, Irving is learning that it’s not so easy to keep his teammates […]

On Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors, Kyrie Irving had a huge game. He set a new career high in assists and completely dominated for the Boston Celtics. Al Horford contributed 24 points with seven rebounds, and Jason Tatum had 16 points with 10 rebounds on the game. Irving came out in this game and set the […]

Who says he’s robotic? Kawhi Leonard let loose a bit after finishing over Boston Celtics’ guard Marcus Smart during the Toronto Raptor’s loss to their division rivals. KAWHI NOT?? https://t.co/6PUORDAheB — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) January 17, 2019 Kawhi not, indeed. Leonard had 33 points, but it wasn’t enough as Toronto lost in Boston, 117-108. The Raptors […]

Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving’s magisterial ball handling was put on display yet again during Wednesday’s matchup against the Toronto Raptors, and it had Danny Green quickly trying to recover. Kyrie so crafty 🎨 pic.twitter.com/TPYDqFFS0I — ESPN (@espn) January 17, 2019 Irving returned to action for the Celtics after sitting out Monday’s loss to the […]

The Boston Celtics take on Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday, and Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving is not on the team’s injury report after missing Monday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets. Irving didn’t play versus the Nets due to a quad injury. The Celtics lost to Brooklyn by a final score […]

The Boston Celtics capped off a thoroughly embarrassing three-game road trip with a 109-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, dropping them to 25-18 on the year. Afterward, Celtics guard Terry Rozier acknowledged that Kyrie Irving lit into the team following their loss to the Orlando Magic on Saturday: “Kyrie said a lot […]

Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown won’t put all of his team’s struggles on this young core of players, claiming everyone else should be just as accountable for this midseason slump: “We gotta be more accountable as a group,” Brown said, according to Tom Westerholm of MassLive. “It’s not one guy. It’s not the young guys’ […]

Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics strongly believes that Kyrie Irving’s comments came from a good place. Per Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe, Tatum commented on Irving’s criticism of the team. To recall, Irving said that the young guys in the team don’t know what it takes to be a championship contender. Per NBA reporter […]

Brooklyn Nets fans wanted to get under the skin of the Boston Celtics, and they knew exactly how to do it. On Monday, Nets fans chanted “Kyrie’s leaving” during the team’s game against the Celtics. The chant occurred in the fourth quarter, amid a big lead held by the home squad. It’s hard to tell if this affected […]

The Boston Celtics are the hardest team to gauge in the NBA right now. After a dominant stretch concluded by an eye-opening 27-point win over the Indiana Pacers last week, the Celtics went and dropped games to the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic. The Celtics are now 0-3 against the Heat and Magic on the […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens doesn’t mind having to hear it from his players after they disagree with a play. Most recently, it was star Kyrie Irving visibly frustrated with a late-game play call against the Orlando Magic that had teammate Gordon Hayward inbound the ball to second-year forward Jayson Tatum, who took a […]

Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving will miss Monday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets due to a quad injury, the team announced Monday morning. Teammate Marcus Smart will also miss the game due to an illness. The Celtics have had a tough stretch in the middle of the season, most recently taking a loss […]

The Boston Celtics need to bounce back after losing two games in a row, but they might have to do so without All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving who is questionable against the Brooklyn Nets with a thigh injury. According to the latest injury update by the Celtics, Kyrie Irving is 50-50 to play against the […]

The Boston Celtics have been an incredibly hard team to figure out this season. They are an impressive 5-3 against the Toronto Raptors, Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers, and yet, they are a puzzling 2-5 against the Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat and Phoenix Suns. This past week was a prime example […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving had a lot to say after Saturday’s road loss to the Orlando Magic. The Celtics lost at the buzzer after Jayson Tatum missed a step back jumper from the right corner. Irving was upset because he wanted to take the final shot. Gordon Hayward, who was inbounding the […]

The Boston Celtics’ 105-103 loss to the Orlando Magic featured a frustrated Kyrie Irving that confronted teammate Gordon Hayward for what seemed to be a failed execution of the team’s final play. With 2.9 seconds left and the Magic up by two points, the Celtics had a chance to tie or win the game in […]

Kyrie Irving, who was extremely frustrated after the Boston Celtics’ 105-103 loss to the Orlando Magic, had some choice words for the younger guys on the team. According to Yahoo Sports’ Keith Smith, Kyrie Irving singled out the young guys on the squad for not knowing what it’s like to play championship level basketball. “The […]

After the Boston Celtics lost to the Orlando Magic on Saturday by two points, Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving sat at his locker just staring straight ahead for a long time while his teammates had already dressed and left the room. The Celtics lost to the Magic at the buzzer. Irving was frustrated with […]

Kyrie Irving can’t hide his frustration on teammate Gordon Hayward during the dying seconds of the Boston Celtics’ road game against the Orlando Magic. Kyrie was frustrated with Gordon Hayward and Celtics' last shot 😬 pic.twitter.com/sqnaW8amkq — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 13, 2019 The Magic, winners of four of the last five meetings against the […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving is one of the most gifted scorers in NBA history. Uncle Drew arguably has the greatest layup package from any point guard who has ever played in the NBA, can score from the mid-range, and has a lethal 3-point stroke. Kyrie Irving, though, is a student of the […]

Early on in the contest including the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, things got heated when Marcus Morris pushed Jaylen Brown to the side in the huddle. There seemed like some kind of unsolved animosity between the two, but it quickly de-escalated. Jaylen Brown and Marcus Morris had to get separated during a timeout… (via […]

The Boston Celtics suffered a setback on Thursday night, as the team lost to the Miami Heat on the road by a final score of 115-99. Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving, who scored 22 points in the defeat, is one of the leaders of this team and he took the mature route after the […]

Miami Heat forward James Johnson delivering a monster dunk on Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving in Thursday night’s game between the two teams. Johnson tried to give his team a huge boost in the early going by starting things off with a highlight reel dunk, and he decided to do it over one of the […]

The Boston Celtics have experienced a roller coaster of a first half of the season, failing to dominate the Eastern Conference as some expected and battling through their share of bumps on the road. Franchise star Kyrie Irving noted one pivotal point that had his team on the uptrend, a team meeting after a loss […]

If you were told that the Boston Celtics scored 135 points, you would probably think Kyrie Irving scored at least 30, right? Well, the Celtics did just that in their 27-point win over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night, but Irving only scored 12 points in 24 minutes of play. It will affect his scoring […]

Kyrie Irving can attest to the challenges that involve playing with a player of LeBron James’ caliber, having called it quits after three seasons with him in Cleveland when he was ultimately traded to the Boston Celtics: “It’s definitely a challenge,” Kyrie Irving told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin when asked about playing alongside LeBron James. “You […]