After his dad took him to New Jersey Nets games as a kid where they were sitting in the nosebleeds, Kyrie Irving knew he wanted to play in the NBA.
In fact, the Brooklyn Nets superstar recalls going home after one game and writing on his wall that he was going to make it to the league one day:
“I went home and wrote it down on my sheet rock in my closet: I'm going to the NBA,” Kyrie Irving said on an IG live session. “I wrote that down in fourth grade. It was kind of predestined at this point I believe.”
Irving was the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 2011 Draft despite playing only 11 games in college at Duke. That's how special Kyrie is.
After beginning his NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers and then playing two seasons with the Boston Celtics, Irving was finally able to come home this past summer. The six-time All-Star and one-time NBA champion signed a four-year deal with the Nets in free agency, as did Kevin Durant and DeAndre Jordan.
In his NBA career, Irving has averages of 22.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.7 assists. He hit one of the biggest shots in NBA history back in 2016 against the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the Finals. That shot is going to be talked about forever.
In his first season with the Nets, Irving averaged 27.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 6.4 assists. He was only able to play in 20 games because of a shoulder injury.
If the 2019-20 season resumes, the Nets will have to continue to play without Durant and Irving, even if the season resumes in the summer or fall.
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