Basketball is not the most important thing for Kyrie Irving right now. This is exactly what the Brooklyn Nets star admitted in a recent interview, with the playoffs just less than a week away.

When asked how he feels about the Nets getting back to full strength right in time for the postseason, Kyrie completely switched gears as he shared why basketball just isn't on his mind right now:

“For me personally, I'm not really…I'm not gonna lie to you guys,” Irving said, via Timothy Rapp of Bleacher Report. “There's a lot of stuff that's going on in this world, and basketball's just not the most important thing to me right now. There's a lot of stuff going on overseas. All my people are still in bondage all across the world, and there's a lot of dehumanization going on.

“So I apologize if I'm not gonna be focused on y'all's questions. It's just too much going on in the world for me to just be talking about basketball. I got to focus on this s–t 24-7, most of the time, but it's just too much going on in this world not to address. It's sad to see the s–t going on.”

Irving then went on to say that he's been bothered by the unrest in Israel and Palestine that continues to wage on, but also noted that he's concerned about the problems “all over the world.” The Nets star could not help but talk about his issue with people getting discriminated against for the color of their skin or for their religion.

Kyrie did acknowledge that he's still doing what he has to do in terms of getting ready for Brooklyn's playoffs push, but at this point, the Nets star admitted that his mind is just elsewhere:

“Being in this gym—yeah, I'm grateful for the opportunity, it's a blessing—but my goal out here, my purpose is to help humanity,” Irving reiterated. “And I can't sit here and not address that. I don't care which way you stand, on either side, if you're a human being and you support the anti-war effort that's going on—there's a lot of people losing their lives, children, a lot of babies—that's just what I'm focused on.”

Kyrie Irving is arguably the most enigmatic player in the NBA today. He does have his issues off the court, but there's no denying that he's still one of the best players in the game right now — even the legends seem to think so. His mind does not appear to be in the right place though, and it will be interesting to see what type of effect — if any — this will have on his level of play in the postseason.