There’s a sense of calm after his 2½-year stint with the Brooklyn Nets, which included so much chaos and controversy, much of Irving’s own making. “I had to be mature enough to say I got to take accountability for my own actions,” Irving told ESPN. “I got to really walk and be the example that I want to see in the world. And that’s just being a good person to a lot of people, and not being so hard to reach and not be so isolated to where people can misjudge that as whatever it is. Like, ‘Oh, he doesn’t talk, or he is not really close with anybody. I don’t really know him that well.’ So I feel like a lot of people misjudged me. … “Dallas gave me a chance to just focus on the main thing, which is being the best basketball player when I stepped foot here, and then off the court still support me.” -via ESPN / January 22, 2024
Kyrie Irving on Luka Doncic: ‘He’s a winner, I’m a winner’
