The people in Boston really dislike Kyrie Irving.
The Brooklyn Nets point guard vowed to give heckling fans the “same energy” he receives from them. Following Sunday’s 115-114 loss against the Boston Celtics, the 30-year-old NBA star addressed his interaction with fans, explaining that he doesn’t plan on simply ignoring hecklers.
Many videos during the game showed him giving Celtics fans the middle finger on two separate occasions as well as him telling one fan to ‘suck his dick’ while heading to the locker room.
Basketball isn’t the only sport the fan base will let out their rage about Irving. During a recent Red Sox game, the fans at Fenway Park broke out a loud chant of ‘fuck Kyrie.’
Irving played for the Celtics from 2017 to 2019 before joining the Nets.
“Look, where I’m from, I’m used to all these antics and people being close nearby,” Irving said during a postgame press conference. “It’s nothing new when I come into this building what it’s going to be like, but it’s the same energy they have for me, I’m going to have the same energy for them.”
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“And it’s not every fan, I don’t want to attack every fan, every Boston fan. When people start yelling [vulgar words] and all this stuff, there’s only but so much you take as a competitor,” he continued. “We’re the ones expected to be docile and be humble, take a humble approach, f— that, it’s the playoffs. This is what it is.”
“If somebody’s gonna call me out of my name, I’mma look at them straight in the eyes and see if they’re really ’bout it. Most of the time they’re not,” he said.
Irving was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for giving middle fingers to Celtics fans and profane language, the league announced.
