Kyrie Irving Posts Heartfelt Photo That Goes Viral
Kyrie Irving was initially the first pick in the 2011 NBA Draft and has been one of the best players in the league for over a decade.
On Sunday afternoon, the former Duke star made a heartfelt post to X that is going viral.
Irving shared a photo of a message he wrote himself in fourth grade that said: "I AM GOING TO The NBA! Promise"
Irving captioned his photo: "The Power of I AM.
I Wrote it down and followed through. 4th Grade Version of Me is Proud I stuck with it and achieved something special.
Chief Hélà 🤞🏾🪶♾"
The post had over 5,000 likes and 220,000 impressions in less than six hours.
Even before being the top pick in the NBA Draft, Irving had been a highly touted high school recruit coming out of New Jersey and was ranked by ESPN as the best point guard in the country (in 2010).
Irving spent the first six seasons of his pro career on the Cleveland Cavaliers and helped them make the NBA Finals three times in a row.
In 2016, the Cavs pulled off the most incredible comeback in Finals history when they beat the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 (after trailing 3-1 in the series).
Following his successful tenure in Cleveland, Irving spent two seasons with the Boston Celtics and part of four seasons with the Brooklyn Nets.
During the middle of last season, the eight-time NBA All-Star was traded to the Dallas Mavericks.
He finished the year with averages of 27.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.1 steals per contest while shooting 49.4% from the field and 37.9% from the three-point range in 60 games.