Kyrie Irving Admits to Regrets From Last Season

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving admits he has regrets from last season

Joey Linn | Oct 16, 2022

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Last season went about as poorly as possible for the Brooklyn Nets. Missing Kyrie Irving for most of the season due to his ineligibility for home games, and missing Kevin Durant for an extended period due to injury, Brooklyn made the playoffs, but was swept in the opening round by the Boston Celtics.

When speaking with ESPN's Nick Friedell, Irving was asked if he has any regrets from last season. While the star point guard didn't specify any, he admitted he has them.

"I'd be lying to you as a human being [if I said I didn't]," Irving told Friedell. "I think we all think about times we could have made better decisions, and times we wish we could have done things differently and I feel the same way at times throughout my life. ... I legitimately just want to play the long game and not put too much pressure on myself or the people that I'm around."

Irving continued, saying, "This is something that I get to do every day. We say it as a cliché sometimes, but nah, we just let the play handle [itself] -- enjoy the season, and then after that, we'll go back and look at some of this reflection time and talk about these things in deeper detail, but as of right now that can't be my focus."

Now focused on turning things around for himself and the Nets, Irving is leaving last season behind him, and focusing on this year.

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Published Oct 16, 2022

JOEY LINN

Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn32@sbcglobal.net Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis, insight, and reporting Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Receiving a media credential during the 2021-22 season, Joey has experience interviewing NBA players, and developing exclusive stories from these interviews. Having appeared on several different NBA podcasts over the last four seasons, Joey is now hosting his own podcast for The Sporting Tribune. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Now graduated, Joey is covering the NBA full-time across multiple platforms. Credentialed by the Clippers, Joey covers the team daily with articles, podcasts, and video breakdowns on YouTube. With four years of sports media experience, Joey provides expert insight and analysis for NBA fans across the league.

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