Kyrie Irving Opens Up About Failing to Win Championship With Boston Celtics

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving wishes he could've won a championship in Boston

Joey Linn | Dec 9, 2022

Kyrie Irving Opens Up About Failing to Win Championship With Boston Celtics /

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It is no secret that Kyrie Irving is not loved by Boston Celtics fans. The star point guard was unable to deliver a championship as the primary star during his time in Boston, and then left after promising to re-sign. Since then, Irving also had the incident where he stomped on Boston's mid-court logo, which rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way. Needless to say, both sides of that once promising pairing are not very fond of each other.

While Irving is not well liked by Celtics fans, he does still have positive relationships with his former Celtics teammates. When asked recently about Jaylen Brown, Irving talked about the two being like brothers still.

Facing off with another former Celtics teammate in Terry Rozier on Wednesday, Irving was asked after the game about their battles. He shared high praise for Rozier, and opened up about not winning a championship while in Boston.

"I wish we would've won a championship together with that squad that we had in Boston," Irving said. "You see how talented we all are as individuals now, you know now that some of us are on different teams. But we taught a lot to each other. I was pushing [Rozier], he was pushing me. Every day in practice and in games."

While Irving was unable to deliver a championship to Boston, he still has love for the teammates he had there.

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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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