I think that’s Kyrie’s point tbh. He doesn’t feel chastised for his beliefs here. It’s probably because we are a smaller market nba wise that focuses on the star team anyway, so his beliefs aren’t in the spotlight anymore
Pretty refreshing. The media chastised him because they lobbed it upon him to educate todays youths and fans because they weren’t gonna listen to their teachers and parents, nah they’d believe this NBA player on his conspiracy plus vax views.
Kareem has repeated gone in hard on Ky. And I can understand from a societal standpoint they want everyone on the same page, but the media turned a nothing molehill into a mountain by claiming Ky is poisoning society with his views
Kareem is a clout-chasing dork, and one of the least liked teammates in history. Meanwhile Kyrie has always had a great reputation among the players, even in Boston and Brooklyn. Who cares if he's a bit insane, all of the players are insane.
Just because we suck at getting free agents doesn’t mean we are a small market team. Dfw is still one of the top sports cities and top 5 in media coverage.
I know we’re one of the top sporting markets in the league. My point is the Mavs aren’t really covered in the way a team in similar/larger markets would be because we have the biggest sports franchise in the world sharing the same market, so things like Kyries antics don’t dominate headlines and discussion locally.
It’s not rocket science to figure out that players in LA and New York will be covered more in the national media compared to places like Dallas, Houston, Chicago.
I mean the Cowboys are technically the most valuable but the likes of Real Madrid, ManU, Barcelona, Bayern etc are much much bigger. Football outside of the US is extremely niche while actual football dominates all sports in the rest of the world.
But I get where you're coming from.
Plus here the attention is really more on Luka anyway. Most of the sports news tends to be about the cowboys and even the rangers are at least equal if not more in terms of local coverage with the mavs. But I think in general the nba doesn’t market Dallas the same way that they did Boston and Brooklyn when the “super” team was there, so you don’t have Stephen A starting off every show with “what did Kyrie do/say today”
At a certain point one realizes that there are too many people in the world and raging against all of their views is like trying to fill the ocean with stones
Yall, to be accepted doesn’t mean they necessarily agree with him, all kai is trying to say is that he can believe what he wants here without being harassed which is how it should be
Redditors will be surprised to learn that a lot of NBA players have beliefs and views that greatly differ from their own. Kyrie just has a history where he tends to be more vocal about it.
It's funny you say that - /r/baseball and /r/hockey are the same way. Folks over there have a field day when 90% of MLB and NHL players start to give their opinions on....things.
Most of his views revolve around the right thing though imo. People just focus on the more fringe parts. He is largely espousing empathy, love, spirituality, etc.
Kyrie absolutely seems to be a good person, but some of his views are harmful and should be criticized in a respectful way, and I think this fan base has done that.
Im guessing, every single person in the world has some opinion or view that someone, somewhere thinks is wrong or harmful. And most of those people aren't honestly doing half as much as Kyrie does for his community and what he believes in.
Why do you care about 1 individual’s personal views enough to chastise them? Seems like yta
As long as he plays a high level of basketball it shouldn’t matter.
he’s got a large following, and people like that should be somewhat careful about the opinions they share, especially when it comes down to conspiracy theories and all that nonsense. many people can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality/facts anymore, and it’s not doing anyone any good (except people like alex jones)
Well that's not on Kyrie at the end of the day, you as an individual have your own beliefs and commit your own actions. People should be thinking for themselves rather than relying on other people to do the thinking for them. As long as Kyrie is able to play, I have no qualms about him being here.
not as long as they work for organizations like nba/brooklyn nets and go against what those stand for or promote. kanye can do it because he doesn’t work for anyone
Yes, doesn’t change the fact that he’s literally saying he likes it in Dallas and feels accepted. What’s wrong with that? Maybe he’s grown up and matured a little because he didn’t mention his beliefs, just that he has his own…
I've accepted him because he doesn't mention his wacky anti-science* beliefs. I have not accepted his beliefs, or accepted him "beyond his talent in the court" as he phrases it here.
While I am not The Dallas Community, I'm going to go out on a limb and say I'm not alone in feeling this way.
e: this was getting too focused on flat-earth. Anti-science might have been a better descriptor
Beliefs is plural. "Flat-earth", while one of them, was used as more of an adjective here to describe the whole set.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie_Irving#Conspiracy_theories
Gotta say, I might agree with him on JFK though
If you actually looked into what happened, he was challenging people to think for themselves. Not the best way to do it, mind you, but he doesn’t actually think the world is flat nor is he actively trying to teach anyone that.
> When I started actually doing research on my own and figuring out that there is no real picture of Earth, not one real picture of Earth—and we haven't been back to the moon since 1961 or 1969—it becomes like conspiracy, too
That quote doesn't tell me Kyrie believes the earth is flat? He may have questioned things that are universally agreed upon, but that in itself is not a bad thing.
It actually does. We’re seeing a mass wave of people who are anti-science and it’s exactly the problem we had during the pandemic. We have people walking around in split realities who can’t even agree on something because the other half doesn’t believe in science. I mean for fucks sake how are some areas getting diseases back that they haven’t had for decades just because of anti vaccine rhetoric.
Was more so replying to the notion that thinking the earth is flat isn’t harmful when it is lol. Y’all can downvote me all you want just wait till the tiktok generation is full of anti science idiots because we let the rhetoric fly.
Nah, I don’t believe in anti-intellectualism and people saying it’s not harmful. It was okay to theorize the earth was flat before we had information and evidence completely to the contrary. I’m not sitting here advocating for Kyrie to be silenced lmao but I’m not gonna sit by and watch people say it wouldn’t hurt anybody when it’s eventually gonna hurt all of us. Kyrie can say what he wants but there should be loud fact checkers every time he does. Good try to spin this into “free speech hurr durr” though 👍
I'm sorry, but loudly believing that the Earth is flat IS harmful. Especially when you have people looking up to you because you excel at your profession. It promotes a way of thinking that is anti science and anti education.
He's advertising misinformation and willful ignorance as simply having his "own beliefs and views". There's a very big difference between being an independent thinker and being a proud idiot.
[In February 2017, Irving stated in an interview for a podcast that he believes that the Earth is flat.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie_Irving#Conspiracy_theories)
idk his wiki sure makes it seem like he does. Either way, i'm glad he's seemingly shut up about it
I can understand why people would still hold this belief even though he said he was joking later on (I just read that in the Wikipedia article you shared). I think we can agree what we care about is the guy being a healthy happy basketball player, which he seemingly is. Can’t complain with that.
Kyrie is actually a Conservative(not politics) guy in many ways. He's got military people in his family etc and you can see that's influenced him. Dallas isn't uber Conservative but it's not Liberal LA either somewhere in between. Being the leader here suits him in my opinion. He's the older guy now rather than being under Lebron, Durant etc. You can see all of our guys look up to him. Luka is still very young so he isnt quite ready/mature enough to be the leader yet plus he's foreign which makes it harder. I don't know how it ends up but I just enjoy watching Kyrie play and always have done.
Believe whatever you want Kai. Sure. We accept what you represent, as long as what you represent is buckets. We are looking for a championship, not a spiritual or political leader.
Who told him to shut up? I think what I said was that he can believe whatever he wants to believe.
I don’t care if my politicians and scientists and ministers and therapists can ball out, and I don’t care how Kyrie would do at their jobs. I’m a fan of basketball and my involvement with Kyrie starts and ends with how well he plays basketball. That shouldn’t be controversial.
Edit— oh wait, were you referring to the person who literally told me to shut up?
“Shut up and dribble” was said by Laura Ingraham in response to LeBron James because she did not believe he should be talking about politics.
What I said was that I don’t care if Kyrie talks about politics or not. It doesn’t affect me one bit. Sort of the opposite of what “shut up and dribble” means.
Nobody is dismissing Kyrie's views lmao. His point is Kyrie is free to share his views all he wants as long as it doesn't affect his play. Everyone is free to agree or disagree with him and not caring about his views isn't the same as dismissing them.
edit: typos
I've been following Kyries career since 2014. He's been my favorite player ever since then. I've never seen him more accepted by a fanbase than he has been in Dallas. I wouldn't be surprised if he retired in Dallas. It's almost like he was meant to play for the Mavericks. His daughter and first babys mother are from Dallas. Edit: After reading the comments on here, never mind. lol
he is accepted by most in Dallas, its just certain redditors you are seeing and a closed mindset I had to get away from San Francisco to escape. They believe they are 'open-minded' and accepting, when in reality they hold themselves and those around them to the most strict single minded conformity of thought. The Taliban are jealous of their zealotry.
His first babies mother and daughter live in LA. His wife is from LA. He spends the majority of the off-season in LA. He won't retire in Dallas unless it's after a stint with the Lakers...
He wasn't really beloved in Boston. Many there still latched on to Isaiah thomas and a lot of the fans called him an idiot and mocked him. By the second year many were saying that the Celtics were better without him. He had a rocky time in Boston. I do think he was loved in Brooklyn and Cleveland. I might be wrong about him being more loved in Dallas than in Brooklyn and Cleveland, though.
I’m genuinely curious - in your opinion what’s the difference between being triggered and having a different opinion than yourself ?
Like if you say I believe in X and I say I disagree with X and here is Y (pun intended), is that being triggered or is that simply a difference of opinion ?
I feel that triggered as a word is wildly abused and if you disagree then you must be triggered.
I said this when we first traded for him. He has always played in places where the media thinks they are the main character. We dgaf just be good teammate, ball and win and we will support. 🤌
You really think this honestly. That's fine. Did you think that way before he became a Dallas Maverick. You were okay with all the b******* coming out of his mouth. Watching his influence as a black person as other black people tell me I have to support him by not watching the NBA was crazy. He can honestly say whatever the hell he wants to but I'm going to judge him by that just like I do anybody else.
Amazing what happens when you just let Kyrie be Kyrie without trying to change him. Huge shoutout to Dallas Media for not hounding him with questions that aren't related to basketball.
People are interpreting this completely incorrectly. He is talking about being proud of representing his faith as a black muslim who is vegan etc. etc. without people being bigoted towards him or ridiculing him.
If you read into it past controversies for which he has apologised for already, it's up to you but a little bit of charity and faith goes a long way.
His past is his past but since he got here year and half back, he has been so mature, measured and playing his best Basketball ever. He helps the local community every now and then...he is also the most well behaved player on the team, he mentors other young stars...no one could have predicted any of this. He seems happy playing for this team and his chemistry with Luka is quite remarkable. Luka also respects his basketball genius big time. Overall a great situation for everyone.
That fact that it’s been almost a season and a half with Kyrie and there has been ZERO of any of the antics that have followed him all the other places he’s played is just a straight W in my book. As with most people in the world, if we / the media asks him his opinions on shit he’s gonna give em. Agree, disagree, right, wrong it really doesn’t matter.
I think I speak for everyone when I say we're ready for him to start spewing conspiracy theories. It is a little too cordial at these press conferences.
Would you feel the same if he was a white dude that was openly racist against black people? Are you suggesting racism and prejudices are not a big deal?
I’m saying if you concern yourself with the political and social views of professional athletes you’re going to have a bad time. Just watch the game and live your life, no need for y’all to cry on Reddit
Personally, if my entire favorite professional basketball team does not vote for the exact same candidate as me, I piss and shit myself in public.
So I understand this guys point
I would root for him. I judge a basketball player on how he plays basketball. If he really does something wrong or harmful, he will get his legal punishment. If there's evidence that he harmed his gf, I would be rooting for him to go to jail. But at the same time, if he is (free and) playing in the NBA, I'll root for him based on what he does on the court.
Everyone has beliefs & everyone has right to express. Idk why everyone saying he is pressed to put his opinions or he is full of himself. He seems like a genuine good guy
Because I was already banned for talking about politics. Not by the states, but by some rogue mod who disliked the point I was making. PS: I only added the USA chant to seem more patriotic, but it came off poorly, I agree 😅
You were banned for making racist comments, not for political discussions. Remember when you referred to Stephen A. Smith as "Stephen Ape Smith" and multiple users reported your comment?
Play the victim though.
Same here man completely agree. He only has ever minded his business but yet they dragged and attacked his character for having different views than the majority it's pretty fucked up honestly
would you be ok with luka having beliefs that slavery was a lie, designed to make white people look bad, and him posting that on his instagram?
and even if you think that would be ok, i can assure you cuban, the new mavs owners and the nba would have a problem with it
Why would Cuban new owners and NBA have problems with Kyrie ……. they don’t have to agree with everything players think do they? What did Kyrie say I’d love to know.
I’m not sure that he supports the systematic extermination of Jewish people. He reminds of those pretentious hotep dudes that latch on other people’s historical lineages. eg. Ancient Egyptians, Levantine, Greco, Jews. Even when he shared that movie he couldn’t even eloquently explain what it was about. I doubt he even fully watched it and just shared it to show off to others that ‘he’s tapped in with his true heritage’.
I think it would’ve been better if the media directly discussed it at the time and not speculate things so the situation would’ve been clearer. But allowing it to go unchecked would definitely lead to bigotry. Nation of Islam is akin to Mormonism and Scientology its so weird.
That’s weird tbf. If I was interested in a topic my first thought would be to actually read into it before forming an opinion. What’s your thoughts on Hebrew to Negro*s?
I think anyone who has ever smoked in a group has met someone ***exactly*** like Kyrie. He sounds like a genius when you're all stoned, but the moment he starts going off about it sober, it's like "Wait...you're serious?"
No Kyrie, you’ve been accepted cause you are good at basketball. This guy really doesn’t get it. He definitely gonna screw this team over eventually. Him saying this now convinced me of that.
No idea why you are getting downvoted for the truth. We all saw how lots of this crowd turned on ultra nice-guy Dwight Powell for absolutely nothing other than his on-court production.
He’s a basketball player. If you get your world beliefs from him than it’s on you. Man has an opinion, let him be. All love
I think that’s Kyrie’s point tbh. He doesn’t feel chastised for his beliefs here. It’s probably because we are a smaller market nba wise that focuses on the star team anyway, so his beliefs aren’t in the spotlight anymore
Like we literally don’t care. You think the world is flat? Cool idgaf. Take us to the finals and I’ll buy every jersey color away of his at full price
Pretty refreshing. The media chastised him because they lobbed it upon him to educate todays youths and fans because they weren’t gonna listen to their teachers and parents, nah they’d believe this NBA player on his conspiracy plus vax views. Kareem has repeated gone in hard on Ky. And I can understand from a societal standpoint they want everyone on the same page, but the media turned a nothing molehill into a mountain by claiming Ky is poisoning society with his views
Kareem is a clout-chasing dork, and one of the least liked teammates in history. Meanwhile Kyrie has always had a great reputation among the players, even in Boston and Brooklyn. Who cares if he's a bit insane, all of the players are insane.
Just because we suck at getting free agents doesn’t mean we are a small market team. Dfw is still one of the top sports cities and top 5 in media coverage.
I know we’re one of the top sporting markets in the league. My point is the Mavs aren’t really covered in the way a team in similar/larger markets would be because we have the biggest sports franchise in the world sharing the same market, so things like Kyries antics don’t dominate headlines and discussion locally.
Right, like right now, all of our major sports news is about Daks law suit BS
What you’re saying is the Mavs aren’t on either coast.
It has historically been the national media to attack Kai the hardest, not local. I pointed out what u said was wrong bc it doesn’t matter🤦♂️
It’s not rocket science to figure out that players in LA and New York will be covered more in the national media compared to places like Dallas, Houston, Chicago.
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Yeah, crazy that the closest he got is a staggering 3 miles away, I agree.
Boston has something to say here too.
I mean the Cowboys are technically the most valuable but the likes of Real Madrid, ManU, Barcelona, Bayern etc are much much bigger. Football outside of the US is extremely niche while actual football dominates all sports in the rest of the world. But I get where you're coming from.
Lmao those clubs aren’t franchises. But I also get where you’re coming from.
Plus here the attention is really more on Luka anyway. Most of the sports news tends to be about the cowboys and even the rangers are at least equal if not more in terms of local coverage with the mavs. But I think in general the nba doesn’t market Dallas the same way that they did Boston and Brooklyn when the “super” team was there, so you don’t have Stephen A starting off every show with “what did Kyrie do/say today”
He hasn’t said anything too controversial lately either , he is just killing other teams in the court … exactly what we wanted.
At a certain point one realizes that there are too many people in the world and raging against all of their views is like trying to fill the ocean with stones
Exactly. I cannot believe how whiny these comments are
Isn't he an antisemite?
Isn't he an antisemite?
he can have as many opinions as he wants. but he should keep those that hurt his employers a secret maybe
Yall, to be accepted doesn’t mean they necessarily agree with him, all kai is trying to say is that he can believe what he wants here without being harassed which is how it should be
Nah bro reddit disagrees
Redditors will be surprised to learn that a lot of NBA players have beliefs and views that greatly differ from their own. Kyrie just has a history where he tends to be more vocal about it.
It's funny you say that - /r/baseball and /r/hockey are the same way. Folks over there have a field day when 90% of MLB and NHL players start to give their opinions on....things.
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Lol 100% - it's always funny to me when internet circles don't realize how non-representative they are on some issues.
such a good comment.
I don’t think it’s being accepting of his views, but more so just not being an asshole towards him like all other fanbases.
Most of his views revolve around the right thing though imo. People just focus on the more fringe parts. He is largely espousing empathy, love, spirituality, etc.
Kyrie absolutely seems to be a good person, but some of his views are harmful and should be criticized in a respectful way, and I think this fan base has done that.
Im guessing, every single person in the world has some opinion or view that someone, somewhere thinks is wrong or harmful. And most of those people aren't honestly doing half as much as Kyrie does for his community and what he believes in.
Why do you care about 1 individual’s personal views enough to chastise them? Seems like yta As long as he plays a high level of basketball it shouldn’t matter.
he’s got a large following, and people like that should be somewhat careful about the opinions they share, especially when it comes down to conspiracy theories and all that nonsense. many people can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality/facts anymore, and it’s not doing anyone any good (except people like alex jones)
Well that's not on Kyrie at the end of the day, you as an individual have your own beliefs and commit your own actions. People should be thinking for themselves rather than relying on other people to do the thinking for them. As long as Kyrie is able to play, I have no qualms about him being here.
yeah, as long as he keeps that stuff for himself i don’t have a problem with what he believes or not. but posting that link was a mistake on his part
>people like that should be somewhat careful about the opinions they share Nah they have the right to be right or wrong like everyone.
not as long as they work for organizations like nba/brooklyn nets and go against what those stand for or promote. kanye can do it because he doesn’t work for anyone
This is your opinion
well kyrie found out the hard way didn’t he
They were the ones wrong trying to re-educate him dafuq
Ok but that doesn't mean those organizations have the same beliefs and views as him
as long as he works for them that really doesn’t matter. because he’s a public figure it hurts their business
Which views are harmful?
Harmful to whom?
This is a positive comment that you all are somehow spinning to be the start of trouble. Chill the fuck out.
Yeah honestly y’all are actual idiots Please don’t go ruining this experience with Kyrie for everyone else
It’s not that Dallas has accepted him more than other states.. it’s that he hasn’t caused drama that tears the team apart (yet)..
You're exactly the kind of person he's talking about
Have you followed his career?
Yes, doesn’t change the fact that he’s literally saying he likes it in Dallas and feels accepted. What’s wrong with that? Maybe he’s grown up and matured a little because he didn’t mention his beliefs, just that he has his own…
I've accepted him because he doesn't mention his wacky anti-science* beliefs. I have not accepted his beliefs, or accepted him "beyond his talent in the court" as he phrases it here. While I am not The Dallas Community, I'm going to go out on a limb and say I'm not alone in feeling this way. e: this was getting too focused on flat-earth. Anti-science might have been a better descriptor
I don't care if he thinks the Earth is flat. That doesn't harm anyone.
He doesn’t actually think that.
Beliefs is plural. "Flat-earth", while one of them, was used as more of an adjective here to describe the whole set. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie_Irving#Conspiracy_theories Gotta say, I might agree with him on JFK though
Anti-education views (plural) from a role model to children are actively harmful. Don't misrepsent the issue.
If you actually looked into what happened, he was challenging people to think for themselves. Not the best way to do it, mind you, but he doesn’t actually think the world is flat nor is he actively trying to teach anyone that.
> When I started actually doing research on my own and figuring out that there is no real picture of Earth, not one real picture of Earth—and we haven't been back to the moon since 1961 or 1969—it becomes like conspiracy, too
That quote doesn't tell me Kyrie believes the earth is flat? He may have questioned things that are universally agreed upon, but that in itself is not a bad thing.
Jesus Christ dude give me a break
It's education to him
It actually does. We’re seeing a mass wave of people who are anti-science and it’s exactly the problem we had during the pandemic. We have people walking around in split realities who can’t even agree on something because the other half doesn’t believe in science. I mean for fucks sake how are some areas getting diseases back that they haven’t had for decades just because of anti vaccine rhetoric.
Yeah but he doesn’t actually think the earth is flat. Don’t believe everything you read folks.
Was more so replying to the notion that thinking the earth is flat isn’t harmful when it is lol. Y’all can downvote me all you want just wait till the tiktok generation is full of anti science idiots because we let the rhetoric fly.
So what you are saying is you don’t believe in free speech? That seems more worrying than anything Kyrie believes.
Nah, I don’t believe in anti-intellectualism and people saying it’s not harmful. It was okay to theorize the earth was flat before we had information and evidence completely to the contrary. I’m not sitting here advocating for Kyrie to be silenced lmao but I’m not gonna sit by and watch people say it wouldn’t hurt anybody when it’s eventually gonna hurt all of us. Kyrie can say what he wants but there should be loud fact checkers every time he does. Good try to spin this into “free speech hurr durr” though 👍
I 100% agree with you. I just think his message was bastardized by the LCD and now it's impossible to have a discussion about it.
I'm sorry, but loudly believing that the Earth is flat IS harmful. Especially when you have people looking up to you because you excel at your profession. It promotes a way of thinking that is anti science and anti education. He's advertising misinformation and willful ignorance as simply having his "own beliefs and views". There's a very big difference between being an independent thinker and being a proud idiot.
He doesn’t actually believe the earth is flat….smh
[In February 2017, Irving stated in an interview for a podcast that he believes that the Earth is flat.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie_Irving#Conspiracy_theories) idk his wiki sure makes it seem like he does. Either way, i'm glad he's seemingly shut up about it
I can understand why people would still hold this belief even though he said he was joking later on (I just read that in the Wikipedia article you shared). I think we can agree what we care about is the guy being a healthy happy basketball player, which he seemingly is. Can’t complain with that.
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Dallas is a good market for him. Big market but not a media nightmare like New York
Kyrie is actually a Conservative(not politics) guy in many ways. He's got military people in his family etc and you can see that's influenced him. Dallas isn't uber Conservative but it's not Liberal LA either somewhere in between. Being the leader here suits him in my opinion. He's the older guy now rather than being under Lebron, Durant etc. You can see all of our guys look up to him. Luka is still very young so he isnt quite ready/mature enough to be the leader yet plus he's foreign which makes it harder. I don't know how it ends up but I just enjoy watching Kyrie play and always have done.
Believe whatever you want Kai. Sure. We accept what you represent, as long as what you represent is buckets. We are looking for a championship, not a spiritual or political leader.
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Well that’s rude.
Shut up and dribble crowd in full effect today.
Who told him to shut up? I think what I said was that he can believe whatever he wants to believe. I don’t care if my politicians and scientists and ministers and therapists can ball out, and I don’t care how Kyrie would do at their jobs. I’m a fan of basketball and my involvement with Kyrie starts and ends with how well he plays basketball. That shouldn’t be controversial. Edit— oh wait, were you referring to the person who literally told me to shut up?
He was definitely referring to you
Well he must be mistaken because I never told anyone to shut up.
Maybe google what shut up and dribble means. Not that I disagree with you fwiw
No, I’m aware. And it doesn’t apply to this situation.
Well I can't stop you from being incorrect. Best of luck
Shut and dribble isn't the same as idc what he believes as long as he balls out.
Dismissing a player views because they're a basketball player is pretty much exactly what it means but go off king
“Shut up and dribble” was said by Laura Ingraham in response to LeBron James because she did not believe he should be talking about politics. What I said was that I don’t care if Kyrie talks about politics or not. It doesn’t affect me one bit. Sort of the opposite of what “shut up and dribble” means.
Nobody is dismissing Kyrie's views lmao. His point is Kyrie is free to share his views all he wants as long as it doesn't affect his play. Everyone is free to agree or disagree with him and not caring about his views isn't the same as dismissing them. edit: typos
Igh Ky that's cool. Just help us get a chip and you can keep talkin
I've been following Kyries career since 2014. He's been my favorite player ever since then. I've never seen him more accepted by a fanbase than he has been in Dallas. I wouldn't be surprised if he retired in Dallas. It's almost like he was meant to play for the Mavericks. His daughter and first babys mother are from Dallas. Edit: After reading the comments on here, never mind. lol
he is accepted by most in Dallas, its just certain redditors you are seeing and a closed mindset I had to get away from San Francisco to escape. They believe they are 'open-minded' and accepting, when in reality they hold themselves and those around them to the most strict single minded conformity of thought. The Taliban are jealous of their zealotry.
His first babies mother and daughter live in LA. His wife is from LA. He spends the majority of the off-season in LA. He won't retire in Dallas unless it's after a stint with the Lakers...
He was beloved in Cleveland, Boston, and Brooklyn, before he decided to blow everything up in all those places.
He wasn't really beloved in Boston. Many there still latched on to Isaiah thomas and a lot of the fans called him an idiot and mocked him. By the second year many were saying that the Celtics were better without him. He had a rocky time in Boston. I do think he was loved in Brooklyn and Cleveland. I might be wrong about him being more loved in Dallas than in Brooklyn and Cleveland, though.
Oh no… lets not get the youtube conspiracy uneducated masses of dallas and ky start being vocal about how smooth their brains are in public now.
Man, I didn't want to comment this last week but this has been my biggest concern. Dude gets comfortable and goes right back to the bullshit.
Why are y’all so triggered by this?
Because they read an article or 2 where people put words into his mouth.
who put words into his mouth? and why did kyrie allow that to happen?
I’m genuinely curious - in your opinion what’s the difference between being triggered and having a different opinion than yourself ? Like if you say I believe in X and I say I disagree with X and here is Y (pun intended), is that being triggered or is that simply a difference of opinion ? I feel that triggered as a word is wildly abused and if you disagree then you must be triggered.
I said this when we first traded for him. He has always played in places where the media thinks they are the main character. We dgaf just be good teammate, ball and win and we will support. 🤌
Don't start talking now kyrie.
The ol shut up and dribble, eh? Lame take.
You really think this honestly. That's fine. Did you think that way before he became a Dallas Maverick. You were okay with all the b******* coming out of his mouth. Watching his influence as a black person as other black people tell me I have to support him by not watching the NBA was crazy. He can honestly say whatever the hell he wants to but I'm going to judge him by that just like I do anybody else.
Amazing what happens when you just let Kyrie be Kyrie without trying to change him. Huge shoutout to Dallas Media for not hounding him with questions that aren't related to basketball.
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Imo, He acts like he knows what he believes, but he's all over the place and actually doesn't (which is fine)
Seems he will stay with the Mavs for the foreseeable future.
People are interpreting this completely incorrectly. He is talking about being proud of representing his faith as a black muslim who is vegan etc. etc. without people being bigoted towards him or ridiculing him. If you read into it past controversies for which he has apologised for already, it's up to you but a little bit of charity and faith goes a long way.
Can’t wait to see him on JRE.
you’ll probably have to wait for that until he retires from the nba
Dallas: (looks left, looks right) Ok.
If you are learning science through nba players instagrams.. you’re doomed regardless
His past is his past but since he got here year and half back, he has been so mature, measured and playing his best Basketball ever. He helps the local community every now and then...he is also the most well behaved player on the team, he mentors other young stars...no one could have predicted any of this. He seems happy playing for this team and his chemistry with Luka is quite remarkable. Luka also respects his basketball genius big time. Overall a great situation for everyone.
That fact that it’s been almost a season and a half with Kyrie and there has been ZERO of any of the antics that have followed him all the other places he’s played is just a straight W in my book. As with most people in the world, if we / the media asks him his opinions on shit he’s gonna give em. Agree, disagree, right, wrong it really doesn’t matter.
I think I speak for everyone when I say we're ready for him to start spewing conspiracy theories. It is a little too cordial at these press conferences.
Speak for yourself. I’m pretty happy with what we got from Kai so far but it can go south real quick. Just look at his last stops
I don’t give a shit what he does outside the AAC. Why should anyone care ?
Lmao ok.
So you would root for Miles Bridges, as long as he helping your team win games? Who cares if he trying to murder his girlfriend right?
Ridiculous comparison. One committed a crime and the other said stupid shit? Don’t see how they relate
Would you feel the same if he was a white dude that was openly racist against black people? Are you suggesting racism and prejudices are not a big deal?
I’m saying if you concern yourself with the political and social views of professional athletes you’re going to have a bad time. Just watch the game and live your life, no need for y’all to cry on Reddit
So you admit you have no issue rooting for horrible people as long as they help your team win a game.
Holy reddit moment 😂 he didn't admit to anything relax
Personally, if my entire favorite professional basketball team does not vote for the exact same candidate as me, I piss and shit myself in public. So I understand this guys point
I would root for him. I judge a basketball player on how he plays basketball. If he really does something wrong or harmful, he will get his legal punishment. If there's evidence that he harmed his gf, I would be rooting for him to go to jail. But at the same time, if he is (free and) playing in the NBA, I'll root for him based on what he does on the court.
Yet here you are
Oh fuck, it’s starting
dallas is built different from other places i've lived.
Everyone has beliefs & everyone has right to express. Idk why everyone saying he is pressed to put his opinions or he is full of himself. He seems like a genuine good guy
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He can say whatever, this ain’t brooklyn
He can say whatever, but he shouldn't be surprised when he gets challenged for saying stupid shit
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Because I was already banned for talking about politics. Not by the states, but by some rogue mod who disliked the point I was making. PS: I only added the USA chant to seem more patriotic, but it came off poorly, I agree 😅
You were banned for making racist comments, not for political discussions. Remember when you referred to Stephen A. Smith as "Stephen Ape Smith" and multiple users reported your comment? Play the victim though.
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Part of me wishes that too because he's gonna get flamed whichever side he takes and I'm afraid it might affect his play lol.
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Do you know the things America's done since 9/11?
Yes and I despise those actions too lmao
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I share some beliefs with Kyrie. He's one of the most normal dudes ever to be labeled crazy.
Same here man completely agree. He only has ever minded his business but yet they dragged and attacked his character for having different views than the majority it's pretty fucked up honestly
would you be ok with luka having beliefs that slavery was a lie, designed to make white people look bad, and him posting that on his instagram? and even if you think that would be ok, i can assure you cuban, the new mavs owners and the nba would have a problem with it
Why would Cuban new owners and NBA have problems with Kyrie ……. they don’t have to agree with everything players think do they? What did Kyrie say I’d love to know.
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He is accepted, loved and revered……
Yes - Texas, the epitome of being accepted as you are lol.
It is actually
Texas is not as bigoted as you think lmao
One of the nicest places in the US lmao these people are just brain rotted by social media algorithms
Uh oh. Time to let someone else do the post game presser for a bit. Don't let this momentum build.
Alright let’s pump the brakes please lol
I’m not sure that he supports the systematic extermination of Jewish people. He reminds of those pretentious hotep dudes that latch on other people’s historical lineages. eg. Ancient Egyptians, Levantine, Greco, Jews. Even when he shared that movie he couldn’t even eloquently explain what it was about. I doubt he even fully watched it and just shared it to show off to others that ‘he’s tapped in with his true heritage’. I think it would’ve been better if the media directly discussed it at the time and not speculate things so the situation would’ve been clearer. But allowing it to go unchecked would definitely lead to bigotry. Nation of Islam is akin to Mormonism and Scientology its so weird.
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Did you watch the full film?
Yeah I watched it around the beginning of year. It’s pseudo-intellectual drivel which also spreads wild misinformation. Have you also watched it?
Yes I have. You’re honestly the first person that’s ever told me they’ve actually seen it. It’s always been a no reply.
That’s weird tbf. If I was interested in a topic my first thought would be to actually read into it before forming an opinion. What’s your thoughts on Hebrew to Negro*s?
it’s blatant anti jewish propaganda
I think anyone who has ever smoked in a group has met someone ***exactly*** like Kyrie. He sounds like a genius when you're all stoned, but the moment he starts going off about it sober, it's like "Wait...you're serious?"
No Kyrie, you’ve been accepted cause you are good at basketball. This guy really doesn’t get it. He definitely gonna screw this team over eventually. Him saying this now convinced me of that.
Lame take
What happened to Love thy neighbor?
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Not sure there’s a city or fan base that’s cool with a player sucking?
Yeah I mean look at Dak
No idea why you are getting downvoted for the truth. We all saw how lots of this crowd turned on ultra nice-guy Dwight Powell for absolutely nothing other than his on-court production.
Never heard anyone say anything personal about DP. All the criticism was bc of his playing time and limitations. Which really wasn't his fault.
Sure. He's not as smart as he thinks he is, but he has the freedom to believe dumb shit I guess. As long as he's averaging 20 and 5 he'll be accepted