Disclaimer: If you are a fan of Kyrie Irving, turn back. You won’t like my words to follow.

Well folks, it’s the Friday before Memorial Day. If you are working like I am in 40 minutes, get thru today, I hope it goes fast, and enjoy Monday off.

It’s also a big sports night with the Knicks game three, as well as Brooklyn and the Celtics from Boston.

This brings me to my old friend Kyrie ‘I’ll re-sign with Boston, tease a move to the Knicks, but then sign with Brooklyn because KD’s there and I don’t bave to be the guy, I mean I’m gonna sign with Brooklyn because I want to go home’ Irving.

Irving said in a recent interview he ‘hopes to and hopes Boston and its fan keep it about hoop‘

Okay. I think we all hope that. And given the social climate of the past 12 to 18 months, I, in this way agree with him. If you are at a basketball game, a privlege for anyone, and you decide to throw racism in, just because Kyrie burned your team, there’s no place for you or that on the court.

So, yes, we hope the game is just that, a game. As a fan, you want a competitive game, you hope the under-manned Celtics hang in there, but if Kyrie or KD or Harden go full Lebron or MJ and drop 50, you tip your cap and get ready for Sunday.

Kyrie, so yeah, we’ll keep it about hoop, but my question is, can you? Let me explain….

Now, I’ll take social justice and social reform out of my argument, much of what the players have to say, I agree with. We need to continue the social reform initiative, because it’s vitally important, but that’s not was my writing today is solely about.

‘Im gonna stay in and sign with Boston’

Before the 2019 season began, speculation ran rampant, where would Kyrie go? Would he, ultimately remain in Boston? Would he go home to one of the New York teams? Would he go to one of the New York with a guy, or guys and take of the basketball world? Nobody knew.

So, before the season began, in a media event at Boston, Kyrie proclaimed to a big crowd ‘I’m gonna resign in Boston, with Boston’, and fans ate it up! ‘Yes! We got Kyrie, Tatum and Brown are starting to emerge, he can mentor them, this will be great!’

Fast forward to the 2019 season, Kyrie is hurt off and on, and Tatum and Brown emerge as budding stars, and the Celtics would eventually make an early playoff exit. All of this was less than ideal, but he’s staying, right? They’ll be fine.

Fast forward to the opening minutes of NBA Free Agency, it was a Sunday night, and ESPN had it covered. Durant goes to Brooklyn, ok, not a surprise. Then Kyrie went to Brooklyn. You say ‘nah, that’s wrong he’s on record as saying ‘I’m gonn stay in Boston’.

See, that’s just it. Kyrie wants to be the guy, the face of the franchise, but, he can’t be that because once he is, he gets overwhelmed, but then when other guys emerge, it’s ‘hey this is my team!!!’

Look at his history. He wins a championship in Cleveland with Lebron. Kyrie was the best player in that Finals series, no question. So, he wants a bigger role, his star to shine brightest. Problem is, you are a team with Lebron James and, its Lebron’s home town team and its Lebron’s team!

So Kyrie, does Kyrie and forces a trade to Boston. He was good for a while, but then some nagging injuries happened, and Tatum and Brown emerged, it was slowly going from Kyrie’s team to not.

So he bolts to Brooklyn, and he’s comfortable. Of course, having KD and James Harden helps, because again he doesn’t have to be THE guy, and he can focus on other things and use injuries or other ezcuses when he doesn’t play well.

So again, Kyrie, speaking as a Celtics fan and fan of the city of Boston, yeah, we’ll keep it about purely basketball. My question is, can you? Can your massive ego be just about basketball?

Back tomorrow. Go Boston