Kyrie Irving has made a lot of enemies and taken a lot of criticism after he released a statement saying he wasn’t going to speak with the media for Nets media day.
He was fined $25k and released another statement saying he doesn’t talk to pawns (the media) because his attention is worth more.
A lot of people were mad at those comments but one of the surprising people that were upset with him over those comments was his former teammate Kevin Love. Love was asked what he thought about what Kyrie said and he didn’t really hold back saying
“Calling anybody a pawn is a sure sign of disrespect,” Love said. “I’m not a divisive person.”
Kyrie has his reasons for not wanting to talk to the media and he is somewhat right but he won’t win this battle largely because he can’t control the narrative.
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