Many people will not know the fact that Kyrie Irving from a young age is a big fan of the Brooklyn Nets football team. Also because he was born and raised in New Jersey City and the New Jersey Nets are the precursors of today’s Brooklyn Nets.
The first match of the Brooklyn Nets, the team will host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, October 24 (Vietnam time). Predict the number 11 player will do his best to remember the late grandfather who passed away 1 year ago.
Sharing with Newsday, Kyrie Irving talked about how his perspective has changed a lot after the death of his grandfather. The player born in 1992 now just wants to be close to his family, that’s why when he moved to the Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie tried to entice Kevin Durant to come and play with him in the coming years.
“I just want to go back to my hometown right now. The decision to return to Brooklyn isn’t really difficult…I grew up playing football with my friends all over New Jersey’s “caves and alleys”. Now. Now I’m very happy with the fact that my whole family can come to the home ground of the team to watch the club’s matches in the near future,” – Kyrie Irving confided.
Uncle Drew is one of the most famous players in the NBA today with his exceptional “handle” ability. In addition, the ability to finish the basket of the former Boston Celtics player is always a difficult problem for any opponent to confront him. Last season, Kyrie Irving had 23.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.9 assists during the NBA Regular season.