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Kyrie Irving

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Kyrie Irving said ( about James Harden ) : "Everybody at home, enjoy the game; there will be no tension or no sh-t-talking going on, on the court or about James in my presence or anybody else’s presence,"

beaumontenterprise Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:43:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "We’re coming to Houston to enjoy the game of basketball and play it at a high level on behalf of James and the rest of the guys because we know it's a special night regardless, going back to where he started it all or where he started making a huge jump in his career. We know what it means for everybody on the outside, but internally, we're just going to have fun and play the game that we love”. Harden returns to Houston playing at his usual remarkable level. In the Nets' win over the Spurs , Harden became the first player to record at least 30 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds with no turnovers since individual turnovers first started being tracked in 1977. Harden, who finished with 30 points, 14 rebounds and 15 assists, has recorded seven triple-doubles in his 22 games with the Nets. That's the most triple-doubles in a season by a Nets player since Jason Kidd has 12 in 2007-08. Harden leads the league in assists with 11 per game and the Nets are just a half-game behind the 76ers for the best record in the Eastern Conference. Irving expects to see more of the same in Harden's return to Toyota Center. “We're looking forward to the experience," "We're looking forward to having fun. It's going to be highly competitive, a lot of great players, no animosity on the court. just greatness on display"

beaumontenterprise Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:43:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We felt like we gave up that lead too easily down the stretch,” “Just a few miscues, a few miscommunications. Just things that we want to clean up. We’ve just got to take this one on the chin. I don’t want to call it laziness, but just our focus level wasn’t matching the intensity in terms of where San Antonio was trying to get back in the game”

eagletribune Tuesday, March 2, 2021 9:50:00 AM EAT

seattlepi Tuesday, March 2, 2021 9:22:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We put a few possessions together and we ended the first quarter well and I feel like that put us in position to take control of the pace of the game,”

gulf-times Friday, February 26, 2021 11:46:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We put a few possessions together and we ended the first quarter well and I feel like that put us in position to take control of the pace of the game,”

tribuneonline Friday, February 26, 2021 10:02:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving explained : “One, I think there were a lot of people speaking for me or on my behalf that really didn’t really know who I was,”

masslive Friday, February 26, 2021 8:49:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We put a few possessions together and we ended the first quarter well, and I feel like that put us in position to take control of the pace of the game,”

taipeitimes Friday, February 26, 2021 8:41:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving told : "As a native Black man, as a native Black king, I think it's part of my responsibility to continue to push our generation, our culture, forward,"

wrcbtv Friday, February 26, 2021 3:54:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving added : "I don't want to discredit any of our other historical players that have done amazing things for the league. I'm not discrediting anyone when I say that Kobe should be the logo,"

wrcbtv Friday, February 26, 2021 3:54:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We put a few possessions together and we ended the first quarter well and I feel like that put us in position to take control of the pace of the game,”

tribuneonline Friday, February 26, 2021 12:08:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "We put a few possessions together and we ended the first quarter well and I feel like that put us in position to take control of the pace of the game,"

afp-en Friday, February 26, 2021 8:52:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said ( about Brooklyn Nets ) : "Winning six in a row, all it does is keep the world silent for a bit," "When we hit a bump in the road, then it’s, ‘What’s going on with the Nets?' The destination is making it to that main stage and earning our way there"

foxnews Monday, February 22, 2021 2:06:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We need him in all aspects,”

forbes Monday, February 22, 2021 11:04:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “Winning six in a row, all it does is keep the world silent for a bit,” “When we hit a bump in the road, then it’s, ‘What’s going on with the Nets?' The destination is making it to that main stage and earning our way there”

seattlepi Monday, February 22, 2021 10:38:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving řekl : "Kdykoli prohrajeme, tak se všichni ptají, co se děje s Nets. Teď máme šest výher v řadě, tak to snad na chvíli svět utiší,"

ceskenoviny-en Monday, February 22, 2021 9:55:00 AM EAT

seattlepi Monday, February 22, 2021 7:54:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving told : “Yeah, it’s about time we turn the corner defensively,”

forbes Friday, February 19, 2021 5:35:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We’ll see them down the road again with a whole entire healthy Lakers team,” “That’s what we wanted, and we expect that”

usaToday Friday, February 19, 2021 11:40:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said ( about Steve Nash ) : “It’s about time we turned the corner defensively,” “No team is going to win anything in this league if they don’t get stops. We heard (Nash) loud and clear the last few games. It’s one of our points of emphasis”

usaToday Friday, February 19, 2021 11:40:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “Four days ago [during practice], I looked at him and said, ‘You’re the point guard and I’m going to play shooting guard,’”

rappler Sunday, February 14, 2021 3:02:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “I feel that he’s been doing a great job of just managing the point guard role,”

forbes Sunday, February 14, 2021 10:37:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We don’t want to take our greatness for granted in terms of where it is now and then we want to hold each other accountable to reach another level in temrs of the long term,”

forbes Sunday, February 14, 2021 10:37:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "We look very average, and we have the talent that the eye test presents, that we should be dominating," "We're dealing with a lot of the reality that we're putting this together on the fly"

abs-cbnnews Wednesday, February 10, 2021 7:19:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "As we continue to progress, the beautiful thing is that we're interchangeable," "So some nights, one of us can have a big night, the other guy can have multiple assists, multiple rebounds, and like I said, we just want to complement each other well as a group"

abs-cbnnews Saturday, February 6, 2021 9:02:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "As we continue to progress, the beautiful thing is that we're interchangeable," "So, some nights, one of us can have a big night, the other guy can have multiple assists, multiple rebounds and we just want to complement each other well as a group"

longbeachstar Friday, February 5, 2021 1:19:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We knew they were going to come out aggressive and they got two wonderful players in Leonard and George and a great collection of guys,” “We know they’re in contention for meeting us down the line so we wanted to come out and make an impression. I felt like we did that. It was a total team effort and that’s what it’s going to take every single night”

tribuneonline Wednesday, February 3, 2021 9:04:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We’ve got to get our defense in order, last few games we’ve been giving up a lot of points,”

tribuneonline Wednesday, February 3, 2021 9:04:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving commenté : "On savait qu'on affrontait une équipe candidate (au titre, ndlr), donc on voulait faire impression. J'ai la sensation qu'on y est arrivé. C'a vraiment été un effort collectif et c'est ce qu'on devra faire chaque soir"

clicanoo Wednesday, February 3, 2021 2:19:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving commenté : «On savait qu’on affrontait une équipe candidate (au titre, NDLR), donc on voulait faire impression. J’ai la sensation qu’on y est arrivé. C’a vraiment été un effort collectif et c’est ce qu’on devra faire chaque soir»

lavenir Wednesday, February 3, 2021 1:14:00 PM EAT

france24 Wednesday, February 3, 2021 11:52:00 AM EAT

lepetitjournal Wednesday, February 3, 2021 11:23:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving commenté : “On savait qu’on affrontait une équipe candidate (au titre), donc on voulait faire impression. J’ai la sensation qu’on y est arrivé. C’a vraiment été un effort collectif et c’est ce qu’on devra faire chaque soir”

quotidien-lu Wednesday, February 3, 2021 10:16:00 AM EAT

afp-fr Wednesday, February 3, 2021 9:22:00 AM EAT

afp-fr Wednesday, February 3, 2021 7:31:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "We knew they were going to come out aggressive and they've got two wonderful players (Leonard and George) and a great collection of guys," "We know they're in contention for meeting us down the line so we wanted to come out and make an impression. I felt like we did that. It was a total team effort and that's what it's going to take every single night"

yahoo-au Wednesday, February 3, 2021 7:10:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "We've got to get our defense in order, last few games we've been giving up a lot of points,"

yahoo-au Wednesday, February 3, 2021 7:10:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “I couldn't guard a stick today,”

forbes Monday, February 1, 2021 3:09:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “I couldn’t guard a stick today,” “They were going right around me, and I was getting frustrated, but they kept attacking”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, February 1, 2021 2:28:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "I couldn’t guard a stick today," "They were going right around me, and I was getting frustrated, but they kept attacking"

foxnews Monday, February 1, 2021 1:31:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “I couldn’t guard a stick today,” “They were going right around me, and I was getting frustrated, but they kept attacking”

click2houston Monday, February 1, 2021 7:50:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "I'm always gonna say I won't take any day for granted. This doesn't happen often in history where you have this group together at this point," "Some of the guys were starters on their respective teams last year; some of the guys are MVP candidates. And to have all of that collective talent and not get the most of it, we'd be doing ourselves a disservice. So we just want to continue to push each other and hold each other accountable"

modernghana Saturday, January 30, 2021 1:54:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "It's very satisfying anytime you get a win, but anytime the whole team plays well and you do some great things as a collective group, it definitely stands out of the rest,"

modernghana Saturday, January 30, 2021 1:54:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "We're gonna be challenged every night; we're going to get everybody's best shot,"

modernghana Saturday, January 30, 2021 1:54:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “It’s not every day you see this collection of guys playing together in NBA history, so we want to take full advantage of that,”

gulf-times Sunday, January 24, 2021 11:38:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “It’s not every day you see this collection of guys playing together in NBA history, so we want to take full advantage of that,”

taipeitimes Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:56:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "It’s not every day you see this collection of guys playing together in NBA history, so we want to take full advantage of that,"

foxnews Sunday, January 24, 2021 5:48:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “It’s not every day you see this collection of guys playing together in NBA history, so we want to take full advantage of that,”

eagletribune Sunday, January 24, 2021 9:16:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "I just want to follow NBA protocols,"

foxnews Sunday, January 24, 2021 8:10:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “It’s not every day you see this collection of guys playing together in NBA history, so we want to take full advantage of that,”

click2houston Sunday, January 24, 2021 8:05:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We will have good nights, we will have great nights, but it is how we galvanize this group together, and how we sacrifice and compromise for the greater good,” “That still remains to be seen, obviously one game is out the way, but I am excited for what’s to come”

taipeitimes Thursday, January 21, 2021 8:51:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “Two overtimes for my first game back?”

TheFrontierPost-en Thursday, January 21, 2021 3:48:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We’ll have good nights, great nights,” “I’m excited for what’s to come”

TheFrontierPost-en Thursday, January 21, 2021 3:48:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "We will have good nights, we will have great nights, but it is how we galvanize this group together and how we sacrifice and compromise for the greater good," "That still remains to be seen, obviously one game is out the way, but I am excited for what's to come"

afp-en Thursday, January 21, 2021 9:09:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "Playing with Kevin Durant, James Harden, just those names alone right now, we’re having some fun," "But it’s not just about us, and I’ll always says that. We’ll have good nights, we’ll have great nights, but it’s how we galvanize this group and sacrifice and compromise for the greater good. That still remains to be seen. One game is out of the way, but I’m excited for what’s to come"

usaToday Thursday, January 21, 2021 8:48:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "Two overtimes for my first game back?"

seattlepi Thursday, January 21, 2021 8:07:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “We'll have good nights, great nights,” “I'm excited for what's to come”

seattlepi Thursday, January 21, 2021 8:07:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “Happy to be back. Happy to be around these guys,” “We got some great pieces and we just move on and I let my actions and my game speak for itself like I planned on doing. Just needed a pause”

jordantimes Thursday, January 21, 2021 1:53:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “Lot of family and personal stuff going on,” “I want to leave it at that”

jordantimes Thursday, January 21, 2021 1:53:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “If you don’t create that distinction, then it’s easy to feel the weight of the world when you’re going out there and playing,” “I’d be lying sitting here and saying I don’t feel what’s going on in the world, nor am I paying attention to it. I just have a huge responsibility, I feel, to continue to serve my community”

jordantimes Thursday, January 21, 2021 1:53:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving explicou : "É difícil ignorar tudo o que está a acontecer. É preciso criar um equilíbrio entre o que está acontecer aqui enquanto jogo profissionalmente e o que está a acontecer no mundo" "Se não criar essa distinção, sinto o peso do mundo aos meus ombros. Quero fazer mudanças diárias. Existem tantas comunidades oprimidas, tantas coisas muito maiores do que apenas uma bola de basquetebol a passar pelo cesto"

record Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

kuwaittimes Wednesday, January 20, 2021 7:00:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “If you don’t create that distinction, then it’s easy to feel the weight of the world while you’re going out there and playing,”

tvnz Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:04:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "just needed a pause”. Irving returned to practice with the team and could play Wednesday in Cleveland. He has missed the last seven games — five while away during a leave of absence and two more while regaining his conditioning after he was eligible to return. He didn't give a clear reason for his absence while speaking during a Zoom interview, telling reporters he had a lot of personal things going on. “I’m a hometown kid so things hit a little different when family and personal stuff are going on, and that’s up to me to handle that as a man,” Irving said. “But yeah, I just take full accountability for my absence with the guys and just had a conversation with each one of them and we move on”. He apologised to Nets fans, saying he understood their feelings because he grew up one of them in New Jersey, when the team was based there. But Irving, who has donated millions to causes important to him and confirmed working with a group that bought a home for George Floyd's family, also made clear that his decisions are based on more than just basketball. “I want to make changes daily,” Irving said. “There are so many oppressed communities, so many things going on that are just bigger than a ball going in the rim”. Irving's absence began Jan. 7, the day after the deadly riot at the US Capitol. He was fined $US50,000 for violating the NBA's health and safety protocols after he was seen in a video posted on social media during his absence at an indoor family party while not wearing a mask. He also lost nearly $US900,000 of his $US33.5 million salary because two of the games he missed were during a mandated quarantine period. Irving said he was happy to be back with the team, which acquired James Harden during his absence. The Nets have won both games since the trade. “We got some great pieces and we just move on, and I let my actions and my game speak for itself like I planned on doing,"

tvnz Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:04:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : “I'm just being honest here,” “It’s been a lot to balance and now I called for help and now I have just so many mentors and so many people reaching out and just taking things off my plate that were never mine in the first place”

tvnz Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:04:00 PM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "It's been great. It's been enough support for me to feel like they have my back and, you know, that's all I can ask for not only supporting me but my family,"

upi Wednesday, January 20, 2021 7:05:00 AM EAT

Kyrie Irving said : "Happy to be back. Happy to be around these guys," "We got some great pieces and we just move on and I let my actions and my game speak for itself like I planned on doing. Just needed a pause"