Kyrie Irving knows very well that fans of Boston Celtics they must not be very happy at the moment. His team has lost the first two games of the first round of the NBA Playoffs 2021 at the hands of Brooklyns Nets and additionally the player escaped an unfortunate statement so he now fears that there will be reprisals against him.
“I hope that everything is strictly sports”, said Irving, who days while giving an interview someone off-camera commented: “The whole world knows”, referring to the racism that exists in Boston, to which the player replied: “Everybody knows”. An answer that did not go down well with the fans.
“People yell outrageously in the crowd, but even if it is, it’s part of the nature of the game. We’re just going to focus on what we can control.“continued the star, who hopes that she will not be a victim of racism when this Friday the Brooklyn Nets visit the TD Garden for Game 3 of the playoffs.
Kyrie Irving played with the Boston Celtics between 2017 and 2019 before signing as a free agent with the Brooklyn Nets. From that moment, he has been able to play in what was his home only a couple of times. Coincidentally, without the presence of fans since they were last year, when fans were not allowed to enter the arena as a precaution against him. Coronavirus.
It’s not the only one
Own Kyrie IrvingIn his time with the Boston, he claimed to have been the victim of racist comments at the TD Garden. But everything seems to indicate that it is not only in basketball, since the center fielder of the Baltimore Orioles from Major League Baseball, Adam Jones, also claimed to have been a victim of racism in Boston.
In 2017, during a home game for the Boston Red Sox, Adam Jones noted having been called by the word that begins with “N” on several occasions. Additionally, fans at the Fenway Park A bag of peanuts was thrown at the player, who has participated in the All-Star Game five times.
“It is unfortunate that still at this point people have to resort to those epithets to denigrate other human beings“The Baltimore ninth outfielder said at the time, referring to criticism for his skin color, which he had received on different occasions on the same stage.
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