Kyrie Irving Details Emotional Thought Process After Suffering Season-Ending Injury

Kyrie Irving Details Emotional Thought Process After Suffering Season-Ending Injury

Kyrie Irving detailed what was going on in his head while he stood at the free-throw line after tearing his ACL.

Kyrie Irving calls out media members who said heavy minutes led to ACL tear: 'I didn't have a fatigue injury, I take great care of my body'

Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving called out NBA media members who said heavy minutes led to his ACL tear.  Irving tore his left ACL on March 3 against the Sacramento Kings. The All-Star was playing a lot of minutes since the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic and had several rotational players injured.  However, Irving said on his Twitch stream that he “didn’t have a fatigue injury.” “So I feel like this ties hand in hand because even after I got in…

Kyrie Irving on his emotions at the free-throw line after injury: I started thinking about my predecessors, especially Kobe

Kyrie Irving: I’m tearing up at the free throw line, and I could just sense that my body was in shock. And the moment that I got up there and dribbled, I was thinking about thanking God from the outset—right from the start. But I just started thinking about all my predecessors. Especially Kobe. You know, at that moment, I could feel the sense of—my season is done. I’m hurting. I’m crying. I got millions of people watching me. I got millions of p…