Nets point guard Kyrie Irving will miss Brooklyn’s upcoming three-game road trip that will include matchups against the Knicks, Cavaliers and Celtics, the team announced on Friday (via ESPN). Brooklyn noted that Irving will be reassessed once the trip concludes.
Irving, 27, has already missed the Nets’ past four contests due to a shoulder impingement. Before the injury, the six-time All-Star had been a force, averaging career-highs with 28.5 PPG and 7.2 APG across 11 games. The upcoming absence will force Irving to miss his first matchup against his former team, the Celtics, after departing from Boston in free agency over the summer.
“I don’t think it’s something he can play through right now,” Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson said after practice Thursday. “The shoulder is a sensitive spot, especially for a point guard — you’re like a quarterback.”
The recent absence of Irving, Caris LeVert being sidelined due to thumb surgery, and Kevin Durant likely out for 2019/20 due to a torn Achilles has contributed to Brooklyn’s 7-8 record. The Nets occupy the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference.
Coward
Exactly. LMAO.
I hope that Nets fans see the recurring theme. The team plays as a team without Irving.
He is a fn coward. No surprise he doesn’t have the heart to return.
Such a great talent, but totally weak mentally. The guy can’t get out of his own way.
Kyrie gets hurt and its all up in peoples feelings lmao.
Yeah. He’s a little banged up and decides he won’t travel with the team to 3 cities that will clearly boo him. Hell of a leader. Deserves the max. I wonder how much he’ll try and hide this year until KD returns to be Batman and Kyrie can go back to being Robin.
28/5/7 = worth the max. I don’t care that he is hurt and will miss a few games. He has been there and done that in returning to Cleveland. No one cares about Knicks fans boo’ing or James Dolan. He is in the same division as Boston so sure tell yourself he is avoiding them. The tin foil hat crowd always has to look for something lol.
I bet you follow him on Instagram and buy his shoes. Is your mom taking you to the mall today fanboy? Or did Kyrie learn from his partner and am I talking to his burner?
I’m a Laker fan and don’t even have much of their gear nice try weirdo. Its just sad looking at people who hate for no good reason. There are absolutely athletes whos deserve whatever grief they get such as AB, Myles Garrett, domestic abusers ect. Players who hurt your feelings or spurned your team is just you being petty. I don’t care at all about Kyrie, Nets or the Celtics. If your response to anyone who doesn’t hate him is “you buy his shoes and follow him on IG” you are a clown.
For someone who claims not to care, you wrote half a novel and pulled a hammy trying to walk your comments back.
I walked nothing back and don’t care how long what I type is. When personal insults are all you people can say you know I am right. Lets see if you can actually reply to the points I was making or just throw more personal insults because I dare not to hate Kyrie for not being able to carry a good not great Celtics roster.
COACH, I HAVE A SPLINTER ON MY BABY PINKY, I CAN’T PLAY FOR ABOUT WEEK!!!! YOU CAN STILL MAIL MY CHECK TO:_____________
Major announcement: Flat Earth Society National Convention this week, President Kyrie Irving shall preside for the week long Gathering to propel this Idea of Flat Earth Truth….Load Management entitled him to be a part of something really important…..