Boston Celtics: Kyrie Irving wiped his feet on more than a logo

The Boston Celtics are a game away from being eliminated from the playoffs by Kyrie Irving and his super squad from Brooklyn, but that wasn’t the story following a 141-126 stomping of his former team along with his superstar buddies.

Despite shooting lights out and scoring 39 points wasn’t enough for Irving. In quieting the 17,000 at TD Bank Garden Sunday night, the former Celtics guard decided to do some more talking with his actions. He walked to mid count while congratulating his teammates and wiped his feet on the logo.

Whether or not this led to a fan throwing a water bottle at Kyrie Irving as the team excited the court doesn’t justify any object being thrown at a player. While Irving has a solid point about how fans treat players, let’s not act like this particular player didn’t play his role.

In fact, this player deserves the boos, he deserves a passionate sports city to dislike him as a player. Let’s keep it strictly basketball right Kyrie?

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Keeping it strictly basketball, this is an organization that traded a popular player for you. This is an organization that bent over backwards to make you happy. This is a fanbase that defended you and a fanbase and organization you felt so good about that you, Mr. Irving, you said you planned on re-signing. And you, Mr. Irving, said you wanted your number up there in the rafters.

So, what happened?

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Forget the fans for a second, what did the Boston Celtics as an organization do that made you take your talents to Brooklyn because that action on the logo wasn’t just to further irritate fans, that meant something.

There is tradition in Boston and a tradition that you as a player wanted to be a part of. There are legends who played in Boston, bleeding green while dealing with a lot more off the court than Kyrie Irving has experienced.

Bill Russell played during a time when racial tensions were at its height, yet he still kissed that logo you wiped your feet on because as a player and a leader he was about the team.

Kevin Garnett was a player who was apprehensive about playing in a city like Boston. He came, he bled green, won a championship and also kissed that same logo you wiped your feet on.

There is no defending throwing any object at a player so that fan disrespected the team and symbolism of that logo even more than Irving, but let’s not pretend it only happens in Boston. Both fans and athletes in all sports have a responsibility not to cross that line. Players are paid millions to represent a team and fans pay hard earned money to buy a ticket.

Keeping it strictly basketball those fans cheer their team and boo the opposition. Kyrie Irving, you are that opposition because you chose to be. You wiped our feet of this organization the same way you threw in the towel in Cleveland because you couldn’t handle LeBron James being the team.

It’s bound to happen in Brooklyn too. Just watch.

As far as the Celtics go, something good may happen as a result of this series in the long run. First, the team is seeing a superstar really emerge in Jayson Tatum, who followed his 50-point performance with a 40-point performance.

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Secondly, this beatdown may just be the motivation the organization needs this offseason to make some moves that will add support around Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

And third, it showed that they don’t need a player like Kyrie Irving. He proved that during his tenure in Boston, leading the team to absolutely nothing.

Nothing personal Kyrie, it’s strictly basketball.

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