There was a time, early in his career, when the worst you could say about Kyrie Irving was that he seemed selfish—a spectacular scorer who couldn’t make his team better.
There was a time when the worst you could say about Kyrie Irving was that he seemed foolish—for forcing a trade that separated him from the greatest player of his era, and from a team he’d helped win a championship just a year earlier.
There was a time when the worst you could say about Kyrie Irving was that he seemed careless—for gleefully suggesting the Earth was flat (a stance he’d later disavow and apologize for).
