For plenty of people, Kyrie Irving will always in some capacity be, “The Basketball Player Who Thinks The Earth is Flat.” He’s got a problem with that.
And not just because of his own experiences.
“There are political things going on. There are so many higher things in the totem pole of society that matter to human beings but, hey, if Steph Curry says that he doesn’t believe in the Moon (landing), it’s the thing all over,” Irving said at the Celtics practice facility on Tuesday. “It’s on CNN, and they say we’re just jocks. We’re just athletes.