“It was fourth grade, I had just gotten done watching the Nets in the Finals. When I knew that this is a dream that I want to fulfill, I had to manifest it, I had to go get it,” Irving said.
Kyrie Irving grew up a Nets fan, bonding with his father, Drederick, a pro baller himself, at Continental Airlines Arena, a 20-minute drive from his home in West Orange, NJ. And as we now know —and as Zach Braziller of The Post details— the draw of home played a big role in his signing with the Nets.