Being a high-profile athlete in Boston can be tricky. There’s a lot of money involved -- and praise when things are going well.
But when things don’t well, things can go sour pretty quickly. Just ask David Price, Pablo Sandoval, Carl Crawford and -- most recently -- Kyrie Irving.
It doesn’t typically happen with the New England Patriots. That’s when happens when you win a lot of Super Bowls.
At the same time, Cam Newton understands why Irving would want to burn some sage around the court at TD Garden to cleanse the “bad energy” in his return to Boston earlier this month.