You might bear in mind a second again in March when after a Dallas-Memphis recreation Kyrie Irving and Dillon Brooks went to swap jerseys however Kyrie walked off with out Brooks’ jersey.
At the time, NBA Twitter went loopy with the clip and Irving simply explained, “I was really onto the next thing, thought process-wise.”
Kyrie didn’t even take Dillon Brooks jersey 😅 pic.twitter.com/USvpPtIVUq
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 21, 2023
However, on a current twitch stream, Kyrie revealed that he was indignant at Brooks and it fashioned a part of the explanation he didn’t take his jersey that day.
“Me and him had a whole viral moment this year after the game where I was pissed that I got hurt again,” Kyrie said. “I was not necessarily just pissed, I was pissed at him, and he knew it, too.”
Irving was having a fantastic recreation and was on his strategy to register 30 factors however the largest villain within the NBA put a cease to it.
Brooks stepped on Irving’s ankle within the fourth quarter which triggered Dallas’ momentum to come back to a halt.
“He [Brooks] hurt me,” Irving stated. “He didn’t do it on function, I don’t know if he did it on function. He harm me once more in that recreation. I had like 26 going into the fourth quarter at Memphis. We have been imagined to win that recreation and go into the playoffs.
“He here is just doing Dillon Brooks things. I didn’t take his jersey after the game because I was so just so focused on getting to the locker room and getting my rehab done for recovery.”
The Mavs went on to lose the sport however solely 4 factors nevertheless it actually shot their postseason hopes within the foot (or ankle if you’ll).
This incident was considered one of many for Brooks final season, who ended the season on a bitter word and was in the end traded away from Memphis for all of his antics and trash speak throughout the playoffs.
