![]() One could conceive of Irving’s comments as a troll to set that series of events in motion over something stupid. They don’t like the media scouring their comments for the most inflammatory sound bite, presenting it out of context, blowing it out of proportion, and using it as a jumping off point for all manner of speculation. The NBA player media critique is pretty clear. It’s a social phenomenon, what do you think about it? Are you going to try and protect your image? No, it doesn’t matter.”" “I know the science … The fact that that can be real news and people are actually asking me that. ‘Oh man, what does he actually think? I don’t like Kyrie Irving because he thinks that the world is flat, or he thinks that the world can’t be wrong.’ “I think sometimes it gets skewed because of who we are in the basketball world. "“There’s just so many real things going on, things that are going on that’s changing the shape of our lives,” Irving said. Irving lamented the “social phenomenon” where he says something silly, and it blows up to become a major news story. But the fact that that’s what everyone got out of the podcast, that’s hilarious to me.”" ![]() You know what I’m saying? Or what I really believe. Like, everything that’s going on, that Kyrie Irving thinks the world is flat? So, I mean, we can ask, like, relevant questions about what’s going on in the world - like, what’s really going on. “Like, the fact that that could actually be real news. "“I mean, it was just like, a point,” he said. He then tried to frame this was a broader commentary on news media priorities. ![]() What is “real news” right now? Everyone is asking the question for reasons that have nothing to do with basketball. ![]()
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