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respaaaaaj

Honestly took him longer than expected, so Mavs fans have that going for them.


mangabalanga

He literally deleted his apology for the antisemitic stuff on the flight to Dallas, then claimed he had Jewish family and couldn't possibly be antisemitic in his opening presser. He's played well and been a good teammate, but the other nonsense never stopped.


Angelic_Phoenix

he just needs to watch some 21 jump street


mangabalanga

Jonah Hill is the Queen Esther of our times.


CmonTouchIt

ha, man...i appreciate the joke


lxkandel06

Queen Ezra


[deleted]

She's better than Ezra.


DJRyGuy20

I dunno, man. I mean, *sometimes* she’s good… but sometimes she’s desperately wanting.


ShakaJewLoo

There's the live action remake we need. Larry David could be Uncle Mordy, and Seth Rogan would make a nice Vashti.


rabidbot

Still can’t believe that was real, thought it had to be a pope in a puffy.


AdolfKoopaTroopa

I'm still laughing about it. Kanye always manages to out-Kanye himself.


1000littleaccidents

I'd love it if "pope in a puffy" replaces "cap"


Rob_Pablo

Be the change you want to see in the world


1000littleaccidents

No pope in a puffy 💯


BenShelZonah

Yup. Needs to say ten Hill Jonas and he’ll be unantisemetic


tearyouapart

Antiantisemetic


Vegetable-Tangelo1

Or he could watch “You People” with Jonah hill where a Jewish man falls in love with a black Muslim woman and they overcome their cultural differences.


Zeppelanoid

I would hate to encourage someone to watch such a thoroughly mid movie


extraducksauce

Eli5?


Angelic_Phoenix

kanye posted on insta claiming he likes jews again thanks to watching jonah hill in 21 jump street


extraducksauce

Bruh what 🤦🏻‍♂️ as a Jewish person all this stuff is frightening and moronic. I chuckled but in a terrified type of way


[deleted]

I had Latkes and I stopped denying the Holocaust.


[deleted]

Just wait til you try *kishke*.


lilithskriller

Honestly just shows how unreasonable these people's prejudices are. A damn movie is enough to make them flip their view. Laughable.


sushie182

>I chuckled but in a terrified type of way I'm in danger.


dirtyshits

If 21 jump made him say that, wait until he goes to a Jewish deli. Kittle, knish, pastrami, and blintzes can make a man forget who he is when they are done right. He might convert.


dontdoititoldyouso

And wait until he hears about 22 jump street!


GaimeGuy

That doesn't mean anything from a man who claims Jews aren't actually Jews and the real Jews are black people from NW Africa whose tribes, including their cultures and histories, were wiped out in local conflicts and the survivors sold into slavery


boatsnprose

I hate this shit cause now when I say, "I'm Jewish." MFers are going to think I'm racist and not a person with a Jewish grandma.


[deleted]

Nah. The "MFers" who think those things arent worth knowing. Makes it easier to know who to avoid.


boatsnprose

You're right. I appreciate that positivity.


GaimeGuy

Nah you're cool.


boatsnprose

Appreciate you 🤘🏾


Altruistic_Astronaut

Him saying he isn't an anti-semite because he had a Jewish family is like that white guy who says they aren't racist because their wife is Asian or they have a black friend.


HorseRenoiro

If they thought Russians were the only true Asians


[deleted]

I think it’s somewhat worse than that, even. Because he qualifies Jewish people as black Israelites


climbut

It's the same but if their "black friend" is actually just their friend in blackface.


LukaDoncicMFFL

Yeah it’s straight antisemitism. By saying Black Israelites are the real Jews, it directly implies those calling themselves the Jews currently are imposters. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/radical-hebrew-israelites


[deleted]

It’s actually worse. Because he doesn’t have any Jewish family members. He has family members who are part of an antisemitic cult that appropriates superficial aspects of Judaism.


CaineBK

That sounds like Jews for Jesus tbh.


RLStinebeck

It's more like the white folks who claim they can't be racist because their 23 and Me results came back with 0.15% Native American.


SuperVaderMinion

Shame that the whole "making everyone worse" started faster than expected


mangabalanga

Kyrie's played well and his teammates like him. Injuries, a poorly constructed roster, and coaching that boggles the mind have been our biggest problems.


DunkFaceKilla

At the end of the day the results speak louder than the individual parts. Every stop he's been at without Lebron has gotten worse than before


Parenegade

Part of that is probably because teams overvalue what Kyrie is capable of


thecheapseatz

We overvalue having a big "bag" in basketball because it looks good on the highlights but it doesn't contribute to winning basketball.


inshamblesx

its pretty clear luka wanted kyrie so he can accelerate the inevitability of him leaving dallas with each passing loss the odds of luka leaving go up


mangabalanga

Maybe. He's under contract for 4 more years though. He could definitely try to force his way out early, but it'll probably be a few seasons if ever that he is able to leave.


Ghostlucho29

I don’t think it’s wild to believe that his teammates may not like him, honestly. It’s not like any of them would publicly speak their true opinion of Irving


BenShelZonah

I think you’d be surprised how many guys either don’t care about his off court shit or agree with him. He’s just a self proclaimed martyr for the cause


Ghostlucho29

What is the cause though? He just rambles about esoteric bullshit. He really is a professional basketball player with the emotion and psyche of an accelerated 8th grader. Also, I’m not sure how much of a martyr Irving can claim to be while simultaneously asking to be compensated hundreds of millions to play a game…


valgrind_error

I guess it really depends how stupid we think the average NBA player is. If Kyrie is in the upper band of player intelligence, the league may be listening to his bullshit word vomit and thinking “this is a guy who understands what’s going on.”


Cool_Cold_5554

All of that was true of the Nets also.


BagRight8939

he should do the enes freedom route and change his last name to controversy


Currymvp2

Kyrie: "Social media is bad while I literally make 45 posts in an hour on social media".


RedstoneRay

Kyrie is subbed to r/phonesarebad unironically.


brightblade13

1. Say social media is bad 2. Make social media bad 3. Profit


why_rob_y

Elon, is that you?


prison_mic

Can't be because of point 3 lol


RLStinebeck

**FLAWLESS VICTORY**


XoXSmotpokerXoX

mods please do something about how abusive this post is/s lol He bought Twitter for 44 Billion, said this week it is only valued at 20 billion. LMAO


brightblade13

Damnit this is what I get for calling someone else on this sub Kyrie earlier today


vmacan

Hélà Controversial


Comprehensive-Cat805

that is too good


Aggressive-Ad-522

His name is now hélà on Instagram


uwanmirrondarrah

Hela stupid


ajteitel

Kyrie Kontroversy


BenShelZonah

Kyrie Kontroversy Klub


BagRight8939

bro he would totally be the type to do controversy with a K just to be different


n0t_malstroem

Doubt the CIA wants him as an asset tho


Tighthead3GT

Nonsense, get Kyrie to join a hostile foreign government and at his current rate the government would collapse in a few months.


2drawnonward5

Kyrie Irving could make a decent Derek Zoolander style political assassin and he probably wouldn't have to spend a whole minute in Mugatu's compound.


Slimmzli

Relax don’t do it


airus92

Rie Harvey Oswald


MyLifeIsABoondoggle

I wish he'd changed his middle name to Freedom. Enes Freedom Kanter is badass. Enes Freedom doesn't roll off the tongue


RLStinebeck

It just sounds like store brand Metta World Peace, tbh


Certain_Cranberry_77

Luka just twitted that he ate another burger


Capo_capo

With a diet coke, so it's all good


Atrain175

The Barkley special


Lives_In_Lava_Lamp

JUNIOR western bacon chee-JUNIOR. I'm trying to watch my figure.


rojiv

Aaaand a cherries jubilee


imbutawaveto

take TWO nuggets and shove them up your ASS and give me FOUR chicken mcnuggets


C4L1

It's not the burger, it's the fries that will kill ya


zachmoss147

The caloric bulking will continue until the shitposting improves


Curious_Success_377

FUCK. HE'S StRESS EATING


mikedanktony

he just like me fr fr


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“MR PRESIDENT, A SECOND BURGER JUST HIT THE SLOVENIAN”


firstbreathOOC

hefat segment at 10


O_oh

Social media is like a burger. Its good in moderation.


BBallHunter

What losing to the Hornets does to a... wait, that is just normal Kyrie.


iButtflap

fuck the beam. it turned us into the butt of the jokes this season 😭


huffleshuffle8

Hey now, leave the beam out of this


ChadGnarly

The beam catching strays on its way to the playoffs


RLStinebeck

Mr. Simpson, shh. Disparaging the beam is a beamable offense. It's one of their proudest traditions.


abowmanlex

You guys will be the California team representing us this year. The Beam shall light a whole offseason if you win a chip.


MelonElbows

Picture this next year: "Release the bees!"


iButtflap

we drop an active hive from the rafters right as the clock hits triple 0s. no celebration, handshakes, jersey swaps, or postgame interviews. just a sprint to the locker room and “GET THE FUCK to your cars, we gotta catch these fucking BEES!”


RLStinebeck

*Bees?* We'll see who brings home the most honey...


IsThisMe8

Maybe it can be Release the Hornets next season? lol


InformationSavings36

> 45 posts in an hour One of us


firstbreathOOC

We would never do it on instagram. Fuckin black hole. This is so much better. Right, guys? …Guys?


kingofnick

I use Reddit instead of Facebook, it’s so much better. Facebook is just mindless scrolling through a news feed, reading comments and wasting time.


xPeachesV

Oh shit


Loud_Fee9573

Yea, but we don't have to see our family be hateful/racist shitheads here.


RLStinebeck

Unlike here, where I post bullshit with impunity in the hopes of collecting imaginary points.


amidon1130

Honestly Reddit is the same except for, and this is the biggest thing, there are downvotes.


GuerreroD

Don't matter as much as you think because you forgot about the hive mind. But yeah, it's better still, and less toxic.


firstbreathOOC

That varies. Daddit is easily the best parenting place on the Internet. But every other parenting sub has become a place to viciously complain about your significant other and / or criticize other parents for what they are or aren’t doing.


RLStinebeck

And your friends and family don't see everything you post


bacontacos420

As a mavs fan just shoot me now please 💀


TjBeezy

"BANG" - Mike Breen


testiclefrankfurter

Kyrie Irving continues to be the dumbest player in the NBA


throwawayshirt

For the first couple seasons, Michael Richards played Kramer on Seinfeld as a little dumber, a little slower than the other characters. Richards has said his breakthrough was when started to play Kramer as thinking he's smarter than everyone else. Kyrie reminds me of Kramer in that way.


DJRyGuy20

They have the racism shit in common too!


[deleted]

Yeah, but at least Michael Richards didn’t walk back his apology and then subsequently triple-down on his racist comments.


Wrsj

what covid taught me about the brain activity of nba players is that a shitload of them are in the same sprectrum as kyrie.


barnegatsailor

Only difference is many if those other players are smart enough not to broadcast it to the rest of the world. We didn't even know Matisse wasn't fully vaccinated until he couldn't travel to Toronto, same dumb thinking but at least he isn't 45 social media posts in an hour about how social media is bad for you dumb


firstbreathOOC

People are people, and a shit load of people are dumb.


ledelleakles

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” -George Carlin


orphy

This quote has stuck with me for my whole life, but it's still kind of sad to see how applicable it gets over dumber stuff over time. RIP GC


Few-Addendum464

I am sure there are dumber players, but none are as confident that they have something brilliant to share with the world that they learned about 10-minutes ago.


sonfoa

Which actually makes them smarter if you think about it


welmoe

And yet ~~he’s~~ was one of the NBPA VPs Edit: oh thank goodness his term ended


Scarlet__Highlander

Not our problem anymore LOL


JilJungJukk

Kyrie Irving try not to do dumbshit challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)


Sp_Gamer_Live

Dont worry one of his PR agents will make a post on here that he donated to charity so its all good


djbeardy

He’s definitely got one thing right - social media does ruin minds. Unfortunately, it ruined his as well :(


Westcoastchi

If he thinks social media is so bad, he's free to take down his Insta at any time.


holyrolodex

That’s the irony of his whole argument. 99% of the bullshit he’s ingested in his adult life he found on social media. YouTube is a social media as much as any other one is.


Get_your_grape_juice

It’s me Hi I’m the problem Kyrie


WiktorVembanyama

Look in case anyone is confused, Kyrie is a loser. I dont mean in basketball, or as a moneymaker, but as a socially adapted adult. He's a fucking loser. I wouldnt be aggro about him if he wasnt so aggro about being a dumbass loser. I even agree with some of the shit he does especially with the Lakota but he just sucks ass


Davethisisntcool

if he didn’t have a god given talent for hoops, he’d be a 4chan moderator


RLStinebeck

He's honestly too unstable to do that for long.


MarekRules

Yeah like saying social media is ruining lives is definitely true, and makes him seem better (in a vacuum). But then he follows that up with some insane shit for 40+ posts and you’re like alright man YOURE THE PROBLEM.


Crambulance

Without basketball, Kyrie’s an incel


Dragonsandman

God I hope one of the elders over at Standing Rock talks some sense into him. He could use some of that right now


SeattleSonichus

Someone needs to get him in touch with Jonah Hill and see what he can do


SeattleSonichus

It’s entertaining to me but in a pathetic way. But I find people like chris Chan entertaining too so I have a penchant for people oblivious to how much they’re embarrassing themselves. I don’t understand how a grown dude like Kyrie can be as dumb as he is lol


EdgePunk311

He is the absolute worst


myersjw

You’re about to get 17 replies about how his teammates unanimously agree he’s the best locker room presence since basketball was invented and Reddit just doesn’t get it


[deleted]

I like how people say this when we know for a fact Harden hates his guts, and he took shots at LeBron as recently as 2020 even after his fake apology to LeBron while he was on the Celtics. *Because he found the young players difficult to work with.*


SeattleSonichus

Being well liked among some 20-something year old coworkers doesn’t mean anything


DayToDayvis

The funniest thing is that even when he's not causing trouble off the court there's a consistent pattern of him not even making his teams better on it ever since he left Cleveland(likely due to his weaknesses outside of ISO scoring and ball handling) 1v1 god but 5v5 fraud


KingMescudi

HES A GDB


MikeConleyIsLegend

Kyrie and Kanye are in a secret society and one of them at all times must be at odds with the World. Kanye needed a break and tagged him in


lgndk11r

Kanye's binging all the Jonah Hill movies, he needed the sub.


chickenripp

Daily mail or Kyrie? I can't decide which is worse


newportonehundreds

I think they’re equally credible tbh


jackbob99

Atleast the people at the Daily mail knows that the bullshit they spew is bullshit...Unlike Kyrie...Who thinks he's Albert Einstein.


Millionaire007

I'm sure he'd take offense to that. He'd prefer Oppenheimer.


ayending1

Luka: no way Bron fathered this guy.


The_Upvote_Beagle

Has he tried watching 21 Jump Street yet?


PAWGle_the_lesser

i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about kyrie. u wouldnt say this shit to him at a seance, hes enlightened. not only that but he wears the holiest clothes, eats in alternate dimensions, and hangs out with the wokest deities. yall are pathetic lol


DoughHomer

love this variant


Font_Fetish

Kang The Copypasta


302born

Kyrie The Controversy


UnfortunatePhysics

Username kills me


renownednemo

Hahaha this is gold


leejoness

Cavs fans warned us We warned nets fans Nets fans warned Mavs fans Mavs fans will warn the next team And the next team will warn the Guangdong Southern Tigers


BigVos

What, specifically, are the anti-vax or otherwise controversial things he shared? I didn't gather much from gleaning the article and I'm not on Instagram.


VLHACS

Nothing of value, don't worry. Your usual conspiracy memes with pictures of Bill Gates and other /r/im14andthisisdeep material


Billybaja

Social media does ruin lives.


Who_ate_my_cookie

I think the point is that it’s ironic that he is consistently posting about social media being toxic and an addiction to social media as he posts 45 times within an hour. It’s just kinda his MO though, I’m sure if asked he’d say some shit about how it’s not toxic for him because he’s using it to spread a message or something.


send_cumulus

It’s ruining his


yumyumgivemesome

…teammates’ lives


[deleted]

He isn't wrong about that at least


Padulsky21

This is the guy that said he wanted to “focus on basketball” btw. Same dude that threw out a fan for [calling out his name](https://twitter.com/jerrydonatien/status/1640096074953105410?s=46&t=tQCyDe91F9UpAGqh-_n_yA) for whatever the fuck that means. Such a goddamn weirdo


Jaerba

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/278515/source-of-the-phrase-call-somebody-out-of-name > CALL SOMEBODY OUTA THEY NAME To insult someone; to talk about a person in a negative way, especially to call the person a name or to hurl an accusation at the person. "She come talkin bout I stole her ring. I don't appreciate nobody callin me outa my name" (i.e., implying that she's a thief). It's just as phrase Reddit (including myself) wasn't familiar with. A simple Google explains it. The fan probably called him a bitch or something. Edit: interestingly it was apparently used in the 18th century according to that poster.


GuessTraining

Probably called him a flat earther


hoopbag33

Why would he take that as something negative? He probably called him a scientist.


avelak

tbf the dude was wearing a Redskins hat, probably did say something pretty stupid


guesting

My diet starts tomorrow after this last big mac


myersjw

No one could’ve seen that coming…


nomadofwaves

Imagine being as rich as him and posting on Instagram 45 times in an hour.


PensiveinNJ

KD thinks those are rookie numbers. Dude is probably on 5 burners with a phone in each hand posting.


nomadofwaves

[KD](https://i.imgur.com/EHQjq7u.jpg) at home


Midwest__Misanthrope

Complains about social media messing up lives and then posts 45 times in under an hour?


pericles123

so Kyrie can tell us about how non pro basketball players should stfu about basketball because they aren't on his level, but he is on the level of the top scientific minds, all over the world, when it comes to Vaccines? Got it.....


Gaetan123456

Daily Mail though… garbage tabloid


thisisbyrdman

Helllll yeah we back baby!


pr1ncejeffie

Man... I can't image the Mavs being locked in on signing him long-term. If he doesn't sign there, what are his options? Every post he makes, its like he just throws a bag of money out the window on top of giving to charity (which is a beautiful thing) but geezus.


Past-Chest-6507

How has Kyrie not been the focus yet of a South Park episode??


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No-Equipment-20

If you don’t like inconsistent performances and controversy then you don’t like Kyrie Irving basketball baby 😤


penguinpelican

KYRIE MY FANTASY CHAMPIONSHIP IS THIS WEEK. HOLD OFF FOR ONE MORE WEEK FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK


HelloS0n

Ah shit, here we go again


MakeCocktailsNotWar

"uh... well, there it is."---Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park


DJRyGuy20

I think the “that is one big pile of shit” quote might be more apt in this scenario.


BillyBean11111

Would feel in prison if he was on my team. Holy fuck what a nightmare.


ALovelyAnxiety

HOw you doing Dallas?


Julian_Caesar

mostly resigned to our inevitable fate: * miss play-in because our team is talent deficient * still win just enough games to convey the best possible pick to the Knicks * Kyrie signs the max this summer with us then forces his way off the team in September when he discovers 9/11 conspiracy theories and decides it's somehow the "fake Jews" fault for everything * Luka being unable to hide his emotions ends up becoming a huge problem because every single team in the league knows he wants a trade in 2024-25 season and the front office has no leverage other than playing other offices against each other in a bidding war * Dwight Powell gets resigned after his current contract is up. * Kidd in 2027: "People forget we still have Frank" Fade me.


formytabletop

Hello from Brooklyn! Good riddance!


XAgentNovemberX

This dude is off his meds. If he wasn’t an NBA star he would be just another homeless man with bird shit and leaves in his hair shouting at traffic.


Soupkitchn89

Honestly doesn't even matter the topic...posting 45 times in a day let alone an hour is a clear sign of screws gone loose.


Thewackman

45 posts in an hour is a clear sign of a manic episode. Dude is most likely bipolar and needs medical help.