The recent comments by former Cleveland Cavaliers superstar, Kyrie Irving have drawn a response from Cavs head coach, Tyronn Lue and new Cavs player, Dwyane Wade to back the city of Cleveland.
In case you missed the comments, here are Kyrie Irving’s comments on the culture, Cleveland as a city, and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"“[Boston is] a really major city,” Irving told reporters, as published in the Boston Globe. “Coming from Cleveland, the Midwest, where the culture is different. And then you move to the East Coast — into Boston — and it’s so real [and] alive. An ongoing, thriving city. Consistently. No matter what hour throughout the night.”"
Here are the responses from Lue and Wade obtained by ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
"“Oh, I thought he was talking about Cleveland,” Lue said at the Cavs’ shootaround Friday morning ahead of their final preseason game against the Orlando Magic. “I’m happy to be here. I thought he was talking about Cleveland the whole time.”"
Lue also called Cleveland a great sports town.
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"“I don’t know,” Lue said. “He can do what he wants to do. But we know in Cleveland, we have a great sports town in Cleveland. A great city, fans behind the teams 100 percent, so I’m happy to be here.”"
Here is Wade’s response.
"“I’ve always tried not to be too, me personally, oversensitive to what I read or what somebody says because I wasn’t there when they said it,” Wade told ESPN. “Because you just don’t know. Boston is a big sports town. It has the history there. And I think that’s one thing, if you want to read the quote, they have an amazing amount of sports history and all the championships from football to baseball to all four sports. I think, depending on how you want to take it. If you’re Cleveland and the way they were left, you read it one way. If you’re a sports fan somewhere else, you read it another way. So it just depends on how someone wants to take the quote when someone says it. Unless you were there and you heard it and saw his facial reaction and know how he really meant it. That’s how I look at things.”"
Wade added on to his quote.
"“My thing has always been — even in Miami — first of all, you never know where you’re going to be, what’s going to happen, where you’re going to end up, who you’re going to be teammates with,” Wade said. “You just never know those things, so I never want to leave a place and talk s— about a place. Because when you were there, it was great, and then you leave, it’s terrible? It’s just like players. Fans celebrate players when they’re there, and then they leave, and it’s the worst thing. That’s not me. That’s not how I do things. I’m appreciative of what people have done for me, what organizations have done for me, and I hope they’re appreciative of whatever I can bring or whatever I’ve done — on and off the court. So, it doesn’t always go that way, but that’s the way I try to make it when I can control it.”"
I love the responses by Lue and new Cavalier Wade. Irving has not commented on the comments made by Lue and Wade. I will always love Irving and what he did for the city and this team for the six years he was a Cavalier. He gave fans a night to remember on June 19, 2016, which is still, to this day, the biggest shot in franchise history, and help capture the Cavs first ever title and ending the title drought in Cleveland.
Today, it was reported by Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com that the Cavs will honor Irving with a tribute video.
Cavaliers to honor Kyrie Irving with video tribute on opening night @clevelanddotcom https://t.co/dWh7vBlEbK
— Joe Vardon (@joevardon) October 16, 2017
I love this move by the Cavs. I don’t like Irving for the comments he made by the city, but, I love him as a player and he will always be one of my favorites in the league, no matter what. I think the tribute video will bring many Cavs fans to teary eyes. There have been a lot of great moments of Irving and his career here in Cleveland, and he was the only bright spot during 2011-2014 when the Cavs were the bottom feeders of the NBA.
It is not known what the video tribute will contain, or when the video tribute will take place. It will be interesting to see the fans reaction to Irving when he is introduced and every time he touches the ball (which will be a lot).
The shock factor of Irving being on a new team besides the Cavs will finally set in tomorrow night.
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