For many Celtics fans and pundits, Kyrie Irving couldn’t get on the MassPike heading west quick enough. Despite his stellar statistical season, Irving had become the scapegoat of Boston’s disappointing year.
Chad Finn, a Boston Globe column, excoriated Irving in a column last week advising Nets fans that “This is going to end badly, and much sooner than you think.” He even warned Kenny Atkinson, “You’ve got two years, Kenny Atkinson.”
Finn laid out a litany of alleged character issues, saying Irving is capable of a more than an occasional “passive-aggressive stunt,” often “sounds like a freshman philosophy student” and will treat younger players “obnoxiously and detrimentally.