Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving revealed he will not be celebrating Thanksgiving after being wished a happy holiday inside the locker room Wednesday night.
“[Expletive] Thanksgiving,” Irving said on his way out. “[Expletive] that [expletive].”
Irving has Native American heritage and was welcomed into his late mother’s Standing Rock Sioux tribe in August. For Boston’s season opener against the Philadelphia 76ers, he donned an eagle feather — which his tribe had given him — in his hair. One of the colorways for his sneaker also features the tribe’s logo. The 26-year-old later confirmed to NBC Sports Boston’s Abby Chin that his background is, in fact, why he is anti-Thanksgiving.