You might assume that one of Kyrie Irving’s favorite movies growing up was “Hoop Dreams,” the documentary chronicling the rise of two basketball-playing Chicago teens. Or perhaps you would think “He Got Game,” the Denzel Washington film starring former Celtics star Ray Allen as the prodigal high school hoops player Jesus Shuttlesworth.
Run through the complete filmography of the ’90s and 2000s, and you would probably never guess “Rent,” the 2005 movie musical about struggling artists dealing with HIV/AIDS in New York City and singing “Seasons of Love.” But that’s exactly what the Celtics guard told Boston.com at the Boston Harbor Hotel earlier this month.