In a video posted on his Instagram account Monday, Kyrie Irving says coming home played a big role in his signing with the Nets. “Home is where the heart is,” he says, over video of him walking the Brooklyn Bridge, dribbling a ball both alone and with his family. And of course, being Brooklyn, it features Jay-Z music.
Irving was born in Melbourne, Australia, where his father played in the NBL, moving at age 2 to West Orange, NJ, just down Valley Road from South Orange, where he recently bought a home.