The ramp-up has begun...
Kyrie Irving returned to practice at HSS Training Center, worked out vs. the “stay ready” group, then spoke with the media, in all cases for the first time since the weeks just prior to the season.
“Last night I could barely sleep, I’m like, man, I just don’t want to come out and not be who I know I am as a player,” he told reporters. “(My) heart racing and just not being nervous and touching the basketball again, and just the rhythm of the game. I missed it.