Kyrie Irving sees Celtics sweep as motivation for upcoming Nets series

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesIn The Boys Night Podcast Sunday, Kyrie Irving talked about how the Celtics sweep of the Nets in the first round of the playoffs — “we got 4-0’d” — will serve a motivation for the team in the upcoming 2022-23 season.

“We got 4-0’d,” he said three times before saying he believed the sweep was meant to be.

“It was meant to happen like that,” Irving told KaiCenat, YourRage and Bruce Ray, “Motivation, bro. We need it. We needed that humbling experience, especially going against the Celtics. It was already built in to be that match-up. So we gonna see them again. We have to. They’re gonna be where they’re gonna be but those young’uns over in…