Joe Vardon has known Kyrie Irving since Vardon was a Cavs beat writer and Irving was a rookie in Cleveland.
So Irving opened up to Vardon, now with The Athletic, about leadership, in general and with the Nets. In so many words, Irving said actions speak louder than words, but he can articulate what it means to be a leader as well.
“True leadership comes from the way your actions speak,” Irving told The Athletic. “That’s the biggest thing. It’s just not trying to overemphasize what leadership means all the time and overexplain it, in terms of, ‘This is me as a leader.