Kyrie Irving Explains Position On Media Availability In First Interview Of Season
Kyrie Irving spoke to reporters on Monday for the first time during the 20-21 season.
“The focus is on what’s going on in here,” Irving said when asked about not speaking to reporters previously. “And I wanted to make sure that was clear, no distractions, nothing about dispelling anything, nothing about going back-and-forth.”
Irving and the Brooklyn Nets were each fined $25,000 for not speaking with the media.
Irving said Monday that the comment was not directed at any specific person or at journalists as a group.
“It’s really just about how I felt about the mistreatment of certain artists when we get to a certain platform of when we make decisions within our lives to have full control and ownership… We want to perform in a secure and protected space,” he said.
