The Mavs star was gracious even after his team lost in the NBA Finals.
Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving’s two-year stint in Boston may not have been that rosy, but Irving was determined to leave TD Garden on a good note on Monday night.in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, and as he was leaving the court, he made sure to congratulate several Celtics players and coaches on their 18th NBA championship, including Derrick White, Jrue Holiday and Joe Mazzulla.
After his latest classy gesture, though, Irving may have just extended an olive branch to the franchise he never quite fit into.Kristen Wong is a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI, Kristen covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site.
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