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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

Kyrie Irving is one of those top athletes who finds himself in the middle of controversy quite often. One of the top guards in the league, he requested a draft and landed in the Mavericks, after playing with the Brooklyn Nets as a free agent since 2019.

While he is known for his prowess on the court, Kyrie is also known for his controversial behaviors which have burned quite a hole in his pockets. All thanks to his multiple fines, he has had to pay $17,651,271, over the years amounting to at least. However, there is another side to the ‘Ankletaker’ that fans might not be aware of. Mark Cuban, billionaire businessman and the owner of the Dallas Mavericks has some unique insights on the pro that might come as a shocker for many.

Kyrie is all for deep conversations

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It is common knowledge that fans have mixed feelings about Kyrie outside the court. Sometimes people tend to come down on him for the things he does or says. But Mark says that social media sometimes tends to project a person in a light that he is not, and Kyrie has unfortunately caught himself in the middle of this quite a number of times.?If anyone, Mark should know Kyrie the best, having spent enough time with him.

So we better believe when he says that Kyrie is the type of person who has a passion for deep conversations on different topics like human emotions. He cares for the plight of underprivileged people, and just whatever is going on in the world.

Kyrie is the dude in college where whenever he came over to your room even if everybody’s drinking he wants to have a two-hour deep conversation,” Mark says on the Impaulsive podcast. But it looks like Kyrie might have to work on his timing because, according to Mark, he pulls up to the wrong time and place for his ‘conversations.’

Kyrie must be time-appropriate

Mark Cuban says that Kyrie should be able to read the room and gauge the appropriate time for his ‘deep conversations’ otherwise it just becomes awkward and out of place. He says, “which is cool when you want to talk about deep deep s***. It’s awful when it’s like, ‘Kyrie, come on now, the game’s on,’ you know? And that’s just who he is, but I like him.”
However, the two clearly share a close bond and Mark seems to enjoy Kyrie’s company.
Mark believes that Kyrie is just misunderstood and he shouldn’t let it affect him and instead let his game do the talking because “he’s probably one of the most skilled basketball players in the history of the NBA. I mean he’s that good. And him and Luka together are gonna be fun.”

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What do you think of the Luka and Kyrie duo? Let us know in the comments below.

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