Kyrie Irving Walks Back His ‘Trash Kyrie 8 Shoes’ Comments

Kyrie Irving continues to put his foot in his mouth. In a response to an Instagram post that shared photos of the latest edition of Irving’s signature shoe the Kyrie 8, the Brooklyn Nets point guard trashed Nike, claiming to have zero involvement in the sneaker’s design or marketing.

“I have nothing to do with the design or marketing of the upcoming Kyrie 8, IMO these are trash!” Irving wrote on IG. “I have absolutely nothing to do with them! Nike plans to release it without my okay regardless of what I say, so I apologize in advance to all of my sneaker heads and true supporters of the KAI11 brand.”

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Not exactly what you want to hear before a big release of a shoe.

Now a week later, Kyrie’s tune has changed a bit. He’s now working with Nike on his new shoe.

Twitter reacted to Kyrie’s latest:

I think I can safely speak for everyone on this round planet and say I’m sick of Kyrie and his BS.

The dude needs to stop talking, just hoop man. That’s why we like you to begin with.


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