On April 15, Beijing time, the Brooklyn Nets will begin their playoff journey this Sunday, and the first-round opponent will be Kyrie Owen's former owner, the Boston Celtics. Before the series began, Celtics player Jaylen Brown spoke about his relationship with Irving in an interview.
"Irving and I may have had a lot of problems off the floor, but it wasn't until recently that Irving and I called each other brothers when we were in contact, and he would call me for advice." Brown said, "It wasn't like that when we were on the same team, we often had some conflicts, but it was really interesting to look at it in hindsight. Owen called me a lot later, and our relationship has eased up a lot since then. ”
According to NBC Sports, in fact, Brown did not ease relations with Irving after he left the team, and Jason Tatum also revealed in a recent interview that Irving actually regretted some of his past behaviors in the two chaotic seasons with the Celtics.
Irving went to the Celtics after applying for a quarterly trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers, but did not integrate with the youngsters, but instead had some conflicts with the team. Eventually, Irving left the team for the Nets in the summer of 2019, and in the days that followed, greenshirts fans greeted the once-darling with boos every time Irving stepped into the North Shore Garden.