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Tim BontempsESPN
BOSTON – Brooklyn Nets star Carrie Irving says she plans to burn age before each game this season to honor her Native American heritage.
Irving was seen burning shit – known as “smugging ding” – during the vote-ups on the court at TD Garden, his nets beat the Boston Celtics 113-89 Friday night in the NBA Prison Finals of both teams.
Irving said after the game, “It just comes from a lot of native lineage.” “To be able to age, just purify the energy, make sure we are all balanced. When we come to this job, we come to this place, it’s not something I didn’t do at home today. The last game I saved, and I If the opposing team allows me, I will plan to make almost every game age shi.
“But, literally, it feels better for us to stay connected and feel safe from our ancestors and provide more from our ancestors. I don’t want to bring much spirituality into the basketball into Lama, but yes, it’s my native culture. There’s a part of me. “
Irving was included in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe – of which his mother, Elizabeth, was a member – in the summer of 2018. When they were seen burning age shi before Friday’s game, it was speculated that there was something to be done about it. After returning as a free agent to join the net last summer, he returned to Boston and played for the first time.
But that was not a surprise for his fellow players.
“That’s his thing. Kiri will probably leave his room before playing 2K when he gets home,” Cape Durant told ESPN’s Cassidy Hubbert.
“He just does it. He gives us good energy. He does it in the locker room. It’s his thing, and we all respect him. We respect his method, and he comes out of here and our To play very hard. “
Speaking of the game, the Celtics were knocked out a week before the two teams were due to meet on Christmas Day (5pm ET, ABC) in Bolston. Irving gave up 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in 28 minutes, while Durant had 25 minutes and 27 minutes in six minutes.
And, despite Irving’s tough departure from Boston, as well as his second season of trials and tribulations with the Celtics, it was all a laughing postgame. He had a long chat and hug with Celtics assistant coach Jerome Allen, and exchanged greetings with former teammates Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum, Daniel Thiss and Robert Williams.
Irving traded jerseys with Tatum and Williams, and had long, provocative chats with both Brown and Tatum before leaving the court. He then said that coming back to play here is nothing remarkable for him.
Irving said, “It’s like another day at work.” I’m thankful to be able to build a relationship with so many people who are still not here, and those who aren’t here, too. And, at the end of the day, we went to war together. And I respect them all. Young men down there.
“We’re not even small. We’re just young kings growing up in a business where what we want to do makes us happy. To see Jason get better, to see Jalen get better, these boys have to mature and stay in position. They are inside, I am nothing but proud of them. All I want is to see other people happy. It’s easy to come here, man, it’s easy to perform here. It’s easy to perform here. Basketball is an easy part. It’s just external content that gets noisy, so I’m trying to limit it. “
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