Kyrie Irving admittedly didn’t put forth his finest performance on the court in his first home game for the Nets this season Sunday night at Barclays Center.
The unvaccinated Irving offered a lengthy and thoughtful response, however, when asked after Brooklyn’s 119-110 loss to the Hornets what he believes his legacy will be after finally receiving an exemption to the COVID-19 private sector vaccine mandates last week by Mayor Eric Adams.
“The point of this season for me was never to just take a stance. It was really to make sure that I’m standing on what I believe in, in freedom,” Irving said. “Freedom, I don’t think that’s a word that gets defined enough in our society, about the freedom to make choices with your life without someone telling you what the f–k to do and whether that carries over to nuances of our society that politicians control, the government controls, or things people who are in power — the powers that may…