Episode 11: Kyrie Irving + Communication

This episode of the Grim Drive Podcast, where we explore mental health through the lens of professional sports and athletes, takes a look at Kyrie Irving + Communication. Kyrie Irving is a wizard with the basketball, best handles of all time, in complete control with balance and precision at all times.  His image off of […]

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This episode of the Grim Drive Podcast, where we explore mental health through the lens of professional sports and athletes, takes a look at Kyrie Irving + Communication.

Kyrie Irving is a wizard with the basketball, best handles of all time, in complete control with balance and precision at all times.  His image off of the court, however, tends to lack this balance, likely a result of an imbalance in both his approach to communication and the media coverage of him.

We discuss the numerous ways in which Kyrie’s approach to communication creates unnecessary problems, the imbalance in media coverage of his mistakes compared to the great things he does to help others, as well as what goes into successful communication in general.

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Kyrie episode related links:

Charity: Feeding America: https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjv5JSVoO3uAhWu1LMKHTJlAPQYABAAGgJxbg&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESQeD2aHFCxG6_BemP_Yxe93IJq0zXiJ8OIA0yN643R2CvEi-VcIU9SKEIKkShJgzUJL4K2-DFPBU3_sYmnYqFfQV3&sig=AOD64_3Q-LjIaKxxVw2uk-wjPly9PgDlSw&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwjZxYyVoO3uAhUMU98KHb8WD58Q0Qx6BAgYEAEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwnbdQcPyFkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUoW9BngTcchttps://sports.yahoo.com/nets-unsatisfied-kyrie-irvings-communication-060554962.htmlhttps://www.boston.com/sports/nba/2021/01/20/paul-pierce-kyrie-irving-comments-nets-returnhttps://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/associated_press/sports/kyrie-irving-resolve-compromise-sacrifice-communication-keys-to-past-big-3-successes/article_bf79449d-3188-5788-9ff7-1f7cb7e90f2c.htmlhttps://theglobalherald.com/sport/kyrie-irvings-poor-communication-with-the-nets-is-a-major-slap-in-the-face-jay-williams-kjz/https://zonecoverage.com/2021/lynx/the-difference-between-maya-moore-and-kyrie-irvings-off-the-court-situations/https://nba.nbcsports.com/2019/10/29/report-kyrie-irving-resisted-nets-wearables-stopped-communicating-during-china-trip/https://theundefeated.com/features/what-reporters-can-learn-from-kyrie-irving-calling-them-pawns/https://www.12up.com/posts/kyrie-irving-throws-half-of-nets-team-under-bus-comment-after-loss-to-76ers-01dypdyjrxq2

Pre-Nets:

https://www.celticslife.com/2019/06/has-anyone-else-had-it-with-kyrie.htmlhttps://bleacherreport.com/articles/2841619-kyrie-irving-rumors-star-has-essentially-ghosted-celtics-ahead-of-free-agencyhttps://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/basketball-news/kyrie-irvings-negative-locker-room-vibe-affected-the-team.htmlhttps://fadeawayworld.net/2019/11/29/sources-say-kyrie-irving-was-responsible-for-toxic-celtics-locker-room/https://www.slamonline.com/nba/marcus-morris-celtics-placed-kyrie-irvings-emotions-ahead-of-the-team/https://www.complex.com/sports/2019/06/kyrie-irving-relationship-with-boston-celticshttps://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/kyrie-irving-need-better-communication-with-david-blatt/246022https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2755985-report-kyrie-irving-threatened-to-have-knee-surgery-to-force-cavaliers-trade

Teammates:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2835594-anonymous-celtics-player-kyrie-irving-hard-to-play-with-its-all-about-himhttps://bleacherreport.com/articles/2815636-celtics-kyrie-irving-on-frustration-with-teammates-i-just-want-to-win-so-badhttps://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-news-former-teammate-takes-a-dig-at-kyrie-irving-and-says-he-learned-poor-leadership-from-lebron-james/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/kyrie-irving-great-teammate-gets-taken-out-of-context-nets-teammate-sayshttps://netswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/10/caris-levert-kyrie-irving-is-probably-one-of-the-best-teammates-ive-had/

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