Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Kyrie Irving gets into it with Pelicans fans

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated 3/9/23

It turns out that the Boston Celtics fan base is not the only one that Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving dislikes.

Video went viral this week of a heated moment that Irving had with some New Orleans Pelicans fans sitting courtside during Wednesday’s game between the two teams.

After an apparent comment was made about his play, an irritated Irving said, “Nothing like fans telling me how to play basketball. How does that make sense?” One of the courtside fans then responded by saying, “You want me to tell you how to post on Amazon?”

Here is the video.

Kyrie: “Nothing like fans telling me how to play basketball.”

Fan: “You want me to tell you how to post on Amazon?”

Kyrie wasn’t feeling Pelicans fans pic.twitter.com/MpLWsTMJKq

— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) March 9, 2023

The fan was referencing the controversy earlier this year where Irving was suspended by his former team, the Brooklyn Nets, for tweeting out a link to a movie on Amazon that contained antisemitic themes.

Irving finished with a Mavs team-high 27 points in the game to go with six rebounds and four assists. But it was the Pelicans who won by the final of 113-106 in the last meeting between the two teams this regular season.

The outspoken eight-time All-Star Irving is understandably a popular target for hecklers. At least Irving kept things family-friendly this time around (unlike the last time when he got into it with an opposing fan base).

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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