Kyrie Irving Reveals Why He Made That Infamous Call To LeBron James

Kyrie Irving’s call to LeBron James is still making headlines. The Boston Celtics star called LeBron to apologize for his behavior in Cleveland. Irving demanded a trade because he did not want to play in the shadow of LeBron.

So, now he shares the reasons he had to call LeBron.

When asked about his ohone call over the All-Star weekend, LeBron’s former teammate did not say too much. However, he did talk to ESPN’s Rachel Nichols and opened up about the call and some of the hottest topics that were related to him.

“Well, I think that, you know, it takes a very, very strong individual to replay a lot of the experiences that you’ve had,” Irving said. “A lot of anger that you’ve had built up, where you didn’t address the situation and you allowed it to fester. And then it was just combustion and then you realize, ‘Hey, I didn’t have to deal with that the same way I dealt with that.’”

“But for me, it’s just … apologizing, yeah, that was a step for me, just to move forward in my life.”

Irving talked about the issues he has with the young Celtics players.

“We basically have a bunch of young men in our locker room who feel like they’re capable of doing a lot more than they’re doing,” he said. “And that’s OK, but there’s a maturing that you have to have.”

“I initially didn’t play the minutes I wanted to play,” Irving said of the time he is receiving with the team. “I’m 26 years old, heading into my prime, like, why do I have to wait for anybody?”

When it comes to LeBron, he has no hard feelings for his former teammate.

“It takes a real man and a real person to be able to understand who they are,” he said. “To be able call or do anything and be able to see their wrongdoings, or believe they had some wrongdoing, and then be able to come to grips with that and either apologize or say that, ‘At that point in time, I thought I was ready for something, but I really wasn’t.’ ”

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