The 2014 All-Star Game MVP finally made his 8th appearance in the annual exhibition. With all his antics other than basketball it wouldn’t have been a surprise if Kyrie Irving never got a selection after 2021, but he is a starter in the guard position in the 2023 All-Star Game.
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This year’s All-Star Game started a different type of team selection process. The captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo choose their squads just before the tipoff.
However, even before Irving was picked by Team LeBron at the #2 spot, the crowd in Utah booed him during the introduction to the players.
Kyrie Irving boo by the fans in Utah when announced: pic.twitter.com/l3mwOaP4qw
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) February 20, 2023
Yes, the same crowd that was cheering for Karl Malone last night.
Fans in Utah boo Kyrie Irving and NBA Twitter isn’t happy about it
Kyrie Irving might not be as likable as he once was for the things he keeps doing and saying when he is not playing the game, but when it comes to Karl Malone the word ‘like’ goes out the window.
The things that man did even on the court were hideous and were not sometimes appreciated by even his home crowd in Utah. However, they were cheering for him when he was there to judge the Dunk contest but booed Kyrie tonight.
It did not sit well with NBA Twitter.
So they cheer for Karl Malone but boo Kyrie 🤣🤕
— T (@montanotylerr) February 20, 2023
Just saying, these the dudes that cheer for Karl Malone. You good kyrie
— 🙂 (@LeFortniteGod) February 20, 2023
Meanwhile, Utah when Karl Malone came out pic.twitter.com/0ZTMgUAtvA
— LouAye (@LouAyeBurner) February 20, 2023
White people booing a black man he really is the next MLK
— king isaiah* 💜 (@isaiah_ad) February 20, 2023
Why Karl Malone is not a good choice to judge anything?
He might be one of the NBA’s greatest scorers of all time and also some of its dirtiest on the court. But something that ‘The Mailman’ did even before making it to the NBA was horrendous for somebody to be made the judge of an annual event in a top sport of the country.
He had allegedly impregnated a 13-year-old girl while he was in college and is reportedly not a good man in any other aspects even after his college days and well throughout his 18 years in Utah Jazz and even after. Malone once even said something ugly about Vanessa Bryant during his time with Kobe and the Lakers.
