The Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving has been making headlines with his quotes for some time now. A self-admitted believer of the Flat Earth theory performed a pregame ritual upon his return to Boston.
Irving was burning sage as he was walking around the court. After the game, he explained that the ritual comes from native tribes and it is supposed to cleanse the energy.
“It just comes from a lot of native tribes,” Irving said after the game, per Tim Bontemps of ESPN. “Being able to sage, just cleanse the energy, make sure that we’re all balanced. When we come into this job, we come into this place, it’s not anything that I don’t do at home that I did today. I saged last game, and I plan to sage almost every game if the opposing team will allow me to.
“But, literally, it’s more or less for us to stay connected and for us to feel great about going to work and feeling safe and provided for from our ancestors. I’m not going to bring too much of the spirituality into basketball, but yeah, it’s part of my native culture where I’m from.”
The 28-year-old point guard was one of the top scorers for the Nets with 17 points. He also had 7 rebounds and 5 assists as Brooklyn won 113-89.
