Kyrie Irving now to be known as "Little Mountain"

[Rock Strongo]

in injun circles anyway

Kyrie named Little Mountain in Lakota ceremony

 

[Rock Strongo]

Irving's mother, Elizabeth Larson, was a descendant of the Standing Rock Sioux but was adopted out as a small child. Irving, whose mother died when he was 4, has known about his lineage and has recently starting embracing it.

He stunned members of the tribe in 2016 when he said in an interview with ESPN that his mother was a member. That sent the elders scrambling to identify a lineage, and they found his grandparents and great-grandparents from the White Mountain family in the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota.

 

[Cyder]

Irving's mother, Elizabeth Larson, was a descendant of the Standing Rock Sioux but was adopted out as a small child. Irving, whose mother died when he was 4, has known about his lineage and has recently starting embracing it.

He stunned members of the tribe in 2016 when he said in an interview with ESPN that his mother was a member. That sent the elders scrambling to identify a lineage, and they found his grandparents and great-grandparents from the White Mountain family in the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota.

Wow, instant grandparents.

 

[Rock Strongo]

"more of an indian that elizabeth warren"

im waiting.

 

[LogicMan]

in sioux legacy the land was flat, white men could not dribble, and ohio was a place you escaped from

 

[Sparhawk]

Does this information get sent out around the globe or horizontally across it???

Asking for a friend...

 

[shopson67]

"more of an indian that elizabeth warren"

im waiting.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society provided CNN with initial research showing several members of Warren's maternal family claiming Cherokee heritage. The Native American link extends to Warren's great-great-great grandmother O.C. Sarah Smith, who is said to be described as Cherokee in an 1894 marriage license application.

Warren explains Native American listing was to meet people

 

[Gman]

Is he the best native american baller ever?

 

[Wamu]

in injun circles anyway

Kyrie named Little Mountain in Lakota ceremony

He can call himself whatever he wants. To me he's Mr. Flat Earth.

 

[Wamu]

Now this was a funny article I ran across.

Joey Crawford: David Stern ordered me to get therapy after ejecting Tim Duncan for laughing


Crawford is & always has been a jackass.

 

[Rock Strongo]

He can call himself whatever he wants. To me he's Mr. Flat Earth.

best troll job ever

 

[thunderc]

Uncle drew Little bit loco.

 

[WiggyRuss]

best troll job ever

it wasn't even a troll job-- kyrie thinks he is some deep thinking intellectual and was doing a "thought expirement" or some such bullshit.....his 3 months at Duke turned him into a very very smart individual that is just thinking on a totally different level then us normal folk. His ability to dribble and shoot apparently makes him REALLY REALLY smart too.

 

[CitySushi]

it wasn't even a troll job-- kyrie thinks he is some deep thinking intellectual and was doing a "thought expirement" or some such bullshit.....his 3 months at Duke turned him into a very very smart individual that is just thinking on a totally different level then us normal folk. His ability to dribble and shoot apparently makes him REALLY REALLY smart too.

Why not post all his accomplishments again to let us all know how great he will be?

 

[broncosmitty]

Mountain of Constant Injury

 

[broncosmitty]

Highest elevation: Surgery Peak

 

[GhostOfPoverty]

it wasn't even a troll job-- kyrie thinks he is some deep thinking intellectual and was doing a "thought expirement" or some such bullshit.....his 3 months at Duke turned him into a very very smart individual that is just thinking on a totally different level then us normal folk. His ability to dribble and shoot apparently makes him REALLY REALLY smart too.

Pretty much every athlete who is loudly vocal about issues not pertaining to their sport is extremely out of touch with reality/common people, including athletes like Kyrie, LeBron, Kaepernick, etc. Even if they grew up in less than prosperous financial situations for part or all of their youth, the vast majority of professional athletes spend a large portion of their formative years being showered with copious amounts of praise just for being good at athletics. Most of them have very little recollection of not being idolized for sports at whatever level they played at at any given time of their lives. Imagine being told you'll probably make the pros from early on in high school if not earlier, constantly showered with praise for it, and being one of the most popular kids in school for it.

A lot of them end up taking those experiences and deluding themselves into thinking it transcends their greatness beyond their sport whether or not they legitimately are qualified as such. Meanwhile, the kids who spend their formative years rigorously studying and putting effort into things like STEM related academics, music, language, etc. are by no means automatically rewarded for those endeavors on a social level, and certainly not to the extent of the athletes. In other words, the athletes are showered with far more praise than people who will actually be doing quantifiable good for the world as adults besides entertaining people by throwing a ball into a hoop or catching a football. It's not at all surprising that many of those athletes would let that inflate their egos.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Pretty much every athlete who is loudly vocal about issues not pertaining to their sport is extremely out of touch with reality/common people, including athletes like Kyrie, LeBron, Kaepernick, etc. Even if they grew up in less than prosperous financial situations for part or all of their youth, the vast majority of professional athletes spend a large portion of their formative years being showered with copious amounts of praise just for being good at athletics. Most of them have very little recollection of not being idolized for sports at whatever level they played at at any given time of their lives. Imagine being told you'll probably make the pros from early on in high school if not earlier, constantly showered with praise for it, and being one of the most popular kids in school for it.

A lot of them end up taking those experiences and deluding themselves into thinking it transcends their greatness beyond their sport whether or not they legitimately are qualified as such. Meanwhile, the kids who spend their formative years rigorously studying and putting effort into things like STEM related academics, music, language, etc. are by no means automatically rewarded for those endeavors on a social level, and certainly not to the extent of the athletes. In other words, the athletes are showered with far more praise than people who will actually be doing quantifiable good for the world as adults besides entertaining people by throwing a ball into a hoop or catching a football. It's not at all surprising that many of those athletes would let that inflate their egos.

yah that LeBron/Maverick Carter show on HBO is a perfect example. I could only watch like 5 minutes of it before gagging. How out of touch they are to actual reality is mind-boggling.

 

[Rock Strongo]

it wasn't even a troll job-- kyrie thinks he is some deep thinking intellectual and was doing a "thought expirement" or some such bullshit.....his 3 months at Duke turned him into a very very smart individual that is just thinking on a totally different level then us normal folk. His ability to dribble and shoot apparently makes him REALLY REALLY smart too.

youre sad because he left.

 

[WiggyRuss]

youre sad because he left.

Kyrie's skill as a basketball player has nothing to do with the fact that he is an assclown of extraordinary proportion. lol.

one word...well- two words? i dont know.

ice walls

or

ice-walls

?