Kyrie Irving’s season has ended prematurely with an unexpected curveball.
The Boston Celtics guard will undergo a knee procedure Saturday that will sideline him for four to five months and force him to miss the rest of the 2017-18 regular season and playoffs, the team announced Thursday. According to the Celtics, a mid-March procedure found an infection in Irving’s left knee that necessitated Saturday’s upcoming operation.
Moments after the news became official, Irving took to Instagram to address that infection, his thoughts on the injury and more in a lengthy post.
Here’s the full text:
“The hardest thing to do sometimes is accept the uncontrollable things life throws at you. You try consistently to learn, grow, and prepare everyday to equip your mind, body, and spirit with tools to deal with some of those things, but I feel when those moments arise they all give you a sense of unfulfillment, simply because it puts some of your professional journey and goals on a brief hold. It’s simply a test of your perseverance and Will, to be present, even in the wake of what’s going on.
“In this case, finding out I have an infection in my knee is definitely a moment that I now accept and move past without holding on to the all the what ifs, proving the nay-Sayers completely f***ing wrong, and accomplishing the goals I’ve set out for the team and myself. This season was only a snapshot of what’s to come from me. Trust Me. ‘The journey back to the top of Mt. Everest continues.’Â #StandingRockSiouxTribe
“Let’s go Celtics!! Celtics fans, I look forward to hearing how loud it gets in the TD Garden during the playoffs and experiencing how intense the environment gets. Thank you all!”
The C’s face a tall task in the postseason without their All-Star point guard, but it appears he isn’t giving up hope.
