Walking with Drake in Toronto?
At your sister’s birthday party?
Both theories have yet to be confirmed, but on Tuesday night, “Kai Irving” was spotted by political strategist Waleed Shahid alongside special guest Cynthia Nixon, a former NY government candidate and Sex and the City star, on a Zoom call to Manhattan District Candidate for Attorney Tahanie Aboushi:
ESPN’s Malika Andrews shortly thereafter acknowledged that the AWOL Nets owner actually appeared to be one of 150 virtual gifts in support of one of the most progressive candidates in a busy race to replace (perhaps? He hasn’t stated his intentions yet) Cy Vance as the New York City’s chief police officer.
Given Irving’s history of speaking the truth to power in matters of social and racial justice, support for a candidate like Aboushi – whose introduction on the website says that she “will end mass incarceration and invest in our communities, build schools instead of cages and … elevate communities harmed by the prison industrial complex” – sounds true as branded.
Ah yes, the Nets were in action at the Barclays Center against the Nuggets during that Zoom call.
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Irving has been out of action since losing the Nets’ tilt on January 7 with the Sixers. Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks announced on Tuesday (after the supposed “sister party” video went down) that Kyrie took a leave of absence for “personal reasons.“
And yes, if I ever beat Woj or Shams, Shahid’s answer to himself it would be my follow-up tweet too: