It became a major story and even NBA Commissioner Adam Silver - who, like Irving, went to Duke - was asked to offer his opinion.

This whole saga started in February 2017, when Irving questioned whether the Earth is flat on a podcast that came out shortly before All-Star weekend that year in New Orleans. Irving said he’s since learned certain thoughts are best kept in “intimate conversations.” “To all the science teachers, everybody coming up to me like, `You know I’ve got to reteach my whole curriculum?’ I’m sorry,” Irving said, as the room attending his session laughed. Speaking Monday at the Forbes Under 30 summit in Boston, the flat-Earth topic that Irving inserted himself into last year was discussed - and the All-Star guard said he didn’t realize the effect that his claim would have once it went public.

“I’m sorry,” the Boston Celtics star said.Īnd with that, Irving made clear that he regrets publicly saying that the Earth is flat. BOSTON (AP) - Kyrie Irving offered a simple message to science teachers Monday.

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