Kyrie Irving caused quite an uproar heading into All-Star Weekend when he went on teammate Richard Jefferson’s podcast and revealed that he isn’t buying the whole “earth is round” conspiracy that the scientific community has been duping us with for so long for some inexplicable reason.
It really should go without saying that his line of logic on the matter is tragically and hilariously flawed, but then our worst fears were confirmed when several other players admitted their skepticism about one of the most fundamental scientific facts most of us learned in elementary school. (Thankfully, commissioner Adam Silver acted as the voice of reason for the NBA as a whole.)
Jefferson spoke about it Monday on The Jump with Rachel Nichols and defended his teammate, then later debuted this glorious graphic tee honoring Irving’s beliefs.
Richard Jefferson already has a "flat world champions" shirt. Amazing. (via @demeatloaf) pic.twitter.com/pHBrcNfoNV
— Jordan Zirm (@JordanZirm) February 22, 2017
— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) February 22, 2017
Irving sorta/kinda tried to back-peddle about it over All-Star Weekend, hinting that he was possibly trolling everyone and that he was ultimately trying to make a larger point about how the media tends to blow things out of proportion.
That latest explanation was suspect, to say the least, especially after he doubled-down on it just days prior. We’d like to be able to say that Jefferson’s hilarious shirt has made it all worthwhile, but the whole thing just makes us far too sad.
