Kyrie Irving

Prior to the Brooklyn Nets' season opener on Wednesday night, Kyrie Irving shared an important message with the crowd at the Barclays Center.

"Thank you everyone for fighting so hard to get me home," Griner said. And these countries want the world in return," one fan said. "Please, POTUS, do your job.

The WNBA star celebrated her 32nd birthday this week while locked in a Russian detention center.

Bout used his air transport companies and the smoke screen caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union to smuggle weapons throughout much of the eastern hemisphere. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) A Russian court convicted her of drug smuggling in August and sentenced her to nine years in a penal colony. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. We want to continue to let her name be known, and we pray," he said. We hope that she comes home soon, that everybody’s doing their part to get her home.” [ fears that she will be transferred out ](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/06/brittney-griners-wife-says-basketball-star-could-be-moved-to-russian-labor-camp)of Moscow to work in a Russian camp should the appeal and attempts at a swap fail. [, suggested ](https://egyptindependent.com/russian-official-confirms-names-discussed-in-prisoner-swap-talks/)that Moscow was open to the idea of a swap. [reportedly pitched Russia ](http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=44681X1458326&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F07%2F27%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fgriner-swap.html&sref=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kyrie-irving-joe-biden-brittney-griner-b2207005.html)the idea of a prisoner swap, trading Griner and Paul Whelan — an American former Marine accused of spying — in exchange for the release of the "Merchant of Death" arms dealer Viktor Bout. [met with the WNBA star’s wife](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/brittney-griner-ap-joe-biden-paul-whelan-russia-b2169216.html), Cherelle Griner, and reportedly assured her he would fight to bring Brittney Griner home. [plans to appeal](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brittney-griner-appeal-russia-wnba-b2206959.html) the Russian court’s sentence on 25 October. "It’s been 243 days since she was wrongfully incarcerated in Russia.

Kyrie Irving took time out of a pre-game speech Wednesday to demand Joe Biden get Brittney Griner home ... saying straight up, "Do your job!"

[Getty](https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/18/brittney-griner-wife-cherelle-thanks-president-biden-support-birthday/) She has an [appeal hearing](https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/15/brittney-griner-appealing-drug-charge-conviction-in-russia/) in the case set for next week. [incarcerated in Russia](https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/05/wnba-star-brittney-griner-detained-russia-customs-officials-drug-charge-prison/) since February ... "POTUS, do your job!" "Everybody do your job! The 30-year-old grabbed the mic, and urged fans to cheer his team and his teammates on ...

Kyrie Irving totaled 15 points (6-19 FG, 0-6 3PT, 3-3 FT), two rebounds, five assists, and two steals in the Nets' 130-108 loss to the Pelicans on Wednesday ...

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Austin Rivers is our narrator here. He was at a Deron Williams Skill Academy that was held in New Jersey and Kyrie Irving, who was a nobody then, walked in. And ...

I’m like ‘Who the hell is this dude?’” Everybody was like ‘Who the f***?’ Mind you, we never heard of... But I remember guys saying, ‘Who the f*** is this guy?

Former Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving regrets having asked for a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers back in 2017.

I’m grateful that I had my time there because it was one of the most historical franchises that again, I did not know the power of our industry.” There was a lot of things that happened in the business that I didn’t understand. “When I asked for a trade from Cleveland, the one thing that I look back on is: Did I exhaust as many opportunities to get closer to guys when I felt some type of difference?