© 2107 Jordan Long Sports-Scoop.com | Sports with Attitude! The Boston Celtics are 2-2.  Over the weekend they beat the Philadelphia 76ers 102-92.  Kyrie Irving was fined $25,000. According to  yahoosports.com , league Vice President Kiki VanDeWeghe said, "Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving has been fined $25,000 for using inappropriate language when responding to a fan.”  The fan was yelling “Kyrie, where's LeBron" as Kyrie was headed to locker room.  Irving said something to the fan and it was caught on video.” Some fans try to get under the skin of a player.  It happens at all sporting events, especially when the team is on the road.  In this case the fan annoyed Kyrie Irving.  All Irving had to do was walk away and ignore the fan.   His teammates could have told him not to worry about what the fan was saying and keep walking.  The event staff might have said something to the fan and it might have stopped there. But that did not happen.

© 2107 Jordan Long Sports-Scoop.com | Sports with Attitude! On July 14th, 2017, the Boston Celtics signed prized free agent, small forward Gordon Hayward.  The contract was 4 years, $128 million, paying him $32 million a year.   The hope was that Hayward would be a scoring threat, run the offense, and play defense.  Boston had championship aspirations for this year.            On Tuesday, the Celtics traveled to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers to open their season.  It was the first time to see Hayward in a Boston Celtics uniform.  Unfortunately, his debut lasted only 5 minutes.  Hayward was going up for an alley-oop pass with 6 minutes and 45 seconds left in the 1st quarter.  When he was jumping up, Cavaliers small forward LeBron James knocked the basketball away while playing defense to prevent an easy score.  Hayward collapsed under the basket.  He was moved from the court in a stretcher and didn’t return.  X-rays showed he dislocated his ankle and fractured his