Twitter was ablaze in the immediate aftermath of the news Celtics All-Star Kyrie Irving would miss the rest of the regular season and the playoffs after undergoing another knee surgery.
Plenty of NBA and Celtics fans were surprised and saddened by the news:
*reading “Kyrie is out for the season and playoffs”* pic.twitter.com/OfRWkSdH9v
— Coeur De Lion (@RichyProfit401) April 5, 2018
When Kyrie and Hayward combine to play 60 games this season pic.twitter.com/peNdpEYbLE
— Christopher Jason (@cjason112) April 5, 2018
Mood #Kyrie pic.twitter.com/NeWViIxLpS
— Paul Finnell (@pfinnell4) April 5, 2018
— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) April 5, 2018
mood pic.twitter.com/g1iti5Rhaf
— CelticsBlog (@celticsblog) April 5, 2018
Kyrie getting hurt is a big enough tragedy in Boston for Mark Wahlberg to star in a movie about it
— Chip Reiderson (@ChipReiderson) April 5, 2018
While others took a more, lighthearted approach to the news:
LeBron getting the alert Kyrie is out for the season and realizing there’s no one left to challenge him in the East pic.twitter.com/C5FrrKLKvx
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) April 5, 2018
LeBron James after hearing Kyrie Irving will miss the remainder of the playoffs pic.twitter.com/VLUqmWv3c3
— Marcus Pearl (@marcuspearl429) April 5, 2018
Lebron walking into the finals now that Kyrie hurt pic.twitter.com/n2OMvJIhF5
— KODAK CHAT (@Anfirnee55) April 5, 2018
Gordon Hayward welcoming Kyrie to Boston Medical pic.twitter.com/BgYRnXKvBw
— Matthew JG Parent (@LeDogger) April 5, 2018
Cleveland dodging that Kyrie injury pic.twitter.com/j70B7qXLrE
— Jimi kae (@jimikay17) April 5, 2018
August, 2017:
Celtics: “They dont know about Isaiah’s hip everyone be quiet they might actually do it.”
Cavs: “They dont know about Kyrie’s knee everyone be quiet they might actually do it.”
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) April 5, 2018
Philly sports fans after hearing about Kyrie Irving's injury pic.twitter.com/gOv1rXg9Dy
— Karisa Maxwell (@KarisaMaxwell) April 5, 2018
Karma. A two part story starring Kyrie Irving. pic.twitter.com/FBDhoSyrUb
— josh stark (@joshua_stark15) April 5, 2018
Irving himself wrote an emotional Instagram post after the news broke, taking fans through everything he was feeling:
Hopefully, Irving makes a full recovery in four-to-five months so we can see more of his signature awesomeness next season.
Kyrie Irving crosses and spins it off the glass! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/V6tIqKpttb
— NBA (@NBA) February 24, 2018
