Kyrie Irving takes responsibility for profane outburst to Sixers fan

Kyrie Irving was on the receiving end of some heckling by a Philadelphia fan on Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center and directed a lewd comment towards the individual as he exited the visitor's tunnel at halftime. Video of the incident made the rounds on social media after the game.

After hearing from the league office at the NBA about those remarks surfacing, Irving took full responsibility for the situation but did not regret making the comments.

"Hell no," said Irving about whether he regretted making the remarks. " (The heckler was) man enough to record it on video, then that's all him. I'm glad he got his (social media) name out there and then, kinda, 5 seconds of fame and it going viral -- that's the social media platform we live on. I take full responsibility what I said and excuse (to) the kids at home and you move on."

Irving continued: "At the end of the day, we're human. It's in heat of the moment and frustrations arise, we were at halftime, we were down by 4, in an environment, a season-opener in Philly. Being with a young team like we have here and staying composed, handling that before we go in the locker room and addressing what we have to do in the locker room and going out and handling business and getting the W, that's really the only thing that matters to me. "It's up to the league at this point. But, like I said, I'm going to take full responsibility for what I said. I don't have any regrets for it."

Brad Stevens had yet to see the video but hoped Irving would respond appropriately after hearing about them.

"You guys know what the right thing to do is," Stevens said. "People make mistakes, hopefully they learn from them. There's a right and wrong, and if you're in the wrong, you have to own up to it."

Irving has yet to hear from the league about a potential fine.



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