Did he say it was a joke? He said he said it to get a reaction.[1] People say true things all the time to get a reaction. Let's look at the timeline[2]: 2017-

Did he say it was a joke? He said he said it to get a reaction.[1] People say true things all the time to get a reaction. Let's look at the timeline[2]: 2017-02-16: He says he believes the Earth is flat.[3] 2017-02-17: He doubles down on it.[3] 2017-09-25: He says he said it to get a reaction. He never uses the word joking. He says he just wants to have an open conversation. "At the end of the day, you're gunna feel and believe what you want to feel, but don't knock my life over it."[1] 2018-06-08: He says he doesn't know whether the earth is round or flat. "I haven’t convinced myself all the way like everything that has been given to us is fake. No. But you also know that a lot of history has been distorted over time."[4] 2018-10-01: He apologizes for saying the earth is flat. He doesn't say he doesn't believe it, just that he's sorry for saying it. He was into conspiracies and went down the rabbit hole and wanted to share it with everyone. But how he thinks "Don't come out and say that stuff, that's for intimate conversations."[5] He also promoted conspiracies about famous assassinations.[3] [1] https://streamable.com/d9nx2 https://streamable.com/d9nx2 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie_Irving#Conspiracy_theories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie_Irving#Conspiracy_theori... [3] https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2693635-kyrie-irving-actually-believes-earth-is-flat https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2693635-kyrie-irving-act... [4] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/movies/kyrie-irving-nba-celtics-earth.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/movies/kyrie-irving-nba-c... [5] https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24863899/kyrie-irving-boston-celtics-apologizes-saying-earth-flat https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24863899/kyrie-irving-bo...