{"id":123131,"date":"2017-10-11T23:02:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T03:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=123131"},"modified":"2017-10-11T23:02:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T03:02:24","slug":"kyrie-irving-says-boston-is-a-real-live-sports-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/11\/kyrie-irving-says-boston-is-a-real-live-sports-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving says Boston is &#8216;a real, live sports city&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_123132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123132\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/406180_365337823536256_1197128819_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-123132\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/406180_365337823536256_1197128819_n.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Kyrie Irving (Photo: Kyrie Irving\/Facebook)\" width=\"403\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/406180_365337823536256_1197128819_n.jpg 403w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/406180_365337823536256_1197128819_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/406180_365337823536256_1197128819_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Kyrie Irving (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KyrieIrving\/photos\/a.365337820202923.79505.358247354245303\/365337823536256\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KyrieIrving\/\">Kyrie Irving\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 Boston star Kyrie Irving has added more spice to the Celtics-Cleveland season opener.<\/p>\n<p>Irving, who asked to be traded out of Cleveland and wound up with the Celtics this summer after three straight NBA Finals trips with LeBron James and the Cavaliers, says he sees \u201ca vast difference\u201d between the cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoston, I&#8217;m driving in and (thinking), &#8216;I&#8217;m really playing in a real, live sports city?\u201d&#8217; Irving told reporters Wednesday, in comments published by The Charlotte Observer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of different cultures, food and people. You get it all, especially in Boston,\u201d Irving also said. \u201cYou would go to Cleveland, and it would be at nighttime, and things would be going on, but you just see a vast difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Irving and the Celtics open in Cleveland on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 Boston star Kyrie Irving has added more spice to the Celtics-Cleveland season opener. Irving, who asked to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":123132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[8329,5949,11104,904],"class_list":["post-123131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-boston-celtics","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-nba","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}