Kyrie Irving explains burning sage ritual before games

Irving is doing the ritual as a way to honor his Native American heritage

Kyrie Irving was filmed burning sage before the Nets game against the Celtics last night. After the game, Irving explained that the ritual comes from a lot of native americans tribes (he is a member of a Sioux tribe) and said he plans to do it all season long.

“It just comes from a lot of native tribes. Being able to sage, just cleanse the energy, make sure that we’re all balanced. When we come into this job, we come into this place, it’s not anything that I don’t do at home that I did today.

“I saged last game, and I plan to sage almost every game if the opposing team will allow me to,” said Irving.