More recently, in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder two summers ago, Irving bought Floyd’s family a house. Irving has been known to meet grieving families of fallen soldiers in the bowels of arenas before games, too. “Even when he’s ‘bad’ Kyrie, when he meets the family of a fallen soldier behind the scenes, in the underbelly of the arena, he is genuine and real and, like, hugs the mom,” said a league official who’s known Irving for years. “Right now, today, I believe he would take care of someone in that way.”