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Kyrie Irving was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1992 to American parents. He spent his early childhood in Australia before moving to the United States at age 2. Irving grew up in New Jersey and showed great basketball talent from a young age. He attended high school in New Jersey and was considered one of the top recruits in the country. Irving led the US junior national team to gold medals in 2010 and 2014 and helped the senior US men's team win gold at the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, where he was named MVP of the World Cup.

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Early Life

Kyrie Irving was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1992 to American parents. He spent his early childhood in Australia before moving to the United States at age 2. Irving grew up in New Jersey and showed great basketball talent from a young age. He attended high school in New Jersey and was considered one of the top recruits in the country. Irving led the US junior national team to gold medals in 2010 and 2014 and helped the senior US men's team win gold at the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, where he was named MVP of the World Cup.

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Early life

Irving was born in Melbourne, Australia, on March 23, 1992;[2] the son of
Drederick Irving and Elizabeth (née Larson) Irving, American expatriates.[3] He has
an older sister, Asia, and a younger sister, London. His father, Drederick, played
college basketball at Boston University alongside Shawn Teague (father of Jeff and
Marquis Teague) and under coach Rick Pitino.[4] After completing his college
career, Irving's father moved to Australia to play professionally for the Bulleen
Boomers in the SEABL.[5] Irving and his family lived in the Melbourne suburb of
Kew before relocating to the United States when he was two years old.[6][7] He
holds dual American and Australian citizenship.[6][8] Although he was born left-
handed, Irving was discouraged from using his left hand while he studied in a
Catholic school in 1996.[9]

His mother, who was African American and Lakota,[10] died of an illness when he
was four, and Drederick raised him along with the help of Irving's aunts.[7][11]
[12] In 2004, Irving's father remarried, to Shetellia Riley, who as of March 2022 is
Kyrie Irving's agent.[13] Irving is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe.[14][1

Irving grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, where he frequently attended his
father's adult-league games.[16][7] His inspiration to play in the NBA came after
playing at Continental Airlines Arena during a school trip in fourth grade, when he
declared, "I will play in the NBA, I promise."[7] Due to his father's connection to
Boston University, Irving spent a lot of time in Boston, including at BU's basketball
skills camp. Irving said that in fifth grade, he was offered a scholarship to Boston
University by then-head coach Dennis Wolff.[17] As a teenager, Irving played for
the Road Runners of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).[18][19]
Irving behind high school teammate and future NBA forward Michael Kidd-
Gilchrist
Irving played for Montclair Kimberley Academy in his freshman and sophomore
years in high school. He averaged 26.5 points, 10.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.6
steals and became only the second 1,000 point scorer in the school's history. In
his sophomore year, he led MKA to its first New Jersey Prep 'B' state title. [18]
[20]
After that year, he transferred to St. Patrick High School because he felt he
needed a bigger challenge.[18] He had to sit out the first 30 days of St. Patrick's
season due to the transfer.[20] At St. Patrick, Irving played with Michael Kidd-
Gilchrist, who was widely regarded as one of the best players in the class of 2011.
[21][22]

In his first season, Irving averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.0
steals per game, and led the team to its third New Jersey Tournament of
Champions title in four years. In August 2009, he led the USA East to the
tournament title in the Nike Global Challenge. He was the MVP with 21.3 points
and 4.3 assists per game.[19] The next year, St. Patrick was banned from the state
tournament for holding practice prior to the permitted start of the winter sports
season.[19][23] St. Patrick went 24–3 and won the Union County Tournament
championship as he finished his senior year with 24.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and
7.0 assists per game.[19]
On January 19, 2010, Irving was selected to the 2010 Junior National Select Team.
The team played at the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit at the Rose Garden in Portland,
Oregon, on April 10.[19][24] He was also selected to play in the 2010 McDonald's All-
American Game and the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic, where he was named co-MVP
with Harrison Barnes.[25][26] In June 2010, Irving was a part of the United States
gold medal-winning team at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.[27]
In 2012, Irving was in contention for a position on the
Australian team for the 2012 Olympics. However, he
elected not to represent his nation of birth, instead
focusing on selection for the United States national team
for the 2016 Olympic Games.[167]

Irving was a member of the United States national team


that competed in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
He helped lead Team USA to the gold medal and was
subsequently named the tournament's MVP. He started
all nine games in the tournament, averaging 12.1 points
and 3.6 assists per game, including 26 points scored in
the gold-medal game. He was then named the 2014 USA
Basketball Male Athlete of the Year.[168]

In 2016, Irving helped Team USA win the gold medal at


the 2016 Summer Olympics. With the win, he became
just the fourth member of Team USA to capture the NBA
championship and an Olympic gold medal in the same
year, joining LeBron James, Michael Jordan, and Scottie
Pippen.[169]

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