{"id":20329,"date":"2021-05-10T17:41:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T22:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=20329"},"modified":"2021-05-11T23:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T04:25:37","slug":"kyrie-irving-7x-nba-all-star-2013-2015-2017-2019-2021-nba-all-star-game-mvp-2014-hands-out-another-assist-to-the-community-this-time-to-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=20329","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving, 7\u00d7 NBA All-Star (2013\u20132015, 2017\u20132019, 2021) NBA All-Star Game MVP (2014), hands out another assist to the community, this time to entrepreneurs. How good is Kyrie Irving? Magic Johnson calls him a \u2018video game;\u2019 Isiah Thomas, \u2018Jim Hendrix\u2019 with the ball"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In his latest community outreach, Kyrie Irving and his KAI Family Foundation have established a consultancy to help underrepresented entrepreneurs.<\/strong> \"Kyrie\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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Kyrie Irving & KAI Family Enterprise announces KAI Eleven Consulting, LLC, a business consulting firm created to help underrepresented entrepreneurs. KAI 11 Consulting provides programs and mentoring that give business owners and personnel access to established diverse mentors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) May 10, 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

In a press release, Irving described the arrangement…<\/strong><\/p>\n

KAI 11 Consulting provides programs and mentoring that give business owners and personnel access to seasoned development coaches, area managers, and growth groups that offer roadmaps to scaling and cultivating efficiencies. In addition, KAI 11 Consulting is partnering with Michael Loeb, Bonin Bough, and Marcus Glover Co-Founders of Lockstep Ventures, to provide resources that lessen the financial gap divide in various communities.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe must give our people the proper resources and stewardship for them to win beyond traditional investment vehicles,\u201d said Irving. \u201cThis is not only essential to closing the wealth gap, but it also fosters a more unified, empowered, and liberated society.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The launch of KAI 11 Consulting, Irving said, is just the first step in a comprehensive plan for the KAI 11 family of companies to work with minority, woman-owned, and underrepresented businesses on a variety of initiatives. News releases about additional initiatives are scheduled to be announced later this year, he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The consultancy is the latest in a series of community endeavors Irving has taken on himself, particularly since the pandemic began.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since March 2020, Irving has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to food banks, hundreds of thousands of meals to hungry, thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment to his late mom\u2019s Sioux nation in the Dakotas and set up a $1.5 million fund to help those WNBA<\/a> players who couldn\u2019t participate in the Bradenton \u201cwubble.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

He also personally distributed turkeys to disadvantaged families in his two New York area \u201chometowns,\u201d one in New Jersey, the other in the Bronx, at Thanksgiving. During the Christmas holidays, Irving broadened his generosity with his \u201c11 Days of Giving\u201d … and paying the tuition of nine Lincoln University students.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n

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Kyrie Irving<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Kyrie Irving<\/strong><\/caption>\n
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Irving in 2016<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No. 11 \u2013 Brooklyn Nets<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Position<\/strong><\/th>\nPoint guard<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
League<\/strong><\/th>\nNBA<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Personal information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Born<\/strong><\/th>\nMarch 23, 1992 (age\u00a029)<\/span><\/strong>
\nMelbourne, Australia<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nationality<\/strong><\/th>\nAmerican<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listed height<\/strong><\/th>\n6\u00a0ft 2\u00a0in (1.88\u00a0m)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listed weight<\/strong><\/th>\n195\u00a0lb (88\u00a0kg)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Career information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
High school<\/strong><\/th>\n\n
College<\/strong><\/th>\nDuke<\/a> (2010\u20132011)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NBA draft<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n2011<\/a> \/ Round: 1 \/ Pick: 1st<\/a> overall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Playing career<\/strong><\/th>\n2011\u2013present<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Career history<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/a>\u20132017<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\nCleveland Cavaliers<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/a>\u20132019<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\nBoston Celtics<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/a>\u2013present<\/strong><\/th>\nBrooklyn Nets<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Career highlights and awards<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Stats<\/a>\u00a0\"Edit<\/a> at NBA.com<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stats<\/a> at Basketball-Reference.com<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Men’s basketball<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Representing \"\"\u00a0<\/span>United States<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Olympics<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Gold<\/strong><\/td>\n2016 Rio de Janeiro<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTeam<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Cup<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Gold<\/strong><\/td>\n2014 Spain<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTeam<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIBA Americas U18 Championship<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Gold<\/strong><\/td>\n 2010 San Antonio<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTeam<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Awards and honors<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Irving banner in Downtown Cleveland<\/a> in 2016<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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