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DEANDRE’ BEMBRY RECONNECTS WITH KYRIE IRVING IN BROOKLYN

by Coach Muki
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DeAndre’ Bembry had just transferred to a new high school, moving from North Carolina to New Jersey, and was getting acclimated to his surroundings with pickup games that regularly featured alumni coming back to their old school looking for some run.

One of them was the recently selected No. 1 pick of the 2011 NBA Draft, just a year out of high school himself, Kyrie Irving.

“I remember my first year moving to New Jersey, he would always come back and Rod Strickland, so many different guys that attended St. Pat’s,” said Bembry. “They would all be on the same team. It would be like our high school team versus all of these pros. We would lose and have to run. There was plenty of times when we would run because nobody could stop Kyrie and stuff like that. You’ll be able to talk to Kyrie about some of the pickup games that we had. It definitely was very competitive back then.”

Ten years later, Bembry and Irving will be teaming up in the NBA after Bembry signed a free agent contract to join the Brooklyn Nets for the 2021-22 season.

“Where the organization is already on their way to what they’re trying to do,” said Bembry of what attracted him to Brooklyn. “Me myself I know what I can bring to the table. I know the Nets, they need some guys who can go out there and guard, compete, stuff like that. That was really my first thought on the whole situation. And they reached out as well. That was information for me to join onboard. That was pretty much the start of it and I was just looking the next opportunity.”

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