Kyrie Irving parents are Drederick Irving and Elizabeth Irving. Kyrie was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up with two sisters.
Kyrie is a Dallas Mavericks point guard and eight-time All-Star. He is also a three-time member of the All-NBA Team.
He won the NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016. Before his current NBA success, Irving was the 2011 Rookie of the Year and 2014 MVP of the All-Star Game.
Nicknamed "Little Mountain," he won gold at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In February 2020, he was elected vice president of the National Basketball Players Association.
Besides the Cavaliers and the Nets, Irving played with the Boston Celtics from 2017 to 2019. He is one of the highest paid NBA players right now.
Drederick Irving Is A Former Basketball Player
Kyrie Irving dad Drederick Irving played as a guard for the Boston University Terriers mens basketball team.
He was the captain of the 1987-1988 team.
During that time, he led the team toward the 1988 NAC title. The Terriers also reached each NAC Championship game during his time.
Irving senior was teammates with Shawn Teague, father of fellow basketball players Jeff and Marquis Teague. The two trained under coach Rick Pitino.
Drederick spent all four seasons at Boston University from 1984 to 1988. The university honored his time with them and retired his jersey No.11 the same year.
However, he failed to land on the NBA roster during the next league draft. He then moved to Australia to play for the Bulleen Boomers in the SEABL.
Drederick holds dual citizenship as both an American and an Australian. The Irvings lived in the Melbourne suburb of Kew but returned to the United States when Kyrie was two.
The NBA All-Star often accompanied his dad in his league games and cheered for him. He also attended Boston University's skill camps due to his father's legacy.
Drederick attends his son's almost every game and interacts with the media.
Kyrie Irving Mother Played Piano
Kyrie Irving's mother is the late Elizabeth Larson Irving. She was a trained pianist and a mixed descendant of the African American race and the Lakota tribe.
Lakota is one of the three prominent subcultures of the Native American Sioux people in North and South Dakota.
Kyrie enrolled in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in 2018 and got his "Little Mountain" name to honor his late mom.
Her birth name was Cynthia Janette White Mountain before her adoption from her tribe reserve.
Boston University Today confirms that Elizabeth had a prolific high school athletic career as a two-sport player. She played basketball and volleyball during her time at BU.
As fellow athletes, she and Drederick became college sweethearts. They married after their graduation and moved to Australia together.
However, she passed away when Kyrie was four. She had contracted sepsis while her time at the hospital at 29.
Drederick raised Kyrie alone in West Orange, New Jersey, with the help of his aunts.
He and Nike had donated 17 pallets of food and 50,000 N95 masks to the tribe during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In January 2022, the Nets point guard launched his "I love you Mom" sneakers series to donate the sales to the community.
Drederick Irving Later Married Shetellia Riley Irving
Drederick and Shetellia Riley married in 2004. Kyrie has always been close to his stepmom.
She became Kyrie's agent in March 2022, which made her the first African American woman representing an active NBA player.
Shetellia graduated from Dillard University in 1993 and attended The City College of New York the following year. She first worked as an
Kyrie Irving Siblings
Kyrie Irving has two sisters and is the middle child of Drederick.
Drederick and the late Elizabeth gave birth to Asia and Kyrie. Meanwhile, the second marriage welcomed a younger daughter named London.
Kyrie is close to both Asia and London Irving as their brother in need. Both of them never miss an opportunity to attend his games.
Elder Sister Asia Irving
The eldest of the Irving household, Asia, is a wardrobe stylist. As the elder sister to Kyrie, she has also styled her little brother whenever needed.
She runs Aseye Studio, of which she is the founder and designer. The clothing brand primarily focuses on women's clothing.
Asia takes inspiration from vintage aesthetics, letterman styles, sports culture, African American culture, symbolic art, and the desire for exploration and elevation to design her products.
She excels in the area of celebrity fashion and Instagram influence.
London Irving Is His Stepsister
London is the youngest child of the house and step-sister to both Asia and Kyrie.
London Irving was born on February 28, 2008. Her official Instagram is @londonirv.
She lives with Shetellia Riley Irving in their New Jersey home.
Kyrie Irving Is Engaged
Kyrie Irving is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Marlene Wilkerson. Marlene is a social media influencer and is known as The Find Guru.
Kyrie and Wilkerson first met at a basketball invitational camp in 2018. They started dating right after, and he put a ring on her a year after.
She has accumulated more than 781k subscribers on her YouTube channel for her beauty tips, fashion advice, and fitness routines videos.
Marlene started her vlogging career in September 2015 and has garnered about 52 million views. The glamorous NBA WAG took over Instagram in June 2021 when she announced her pregnancy through her maternal photoshoots.
Photographer Bblair Caldwell had captured those on a 24-hour notice. Makeup artist Ronald Watkins and weave expert Imani followed the same routine.
Kyrie Irving Has Two Children
Kyrie Irving is a father to two kids, a son named Kaire and a daughter named Azurie. Both of them were born to two different women.
Kyrie has been stranded with his first baby mama since the birth of his eldest.
Daughter Azurie Elizabeth Irving
Azurie Elizabeth was named after her late grandmother. She was born to Kyrie and former pageant queen Andrea Wilson.
Andrea is best known for participating in the 2010 Miss Texas USA competition. The two had gotten close in 2013; by 2015, the couple was expecting their first child.
TMZ, in September 2015, reported that Wilson and Irving were separated. Azurie was born on November 24 of that year.
Kyrie had filed for a petition to be present in his daughter's life by helping her with child support, including medical bills.
However, Andrea later claimed that the NBA star failed to fulfill his promises.
Azurie lives with Andrea enjoying an exquisite fashionable upbringing.
Son Kaire Irving Is The Youngest
Kyrie and Marlene announced their pregnancy in July 2021 and gave birth to their son, Kaire, on August 18.
Kaire is a toddler who accompanies his mom and dad on exotic vacations whenever they have time.
Meanwhile, Azurie is yet to feature a social media post with her half brother.
