You can take Kyrie Irving out of Brooklyn, but you apparently can’t take the Brooklyn out of Kyrie Irving.
The Dallas Mavericks star Irving showed off a new look to social media over the weekend. Irving was sporting a slightly thicker head of hair plus a goatee combo. Here is the video clip that was posted by Irving to his Snapchat page (but watch out for some bad language).
We have “Goatee Kyrie” in the building 😂 pic.twitter.com/9jJf7bixhQ
— Kyrie Center (@kyriecenterig) August 26, 2023

To many fans though, Irving’s look seemed mighty familiar. People started joking that Irving now looked just like his former Brooklyn Nets teammate Spencer Dinwiddie.
— Jose (@JoseLAL11) August 27, 2023
— LBJ (@KiLBJJ) August 26, 2023
spencer diniwiddie is that u pic.twitter.com/kK1udrxMLW
— (@FeelLikeDrew) August 27, 2023
Spencer Dinwiddie pic.twitter.com/5OvME4kJ1C
— Justin Harris (@Stayconsistent4) August 27, 2023
Irving and Dinwiddie already share plenty of links. The two players were teammates in Brooklyn from 2019-21. Dinwiddie eventually made his way to the Mavericks … and then got traded back to Brooklyn as part of the Irving-to-Dallas blockbuster trade last February.
Granted, Irving seemed to hint in the video that he might not be keeping the look. That would be a wise move considering that Dinwiddie stock isn’t very high these days.