Kyrie Irving continues to donate to charities that are meaningful to him.

According to WLBT, the Dallas Mavericks guard made an undisclosed donation to The Ark, a sports complex in Jackson, Mississippi. Ronnie Crudup Jr., the founder of The Ark, told WBLT, “For someone of that magnitude, Kyrie Irving is one of the top players in the NBA. For him to send us some resources [for this] court, I believe people recognise that. You know what, what we do here matters.”

Charles Lewis, a coach at the facility, remarked on what it could mean for the children that come to play basketball there.

“It’s major,” Lewis said. “And perhaps, this encourages them to be aware that someone is monitoring them. Many times, youngsters assume, ‘You know, I’m not being recruited. I am not being looked at. But yes, someone is watching. So I hope it gets people enthusiastic.”

The proceeds will be utilised to construct an additional basketball court at the facility. The court will be completed in January 2024.

While Jackson experienced a highly publicised water crisis in 2020, Irving stated that it was the result of purposeful decisions taken by individuals in authority in Mississippi. “What’s going on now in Jackson, Mississippi — a lot of stuff is blatant,” he stated on Twitch, according to New York magazine.

Irving attended a post-game press conference on November 20 while wearing a keffiyeh, a scarf popular in Middle Eastern countries that has come to symbolise sympathy with Palestinians. Irving did not explain why he wore the scarf during the press conference, and he was not questioned about it, despite the fact that the media had previously harassed him for providing a link to a documentary that many interpreted as anti-Semitic.

During a news appearance in 2021, Irving expressed his concern about the unrest in Gaza, telling reporters that seeing individuals discriminated against due of their racial colour or religious beliefs concerned him deeply.

Closer to home, Irving donated $50,000 to Mari Copeny’s GoFundMe campaign, which has expanded her clean water organising efforts to include areas around the country who now have terrible water access. In February, Irving offered Valencia Andrews $22,000 to establish a herb farm. His donation was more than twice as much as she had requested.

Irving donated $45,000 to a Ghanaian orphanage in March; the institution intends to build a basketball court named after its benefactor.