Kyrie convinced some middle schoolers Earth is flat

Kyrie Irving's comments about the Earth being flat were laughed off by most, but some of today's youth are buying into his theory.

Middle school teacher Nick Gurol told NPR's Avi Wolfman-Arent his students became flat-Earth believers after hearing Irving discuss the subject on Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye's podcast in February.

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"And immediately I start to panic. How have I failed these kids so badly they think the Earth is flat just because a basketball player says it?" Gurol said.

He's tried reasoning with his students, but hasn't been able to convince them otherwise.

"They think that I'm part of this larger conspiracy of being a round-Earther," Gurol explained. "That's definitely hard for me because it feels like science isn't real to them."

- With h/t to Extra Mustard