Kyrie Irving

[TinManJoshua]

Good lord let it go dude. Don't make another if this one gets shut down.

No desire whatsoever to piss ppl off. Just bored and find it hilarious that I keep getting banned for no reason. I signed up to talk cavs and sports in general, cause it's wgat I like to do. Until I get a real reason for being banned I won't go. I won't be defeated like this

Part of the reason I'm sure you keep getting banned is because you've been banned, and keep coming back. It's called a sock puppet.

 

[KillaKyrie]

Kyrie looked sharp last night. He's gonna be a lot better with such a good supporting cast behind him.

 

[lips never die]

Good lord let it go dude. Don't make another if this one gets shut down.

I'm not the one not letting it go lol some people need to look into a mirror

 

[MirORich]

No desire whatsoever to piss ppl off. Just bored and find it hilarious that I keep getting banned for no reason. I signed up to talk cavs and sports in general, cause it's what I like to do. Until I get a real reason for being banned I won't go. I won't be defeated like this

Hey man, I'm on your side. I can't figure out why anyone would doubt you're just a solid Cavs fan just tryna talk Cavs. Especially as evidenced by these fine examples of your thoughts on this team:

(As Upper Lip):
"just got back from the game. fuck lebron. kyrie is the best player on this team, you may not agree with me but you're wrong. i was laughing the whole fourth quarter. i hope shit hits the fan with this team and we have the most epic failure of a team ever after all this hype. this is what im rooting for. i hope lebron's punk ass leaves in 2 years. i want to build around kyrie and love (and waiters). we need to get a damn center and than fill the 3 spot with someone who can play competent defense and stay the hell out the way on offense. i was excited to watch our team grow then fake lying egotistical bitch ass queen james has to come crawling back after shit starts to get tough and ruins everything. and btw, all this "home" and "remembering where you came from" shit is getting corny, that intro was pathetic. it just all starting to look like a beat to death attention seeking cheesy gimmick. thank god football still trumps all in this city"

(As Upper Lip):
"is there anything you need me to elaborate on? my opinions, feelings, thoughts = my opinions feelings thoughts. and honestly, imm not sure if i can even describe myself as a cavs fan anymore, for what thats worth. ive never felt even close to the amount of disconnect I feel right now to the cavs than i've ever felt with any of our teams ever. i couldnt care less about them. and yes, i am rooting for them to fall flat on their face and be the laughing stock of the world. again, my opinions, feelings, and thoughts = my opinions feelings and thoughts"

 

[godfather]

Kyrie positively impacts a game more than kevin love. Kyrie's play making ability is elite and he can break down a defense similar to allen iverson. He's very versatile on offense and is very dynamic. Defense is pretty much all Effort and he's shown to be improving on that. He has geat instinct, reflexes, and very quick hands and feet. And in a tight game in closing minutes I don't know if there's anyone in league who I want the ball in the Hands of more than kyrie. I loved what I saw from k-love last night, but in the ridiculous hypothetical where we have to let 1 go it's easily kevin. Kyrie is just more valuable to a basketball team at face value. There are other factors around like his the team is built and etc. but kyrie can become a game changer of a player, if he isn't already.

If Kyrie isn't scoring, not only is he not impacting the game, but he becomes a liability.

Kevin Love impacts the game without scoring. Grabbing 14 boards a night is huge, he's a great outlet passer. His defense is average, but not a liability like Kyrie.

I love Kyrie, he's a great talent. I think he has to learn to play without the basketball more. This team is going to have to start allowing LeBron to orchestrate more of the offense, and Kyrie has to adjust to that.

I don't know how well that will go for the first 40 games or so. I imagine there will be a lot of tough nights in the early part of the season.

LeBron has been saying this for awhile. This team is not a championship caliber team at all right now. He's not just trying to mask expectations, he's saying what is true.

Hopefully by May, that will be different.

 

[The Oi]

No desire whatsoever to piss ppl off. Just bored and find it hilarious that I keep getting banned for no reason. I signed up to talk cavs and sports in general, cause it's what I like to do. Until I get a real reason for being banned I won't go. I won't be defeated like this

How many accounts do you think you'll create before you give up?

 

[rabman_gold]

There's an "Ignore" Option for a reason, fellas. Even if our friend is the most "Bi-Polar" Post-Happy member on the thread, it's the same as feeding trolls.

When someone deletes our useless post later on, we should look back and say: "Did I waste my goddamn f#cking time on such a topic?"

Meanwhile, back to reality, I see Kyrie as a combo guard more and more. He's no pure point guard, but with LeBron's natural abilities in the open court, does it matter? And Dion is somewhat in the same mold as Kyrie, downsized several notches. With all of the higher Bball IQs in the lineup, it's not that big of a deal if Kyrie is scoring most of the time and only dishing out 4-5 assists, if at most. Again, he relies heavily on the dribble, but will need to understand when the best time to use it. And sooner or later, LeBron will understand where Irving's sweet spots are, raising the efficiency and stats of both guys. Since Irving can use the dribble like Isaiah Thomas, shoot like Mark Price/Steve Nash, and is still at an age where he is the most influenced (and not turn into Allen Iverson), there's hope that he can become a multi-faceted offensive player that can learn effective defense that will help bring championships.

But again, it's a wait and see. LeBron didn't suddenly fall off a cliff. He'll regain his lost footing that came with the return (unless something catastrophic happens) and will most likely remain the head honcho of the team. I think Kyrie can easily be the second best in due time (since most of the damage dished comes from the dribble anywhere unlike Kevin).

 

[Kizzle]

Hey man, I'm on your side. I can't figure out why anyone would doubt you're just a solid Cavs fan just tryna talk Cavs. Especially as evidenced by these fine examples of your thoughts on this team:

(As Upper Lip):
"just got back from the game. fuck lebron. kyrie is the best player on this team, you may not agree with me but you're wrong. i was laughing the whole fourth quarter. i hope shit hits the fan with this team and we have the most epic failure of a team ever after all this hype. this is what im rooting for. i hope lebron's punk ass leaves in 2 years. i want to build around kyrie and love (and waiters). we need to get a damn center and than fill the 3 spot with someone who can play competent defense and stay the hell out the way on offense. i was excited to watch our team grow then fake lying egotistical bitch ass queen james has to come crawling back after shit starts to get tough and ruins everything. and btw, all this "home" and "remembering where you came from" shit is getting corny, that intro was pathetic. it just all starting to look like a beat to death attention seeking cheesy gimmick. thank god football still trumps all in this city"

(As Upper Lip):
"is there anything you need me to elaborate on? my opinions, feelings, thoughts = my opinions feelings thoughts. and honestly, imm not sure if i can even describe myself as a cavs fan anymore, for what thats worth. ive never felt even close to the amount of disconnect I feel right now to the cavs than i've ever felt with any of our teams ever. i couldnt care less about them. and yes, i am rooting for them to fall flat on their face and be the laughing stock of the world. again, my opinions, feelings, and thoughts = my opinions feelings and thoughts"

lol total ownage

 

[MoFlo]

Tunnel vision again. Trying to do way too much.

EDIT: I'll gladly give credit here. Great close-out on Brooks & played some good D overall, especially late.

 

[Amherstcavsfan]

His quick hands helped, that's for sure.

I'm not sure he understands the offense yet, but I love the way he's playing off the ball. The LeBron and Kyrie pick and pop is pretty awesome, and I'm glad to see Blatt recognize that already. That, along with the high post to low post passing from Love to LeBron was a thing of beauty.

I'll chalk up his bad shooting numbers to a 2nd game on a back to back.

 

[Los216]

You can see the moments when he really tries to orchestrate the offense how much more effective he is. So far he's been getting caught with the ball in situations when the players aren't set or spacing is bad and instead of running a set he'll try and use his amazing skillset to make something happen. He's a good enough player that it will work sometimes when he does that but he needs to try and run the offense first. It will make him more effective when he learns that. I think that's what Lebron is going to show him. Still a lot of work to be done.

 

[godfather]

I was very impressed with his defense tonight.

 

[Cavsengland]

That shot in the 4th quarter after the bulls levelled it up, Was absolutely beautiful.

 

[tn819]

Was fortunate to be at that game and his shot was off, but he never stopped and reaped the benefits of his penetration!

 

[Pioneer10]

I was very impressed with his defense tonight.

He's not a stopper or anything: Brooks got to him a few times tonight. But he's definitely trying on defense this year so far and he deserves credit for it.