I was listening to the Zach Lowe podcast, and he had an interesting discussion about All-NBA teams. He basically said he enjoys voting for All-NBA because it involves more in depth analysis as opposed to MVP, DPOY, ROY, etc.
It got me thinking about Kyrie's chances for 3rd team All NBA at guard. 1st team will be Curry and Harden, 2nd team will be Paul and Westbrook. I think that leaves 3 viable candidates for 3rd team
Klay Thompson
Kyrie Irving
Jimmy Butler
I think Klay makes it. I also think due to Butler missing some time and the Cavs (hopefully) having a better record than the Bulls (plus Kyrie's 57 pts on national TV vs SA has to stick in the minds of voters), Kyrie nabs the 2nd guard spot.
LeBron better be careful or Kyrie may steal his Finals MVPKyrie is a well-oiled scoring machine. LeBron has helped turn this kid into a complete offensive monster. Off the ball, on the ball. Isolation, pick and roll, running around screens, cutting, throwing lobs. This kid is going to explode into the upper echelon of the NBA's elite this playoff run. He's going to show us some special things, and LeBron has spent the entire season gearing him up for this moment...and Kyrie seems to be peaking at the perfect time. I'm so excited to watch this kid do his thing in the playoffs. It's going to be special.
Kyrie is better than Klay or Butler. Kyrie scores more points, has more assists, has a better PER than either of them.
Lets not act like Kyrie is the only one here. The entire team has half-assed it against mediocre opponents the last few weeks. If that continues we won't even see the Hawks (hint: it won't continue).I'm not saying Kyrie isn't better than those guys, but a significant amount of their value is tied to their defense. Defense has to be taken into consideration.
Kyrie is still a horrific defender roughly 75% of the time and he gives up a lot of his scoring right back on the defensive end. Frankly, his regression on defense since mid-season is worrisome. He became complacent just funneling guards into Timo, and now he barely even tries staying in front of anyone. Scrubs like George Hill and MCW last night straight up abused him on the block and got anything they wanted, to the point where the Cavs had to double or hide Kyrie. If he plays like this against the Hawks in the playoffs the Cavs are in deep shit.
Lets not act like Kyrie is the only one here. The entire team has half-assed it against mediocre opponents the last few weeks. If that continues we won't even see the Hawks (hint: it won't continue).
Lets not act like Kyrie is the only one here. The entire team has half-assed it against mediocre opponents the last few weeks. If that continues we won't even see the Hawks (hint: it won't continue).
To be honest, I don't see it. As good as Kyrie is, I can't imagine any scenario where Lebron won't get the MVP if we win the finals. He has the storyline of the return and redemption behind him and he's already playoff tested. Kyrie will have his chance to get Finals MVP when he's the one leading the Cavs years from now.LeBron better be careful or Kyrie may steal his Finals MVP
But seriously, Kyrie could absolutely get MVP. And LeBron probably would not be happy about it.
To be honest, I don't see it. As good as Kyrie is, I can't imagine any scenario where Lebron won't get the MVP if we win the finals. He has the storyline of the return and redemption behind him and he's already playoff tested. Kyrie will have his chance to get Finals MVP when he's the one leading the Cavs years from now.
None of that matters. The best player doesn't always win MVP...and Kyrie has the two highest scoring games this season. To claim it's impossible for him to win MVP seems foolish to me.To be honest, I don't see it. As good as Kyrie is, I can't imagine any scenario where Lebron won't get the MVP if we win the finals. He has the storyline of the return and redemption behind him and he's already playoff tested. Kyrie will have his chance to get Finals MVP when he's the one leading the Cavs years from now.