Kyrie is not really a great passer at this point. I think he needs to develop a bit more so he can get to the point where he will pass up an OK shot, and instead feed a teammate for a great shot. But since he's basically playing shooting guard a lot of the time, while LeBron plays point, he's a pretty ideal fit with LeBron. I guess that makes him a bit of a non-prototypical point guard, but he's definitely been amazing this year.
I see people bringing that up a lot, and I disagree completely. Maybe not a great passer, but definitely a really good passer, and above average for a point guard.
If I had to make a list to of the top 10 BEST passers in the NBA at his position, I think he'd make the list. His actual passing has never been a weakness.
Kyrie can make some impressive passes, between the needle type ones. I've seen him do it. I just don't think he sees the game with the same vision, like a LeBron James, or a Chris Paul. His court vision isn't always great. He doesn't see an assist happening before a play has developed even close to a Wall, LB, and Chris Paul. That's just not who Kyrie is as a player.
He's a scorer, that's who he is, that's what he's meant to be. Nothing wrong with that.
He shouldn't have to change who he is, because he's not the traditional point guard a lot of people want him to be.
The guy still averaged 5 assists this year, on the same team as LeBron, and basically being the backup point guard, meaning running the offense when LB is on the bench. That's pretty good.
I don't really have any problem with Kyrie's passing, or heck, decision making when it comes to setting up others. I think it's actually improved a lot, even if the numbers don't always show it.
I think for Kyrie, he still suffers from tunnel vision on the floor. This is almost in all aspects. We see it when he goes to the hoop, he just doesn't have that sense all the time where the defense is, and just goes in irregardlessly.
It's a bit better, but still to me that's his biggest weakness I've seen from him.
Everything else from Kyrie has improved pretty significantly.