While he started the season slow, in December Kyrie is playing at superstar level with a PER of 23.93 while scoring 24.5 ppg and getting 6.4 assists, all are the 2nd best month of his career. His turnover % is also the 2nd best month of his career. Had he played this way the whole season he'd be 5th in the league in scoring and 9th in PER.
In an increasingly position-less league, people worry way too much about a players position label. For example, why does it matter that Kyrie is labeled PG while LeBron is labeled PF? Kyrie certainly isn't playing PG every minute he's on the court. On a per 36 minute basis, other than rebounding Kyrie's numbers this in his first 3 seasons look pretty close to LeBron's first 3 season numbers.
Kyrie: 22.7 points, 6.3 assists, 1.4 steals, TS% .549, usage 29.9%
LeBron: 23.0 points, 5.7 assists, 1.6 steals, TS% .540, usage 30.6%
And Kyrie has been a heck of a lot better in the clutch.
http://bkref.com/tiny/3xF52
There aren't many players even capable of doing what Kyrie did in overtime last night. 16 points, 3 assists, a steal and 1 turnover in crunch time when everyone in the arena knows you're getting the ball. There can't be more than 5 other players in the league capable of that kind of efficiency in that situation, perhaps not even that many. And how many of those could do that at age 21?
We have a player who can be one of the all time greats, people want to turn him into Mo Cheeks (Nothing against Mo).
edit to add:
Kyrie Irving crunch time scoring (last 5 minutes of the game, neither team ahead by more than 5 points)
11-12: 56.4 points per 48 minutes (led the league)
12-13: 52.6 points per 48 minutes (led the league)
13-14: 47.4 points per 48 minutes (I think Harden is leading the league right now at 51.1 points)
We have perhaps the best crunch time scorer in the league. Of course we go to him in crunch time.