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KI4MVP said:
There's nothing wrong with Kyrie's court vision or passing ability, just look at some of his passes last night, including that pass to Tristan. He's such a gifted score that sometimes the right play is for him to take the shot, especially when he's exploiting a mismatch or has the hot hand. He will learn from LeBron how to balance that with keeping teammates involved.
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I've watched him extensively: the number of times he passes back to the 3 point line after he drives only happens if a person is in the corner and he is driving baseline (i.e. in his direct line of sight).

If you don't believe me go back to the game thread against Denver where 5 different posters noted the same thing (but is not the first or last instance). On a ball swing he had a wide open Lebron with no one within 10 feet of him to his right: did not see him at all and drove. He's not selfish but his passes all come from direct line of sight looks. You tend to split players into guys who can do no wrong: Irving is absolutely a great player but he has some rather obvious flaws. What's interesting this year there are some things that he's trying harder like on defense and other things that the team is trying to correct for (Lebron has been the PG for the last two games)
 
Probably easier to legalize weed than get Kyrie to stop.
Pioneer10 said:
I've watched him extensively: the number of times he passes back to the 3 point line after he drives only happens if a person is in the corner and he is driving baseline (i.e. in his direct line of sight).

If you don't believe me go back to the game thread against Denver where 5 different posters noted the same thing (but is not the first or last instance). On a ball swing he had a wide open Lebron with no one within 10 feet of him to his right: did not see him at all and drove. He's not selfish but his passes all come from direct line of sight looks. You tend to split players into guys who can do no wrong: Irving is absolutely a great player but he has some rather obvious flaws. What's interesting this year there are some things that he's trying harder like on defense and other things that the team is trying to correct for (Lebron has been the PG for the last two games)
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Yeah I totally agree. He needs to learn to pass in that situation at the very least so he doesn't get hammered as often. With Klove and Lebron out there ready to shoot, it is a high percentage look. It also ends up opening driving lanes further. Kyrie's peripheral vision is not great. That's why he needs his head on a swivel as they say. You can see the guys that are best at this like Lebron and Kidd scanning the landscape before their defender picks them up at half court.
 
I take it we're not pushing for a trade of Kyrie today?

He was ridiculous last night. I like the idea of Lebron bringing the ball up the court and handing it off to Kyrie. First of all, LeBron has much more urgency when bringing it up whereas Kyrie tends to saunter up at a medium/slow pace. The faster you push it, the quicker defenses have to get set and begin making decisions.

Aside from the little adjustments made by Blatt, I loved Kyrie's aggressive attitude. I was concerned that the ridiculous scrutiny he has been under for the last week may have weakened his aggressiveness. If anything, it looked like the exact opposite happened. He came out with a renewed hunger... almost angry. That's a good thing.

I also liked how much fun it seemed like LeBron, Kyrie and Love were having playing together. Just what the doctor ordered. Thanks, Pels.
 
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Zen said:
I told you guys last night that the whole weed thing was a massive overreaction.

What is more plausible? Two world class athletes that know they are under the microscope give daps and then mimic smoking weed in front of an audience, or there was some inside joke to what they were doing? The posts from last night look so ridiculous right now.

View: https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/status/532307700072595456


View: https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/status/532311310134820865
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They looked ridiculous last night too.
 
Knowing Love this is something nerdy he and Kyrie would do... Trust me that was not pretend joint smoking. This is why I hate news outlets and some people. Like the bogus Love leaving story this was made a big deal. I hate what we become as people these days. Who cares what it mean and looks to me Love and Kyrie seem to mesh and are happy that is ALL I care about.
 
it makes for unbearable basketball, but when the rest of the team is shooting like shit and kyrie is shooting at 50%, the best play is iso.
 
First Take: Love and Irving to consider LA for legal weed?
 
Hot take: Kyrie and Love conspiring to move to the Nets next year, plan to open an artisanal mustache wax shop in Brooklyn.
 
Think Kyrie has 4 turnovers in the last 5 games... he has been lights out the last 2 games in the 2nd half sparking our comebacks
 
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