Kyrie Irving - How Will He Be Remembered
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:57 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:40 pm    Post subject:

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I mean, if the likes of Dumars and Reggie Miller are in the HOF then Kyrie only needs around 5 more years of play at the level he's been playing at to make it in?


Unless he goes full Steve Francis (you never wanna go full Steve Francis) for the rest of his career I think he got himself voted in with this one series.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 10:01 pm    Post subject:

Way too early. Kid is like 24 years old.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:08 pm    Post subject:

Dladi Vidac wrote:
Did he die?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:24 pm    Post subject:

i would have given him the mvp.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:45 pm    Post subject:

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i would have given him the mvp.



You'd give the MVP to the person running the concession stand before you'd give it to Lebron
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 7:55 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
This post is about 7-9 years too early.


So much this.

I honestly thought there had been some dreadful incident where he suffered and injury that ended his career or worse, because why ELSE would someone be starting this thread subject at this point . . . I mean seriously.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:14 pm    Post subject:

Kyrie Irving - How Will He Be Remembered

Why did he die???
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:34 pm    Post subject:

Honestly, it really didn't matter what he did in the regular season with play like that in the playoffs.

I think he has the best handles in the NBA today, he is a great ballhandler and tremendous finisher in the lane for a guy his size. With either hand with the shot or the dribble of course.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:40 am    Post subject:

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i would have given him the mvp.

This is like saying Kobe deserved finals MVP in the 3peat. Hilariously wrong
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:56 pm    Post subject:

Kyrie was seen as a pretty weak #1 overall pick going into his rookie year. I think he turned out better than projected but I wouldn't really consider him a superstar.

Who is generally considered better between him and Lilliard?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:02 pm    Post subject:

Saved Lebron's butt and magically cemented him into a lot of people's Top 5 all time.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:13 pm    Post subject:

CandyCanes wrote:
Kyrie was seen as a pretty weak #1 overall pick going into his rookie year. I think he turned out better than projected but I wouldn't really consider him a superstar.

Who is generally considered better between him and Lilliard?

Kyrie destroys Lillard, dude. Lillard isn't even efficient vs the Blakeless, CP3less Clippers. Kyrie was incredible and efficient all postseason.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:14 pm    Post subject:

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Saved Lebron's butt and magically cemented him into a lot of people's Top 5 all time.

Yeah Kyrie was the reason Bron led both teams in the finals in pts, rbds, assists, blocks, steals.

On a serious note, delete your account.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:53 pm    Post subject:

I don't know about his career, but he was money in the Finals.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 3:58 pm    Post subject:

doughboy90650 wrote:
Way too early. Kid is like 24 years old.

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Vancouver Fan wrote:
doughboy90650 wrote:
Way too early. Kid is like 24 years old.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:44 pm    Post subject:

Chadley wrote:
Gimme_the_rock wrote:
Saved Lebron's butt and magically cemented him into a lot of people's Top 5 all time.

Yeah Kyrie was the reason Bron led both teams in the finals in pts, rbds, assists, blocks, steals.

On a serious note, delete your account.


This James' fans always look at meaningless stats. Without Kyrie playing like Mamba , James' number are meaningless, just like last year , the year before, and so many other times...


By the way , the Warriors still got robbed, but mad props to Kyrie for taking advantage of the situation and leading the cavs to the wins in game 5 and 7 with his incredible clutch shots, differently from James who failed in the clutch last year ...
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:05 pm    Post subject:

Chadley wrote:
Gimme_the_rock wrote:
Saved Lebron's butt and magically cemented him into a lot of people's Top 5 all time.

Yeah Kyrie was the reason Bron led both teams in the finals in pts, rbds, assists, blocks, steals.

On a serious note, delete your account.


No, but as promised, I have deleted yours.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:11 pm    Post subject:

Gimme_the_rock wrote:
Saved Lebron's butt and magically cemented him into a lot of people's Top 5 all time.


Great
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:34 pm    Post subject:

Chadley wrote:
SuperboyReformed wrote:
i would have given him the mvp.

This is like saying Kobe deserved finals MVP in the 3peat. Hilariously wrong

it would be wrong, but not undeserved.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:00 pm    Post subject:

CandyCanes wrote:
Who is generally considered better between him and Lilliard?


Lilliard was probably considered a little better before the playoffs, but Irving played so well he might have caught up with him.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:23 pm    Post subject:

Omar Little wrote:
Chadley wrote:
Gimme_the_rock wrote:
Saved Lebron's butt and magically cemented him into a lot of people's Top 5 all time.

Yeah Kyrie was the reason Bron led both teams in the finals in pts, rbds, assists, blocks, steals.

On a serious note, delete your account.


No, but as promised, I have deleted yours.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:45 pm    Post subject:

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CandyCanes wrote:
Who is generally considered better between him and Lilliard?


Lilliard was probably considered a little better before the playoffs, but Irving played so well he might have caught up with him.

This sounds right. The playoffs have really affected these pg statuses. This is a good pg combo to keep an eye on...Curry, Irving, and Lillard. My opinion is that within a few years, Lillard is going to be the proven best. Curry and Irving will #2 guys on their teams, so Lillard is the only #1 on his own team (remains to be seen how CJ goes, he's been getting more and more responsibility). I would choose Irving over Curry, he just seems tougher. I'd pick Lillard over both because he just seems to be on another level when he gets rolling.

Now, popular opinion is not this way right now. Most would say Curry is the best by far, Irving is good but is benefitting from being Lebron's teammate. Lillard isn't even an all star yet, and it's crazy to even bring him up in the conversation.

It's not clear, popularly, what is going on right now regarding Curry vs. Irving. It would have been crazy before the playoffs to infer that Irving is better than Curry. But GS lost, Lebron won, Irving dropped the winner over Curry, Curry didn't do that well, Curry got blocked in the clutch by irving...all these things are bad for the "curry is god" movement. Of course, there's this stupid push by the Lebron stans to glorify the block as the defining moment instead of the irving 3...which is CRAZY guys (do people realize how crazy that is given everything that happened in those last few minutes??). Anyway. that sums it up i think about where we are right now.
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