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Kyrie Doesn’t Need A Basketball To Have Fun
Kyrie Irving has been one of the league’s most entertaining players to watch over the past several years. His rapid acceleration and breakneck speed with the ball in his hands are what make him such a unique player. He’s able to change directions almost instantly, as well as accelerate away from defenders at will.
The point guard is currently in his 7th season in the NBA, having been drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers first overall in the 2011 NBA Draft. Since then, he’s played for the Cavs, Boston Celtics, and New York Knicks before returning to Cleveland for this season.
Irving has also made quite an impact on the game. Whether it be with his mad dribbling skills or unrivaled 3-point shooting ability (he was once nicknamed “Curry v2” after Steph Curry), Kyrie has set himself apart from many others.
Here are Kyrie Irving’s top 10 plays of his NBA career so far…
Kyrie Irving Early Life
On March 23, 1992, in Melbourne, Australia, Kyrie Irving was born. American college basketball players Drederick and Elizabeth Irving, who are his parents, met while competing in Australia. In West Orange, New Jersey, Kyrie and his sister Asia were raised. Kyrie was a three-sport star in basketball, soccer, and track at Montclair Kimberley Academy. He guided his basketball team to the state title as a junior. Kyrie enrolled in Duke University in 2010.
He became one of the top college basketball players very fast, scoring 17.5 points and 4.3 assists per game as a freshman. In 2011, Kyrie assisted Duke in making it to the NCAA Championship game, where they fell to University of Connecticut. Kyrie made the decision to enter the NBA Draft after two years at Duke. The Cleveland Cavaliers chose him with the first overall pick. After being chosen for the All-Star squad in 2014 and 2015, Kyrie went on to win Rookie of the Year accolades in 2012. He aided the Cleveland Cavaliers in their seven-game NBA Championship victory over the Golden State Warriors in 2016.
Career
The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Kyrie Irving with the first overall choice in the 2011 NBA Draft. He was a seven-time All-Star and a two-time All-NBA Team member who assisted the Cleveland Cavaliers in winning their first NBA title in 2016 after 13 seasons. As a member of the US national team, he won gold medals at the 2014 and 2016 FIBA Basketball World Cups. Cleveland Cavaliers picked Irving first overall in the 2011 NBA Draft. At the 2012 Rising Stars Challenge, he made 8 out of 12 three-point shots, earning him a position on Team Chuck. With an average of 17.4 points per game in the first eight games of the season, Irving was the team’s leading scorer. Only Kyrie Irving was chosen unanimously in 2012 to receive
He recorded 18.6 points, 5.9 assists, 3.7 steals, and 8.1 rebounds per game on average in his second season. On February 28, 2014, Irving recorded his first triple-double, tallying a career-high 21 points, 12 assists, and ten rebounds in a 99-79 victory over Utah. He was selected as the Eastern Conference’s starting point guard for the 2013 All-Star game after earning considerable fan votes. Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers agreed to a five-year, $90 million contract extension on July 10, 2014.
In the 2014–15 season, he scored an average of 19.6 points per game, including a career-high 55 points on January 28th versus Portland. He tied the team record with 55 points in that contest and set a franchise record by making 11 three-pointers. On March 12, 2015, Irving led the Cleveland Indians to a 128-125 victory over the San Antonio Spurs with a career-high 57 points, including a three-pointer with one second remaining in overtime.
Records
LeBron James set the team record for points in a game against the Toronto Raptors on March 3, 2005, but Cleveland’s 56 points surpassed it. In the first-round triumph for the Pistons, he scored a career-high 31 points. With a 12-2 record, the Cleveland Browns won the Eastern Conference and made it to the NBA Finals. Kyrie Irving, a standout player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, asked for a trade during the 2017 offseason. For Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante ii, and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round draft pick, he was traded to the Boston Celtics. He scored 22 points and had ten assists in his Celtics debut against the Cleveland Indians in the team’s season opener. He scored 24 points in the third straight game to take the lead.
NBA STAR GAME
On February 20, Irving made the announcement that he will need shoulder surgery to end the season. Irving will start for the Eastern Conference in 2021 and be selected for his eighth NBA All-Star Game. When he landed on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s foot in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the Conference Semifinals, he rolled his ankle. Irving spent a year and a half in Australia before relocating to the US. He introduced his PSD Underwear line in 2015. Irving tweeted in support of the Standing Rock water protectors in their protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in November 2016. August 2018 saw the welcoming ceremony at Standing Rock, where Irving and his older sister were honored.
