Kyrie Irving's Potential

I was a doubter before but now I'm a believer. I thing he can make it into the top 5 PG list in a year or two. I'd trade Lowry for him in a second.

 

20.7 PER and he's only 19.

I think he should at least be a multi-year all-star.

 

Looks like Cleveland caught a break. He's not LeBron-level but he'll be enough to make Cleveland relevant again.

 

Curse of the Dukies will kick in.

Poor guy will get injured like Grant Hill, Elton Brand and all those before him

 

He reminds me of an undersized Joe Johnson. Score first guard who can distribute too

 

the reason kyrie assist numbers are so low is because byron scott runs a 2 pg backcourt at time with irving and sessions and since irving is a much better scorer than sessions he plays the 2.

hard to rack up assist when you're not the primary all handler every time down the floor.

 

Elite for sure. Remember that he's doing this at age 19. I'm more impressed with what Irving is doing than with what Lin has been doing, to be honest. Irving has been playing this way longer and at a much younger age.

I don't know how many players have posted a PER over 20 in their age 19 rookie season but it can't be very many. LeBron didn't even play that well.

 

Good call. I checked on NBA StatsCube (link), and sure enough Kyrie averages 19.3 points and 3.6 assists with Sessions, and 21.6 points and 6.7 assists without him (per 36 minutes).

 

I know but I meant their approach to the game, JJ came into the league as a Point guard and when he was in PHX he played backup PG when Nash went to the bench and first couple of yrs in ATL he played a lot of PG. His game has evolved over the last 3-4 yrs.

 

Looks like you are pretty much alone on saying he won't ever be an All-star. Only one other person agrees with you.

But I'm sure you're going to keep trying to put up a stiff DaDakota-esque argument in the face of nearly 100% disagreement.

 

That depends on whether D-Will and Rondo get traded, and if so, where they end up.

 

I severely underestimated this guy, but my excuse is not seeing him much at Duke due to his injury.

I will be surprised if Irving doesn't become an elite PG. He will easily surpass Rondo if he keeps developing. The improvement his 2nd season vs this year should give a good indication of where he's headed.

It's just too bad the Cavs are so low on my NBA viewing poll right now. Irving has been a treat the few times I've watched him. He also seems to have his head on right and is easy to root for.

 

Elite, top 10 is a no brainer.

It's basically down to elite and all-star. Elite is the choice.

 

I rated him as an All Star, but "potential wise" he could be Elite. He looked on his own level at the Rook/Soph game. But I define "Elite" as the top 5 players in the game and I think he will be right outside that bubble when it's all said and done. I see multiple time allstar but not top 5 player.

 

His assists are also low because he plays on the Cavaliers.

I never watched much of him but he was impressive during the Rising Stars game. I'll try and watch more.