Kyrie needs to chill with the team lead stuff. I get that he has his own signature shoe thanks to LeBron (cute), but long-term, the Celtics don't even need him to succeed. Stevens' teams do better when the players just shut up and do their jobs.
Really Kyrie learned well from Lebron didnt he? If he was active on twitter he would post cryptic passive aggressive comments too.
Keep doubting this team. When playoffs come around and guys like Giannis and Lowry start to fold, everyone will be back on Kyrie's nuts again.
While I some what agree Kobe never changed he did start trusting his teammates more on the court. Is that because of the “lopsided” trades? Probably but still he won went to 3 straight finals and won 2 with Pau Gasol as his second best player. I like Gasol but what we’ve seen Lebron play with since Miami as well as the warriors run, it does make it pretty impressive none the less. But back to Kyrie, he’s just not as good as he thinks and he’s sure as hell not as good as Kobe Bryant.
Whaddaya mean? Kobe was a great number 2, but what team did he lead? He's the chucker who needed Pau and Ariza to win him championships right? And then the b*stard accepted their finals MVP awards as if he somehow deserved it Kobe. Lol. Ignorant fanbois love his game.
Did they NOT get to the conference finals without Kyrie? lol To me, Kyrie is trying to son the young guys because he wants to or sees himself as the alpha dog of this team. He might very well be but this isn't really a sign of a good leader.
This season he's obsessed with trying to act hard, like he's an old wise sage that everyone can learn from.
In this era of NBA ball, there's only a few true alphas. Most are second bananas still in denial that they aren't alphas.
They got no alpha. They got a wanna be alpha But all second peices . See the Snottie Quitten Trailblazer. Rocket River
Unless you are sure 2 other superstars are coming with him, anybody that is paying Kyrie Irving 35 million is gonna regret it.
So 538 ran a piece on Kyrie before LeBron came asking the question if he was worth a max extension. By their metrics he was not. He was pretty darn close, but not good enough to warrant getting one. That piece is just ringing so true right now it hurts. This is probably why Kyrie is cozying back up with LeBron. LeBron, like Harden, makes life easier for his teammates. He covers up their issues pretty dramatically, and because he is such a lightening rod for controversy he sort of takes the brunt even in times he really shouldn't. God, if there was another humongous cap spike we could see Kyrie happily joining the warriors next season just so the guy doesn't have to be the guy anymore.
Player Greg Anthony Stacey Augmon Brian Grant Gary Grant Antonio Harvey Joe Kleine Jermaine O'Neal Scottie Pippen Arvydas Sabonis Detlef Schrempf Steve Smith Damon Stoudamire Rasheed Wallace Bonzi Wells Player Greg Anthony Stacey Augmon Erick Barkley Dale Davis Gary Grant Antonio Harvey Shawn Kemp Will Perdue Scottie Pippen Arvydas Sabonis Detlef Schrempf Steve Smith Damon Stoudamire Rod Strickland Rasheed Wallace Bonzi Wells Look at this squad. Tell me that was not a championship squad EXCEPT they lacked leadership and heart Derek Anderson Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje Antonio Daniels Dale Davis Chris Dudley Jeff McInnis Ruben Patterson Scottie Pippen Zach Randolph Arvydas Sabonis Charles Smith Damon Stoudamire Rasheed Wallace Bonzi Wells Qyntel Woods This is what lack of leadership and only having second benanas on your team looks like Under Acheivement Rocket River