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A Closer Look at Kyrie Irving

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DougHeil said:
What's his family financial situation? Anyone know? That would play a part in if he stays or goes.

I don't think it matters if the Wizards or the Wolves pick ahead of the Cavs. If an Irving is there to take, do they really pass on him? I don't think so.
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Wash and Minny may trade their pick for someone who wants Irving, but I can't see how either team can draft him when Wash has Wall and Minny is still trying to get Rubio to come. They can't afford to draft another PG with so many other needs.
 
hud11 said:
Agree completely, Cavs fans better root for him to return from injury within the next month, otherwise I certainly can see him sticking around Duke for another year to assure that he's healthy and also because the looming lockout could keep more guys than usual in school.

He's obviously the number one guy I'd want for the team, but we better start looking at a few others or hoping Washington and Minnesota are the only teams drafting in front of the Cavs (as they already have their PG).
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I am scared of Sacramento, they would definitely draft a point guard to match up with Evans in the back court.
 
Glen Infante said:
I like Irving, he seems to be the type of player that would flourish in Scott's system. It's obvious Scott loves point guards example: Jason Kidd, Chris Paul were both his star players in his winning seasons.
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But, we have Mo and Sessions...:chuckles:

In all honesty, I hope they keep Sessions around. I still like his game a ton and think he would serve as an excellent back up pg. If he could finish, he'd be an 16-20 ppg player. He's the only guy who looks to drive. Biggest complaint is he uses the backboard as if it just stole his wallet, but when you don't have any shooters around you, it's difficult to kick it out to a guy for an open jumper.
 
stycool24 said:
I am scared of Sacramento, they would definitely draft a point guard to match up with Evans in the back court.
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If Sacramento picks before us, no doubt they take Irving.
 
hud11 said:
Wash and Minny may trade their pick for someone who wants Irving, but I can't see how either team can draft him when Wash has Wall and Minny is still trying to get Rubio to come. They can't afford to draft another PG with so many other needs.
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As was noted above, they could trade the pick to a team who does draft him. They could also actually draft him in order to trade him same day. It would be hard to pass him by is my point. He may be the absolute best athlete to come out in awhile, so the thought may be a tad different for teams who are staring at him in the draft. I also believe if the Cavs can pick him, they will.
 
I'm pretty confident that he'll declare. Everyone around him said he was a guaranteed one and done before the injury...I'm guessing the only way that changes is if he somehow falls out of the top 3 projected picks, which won't happen.
 
It'd be nice if they had something positive to say about his actual PG skills. I'd like a PG who looks to setup his teammates and knows how to run a team, control pace, etc, not just a 6'2" version of James who pounds the ball looking for his shot and only passes when the defense collapses on him. Someone who will last way past the inevitable ankle/knee injuries rob him of quicks. Someone who doesn't end up yet another tweener.

Hopefully Irving stays in school. He could have learned a lot and grown a lot playing under Coach K - and demonstrated some of those skills I'm looking for.
 
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JonFromVA said:
It'd be nice if they had something positive to say about his actual PG skills. I'd like a PG who looks to setup his teammates and knows how to run a team, control pace, etc, not just a 6'2" version of James who pounds the ball looking for his shot and only passes when the defense collapses on him. Someone who will last way past the inevitable ankle/knee injuries rob him of quicks. Someone who doesn't end up yet another tweener.

Hopefully Irving stays in school. He could have learned a lot and grown a lot playing under Coach K - and demonstrated some of those skills I'm looking for.
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I think what catapulted him into being THE top prospect(aside from the epic failure of Harrison Barnes) was that he was showing a LOT of that early on before he got hurt. Those articles are pre-Duke and that was certainly one of the questions. But he seems to have good vision and Coach K had really helped him adjust to "system" basketball. Watching him early on is why I'm so obsessed with him as a prospect. I'm not going to go nuts and start throwing out the Isiah Thomas and Chris Paul stuff, but from my early view, Irving is going to be something special. Hopefully he can put this weird injury behind him and come back to have a strong finish to the year(and hopefully the ping pong balls fall our way).
 
Most players who go to Duke stay there more then one year, I doubt he's coming out.

Did the OP seriously say Derick Fisher not so good? Fisher is much in the clutch! Look at the dudes playoff clutch numbers.
 
I don't care if we end up with the first pick. I hope we get Irving, Jones, or Barnes. I hope even if we get the third pick we end up with the best player in the draft because of other teams mistakes ala Durant/Oden or a Deron/Paul vs Williams/Bogut.
 
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