Kyrie Irving, Uncle Drew, Mr. Take ya ankles, Mr. Fourth Quarter, Mr. You reach I teach, Mr.Handle. The man of many names has been faced with a great deal of adversity over his career. He has had multiple injuries, and some off of the court trauma as well. One of those being off court things being the death of his grandfather. And recently something that has effected him was the tragic death of his close friend and mentor Kobe Bryant. As for injuries, Kyrie has missed a little more than 20 games this season with injury. And now he will miss a few more, with a recent slight leg injury that was suffered in a game versus the Washington Wizards.
But what exactly is going on with Kyrie? I mean aside from the injuries, he looks good. I mean scary good. This is the same guy who recently put up 54 points on 86% shooting from the field. The only other two players to do something like that go by the names of Wilt Chamberlin and Michael Jordan. So in other words, he’s got some good company in that aspect. I mean seriously, this guy has scored 50 plus points three times this season. But why aren’t the nets doing better? I mean sure they don’t have Kevin Durant right now because he is out with injury for this season and probably some of the next. And on most nights they don’t always have Kyrie because he’s out with injury. But honestly when they do have him, they still aren’t looking that good. What can we expect when Kevin Durant comes back? And why aren’t the Nets as good as they were last year even when they have someone like Kyrie Irving?
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