Breaking news:If Kyrie Irving wins a ring this summer, he surpasses Curry, for me, on the all time list…
Fans like to argue about their favorite players. Because of the nature of competition in sports, competition is bred between fanbases as well; Who’s more skilled, who’s the better player, who’s greater, who contributes more to winning. You can argue something as simple as shot mechanics and, no matter how ridiculous a take it is, someone is bound to agree.
But when it comes to the players themselves, it may shock people to realize that beyond matching up head-to-head, hoopers don’t care much about how they stack up on the specifics. Anyone who’s played basketball at a competitive level knows that you don’t evaluate yourself against another hooper by talking about things like percentages or mid-range jumpers: If you know, you know.
And that’s what a great player like Kyrie Irving does. Irving is widely-regarded as a master of his craft, doing things on the court that you rarely see anymore outside of the game’s purists. For all the wild Kyrie takes out there, when you just watch him play and don’t throw him in the comparison game, he’s a very skilled player, and people shouldn’t try to take that from him. Especially when he shows love to a guy that everyone wants to pit him against.
