Kyrie Irving has the "goods". You have to give this trade an A grade as of today. I know there are doubters but the Celtics went from a mediocre defense last year to the #1 defense in the NBA today. He also has shown us that he can carry the team when need be and we're riding a 9 game winning streak thanks in large part to Kyrie's efforts.
Those who feared KI might be a ball stopping ball hog, well that has been so far from the truth, I feel your fears can be allayed. He has really bought in and made a lot of great, unselfish passes on this run that have helped this offense. A big beneficiary of these passes have been Al Horford and Jayson Tatum, just to name a couple, who have been lighting it up from 3, 47% and 52% respectively, thanks to receiving wide open looks from Kyrie.