Kyries defense hustle stats

[KGBirdBias]

Playing alongside Smart will only run off on Kyries D because he will have to be committed or get called out.

[gouki88]

LOL...now Kyrie is All-Defense.

STOP IT...this is foolish. The Cs overall defense is good but let's not get carried away stat geeks.

Sheesh...so because Smart hit some 3s last game should he enter the 3pt contest?

Stop trying to promote Kyrie in a way that isn't needed. He's an All Star and best player on the team but he still has defensive deficiencies. He's a decent off the ball, help defender...but he can't defend on the ball.

Rofl, there's literally one mention of All-Defense and it's by you. Nobody at all even implied that he should be considered for one of the All-Defensive teams.

What people are saying is that he's become at worst an adequate, passable defender. His reading of the opposition offence is really solid, hence his improved steal numbers, in addition to his very respectable deflection, loose ball recover and charge numbers. This is the first time he's really been under a defensive-minded coach, and he's thriving.

Lots of players are adequate. Again you guys miss the point.

This thread is just another guy in his own head trying to justify Kyrie Irving because some others don't like him as much as you do.

Someone has an opinion and all of a sudden people panic for some reason and feel the need to defend the player in some meaningless way.

Great Kyrie gets deflections.

Well someone may say Kyrie still gets torched by less than average guards.

Thank you...

What about all the guards who have torched us this year. Where are the stats for that? It's just amazing how there can be nothing but praise for Kyrie. I could understand if the Celtics had been bounced in the first round and were 31-7 this season. The "all-defense" comment was me being facetious. Chill

Do you ignore entire sections of the forum? There has been definitely no shortage of Kyrie criticism