I'd like to get hype about Kyrie, but I feel like we paid to much for him and I miss IT.
If I could get some positive answers to these questions it should make me feel better
1. Do you expect Kyrie to outdo IT's season last year, if so how is he going to do that?
2. Do you expect Kyrie to play defense next year?
3. Will Kyrie be able to fit into Steven's pass heavy motion offense or will we see a ton of isos from Kyrie?
4. Will Kyrie play team ball?
5. How do you think Kyrie will act if faced with adversity?
6. Will Kyrie materially change the way the Celtics play?
Personally Kyrie makes me nervous because his game seems to be isolation while his teammates watch and he rarely tries on defense. People killed him for asking for a trade, which I think is ridiculous. It seems unfair that people killed Durant for joining his rivals and not leading his own team, then killed Kyrie for wanting to lead his own team.
1. I'm expecting Kyrie to put up 25-6-5. Don't forget we also added Gordon Haywood, so Isaiah was never going to put up those numbers again from last season.
2. I don't expect him to defend like Marcus Smart, but he will put the effort when needed. The one thing we don't have to worry about, is Irving being taken out of games for defensive purposes like Isaiah.
3. I don't see Irving having any issue with Brad's system. Don't forget Isaiah had a lot of isolation plays in Brad's system, so it's not like it was ball movement 100% of the time. Also, I think people discount the drastic change in coaching between what was in Cleveland during Irving's time there, and what Brad has to offer. Irving also played at Duke, where they have a ball motion offense too, so the concept is not foreign to him.
4. I think Kyrie just wants to be part of a team that wants to play basketball. I don't think he wants to deal with all of the drama. He seems like a quiet guy that just wants to play.
5. I think he will do just fine with any adversity. Don't forget, he was playing on a team with national attention every time they took the court.
6. If Kyrie changes the way the Celtics play, it will be because that is what Brad wanted. Don't forget, Haywood will have something to do with that too.