Who gives a flying #### about Stats. It’s about winning and Irving is a winner !
Some of these post are ridiculous!
Just win the game!
LOL what? "Irving is a winner" so you're telling me there are only select few "winners" out there? What was Isaiah last year, "not a winner"?
How do you even determine that.
By rings. One to nothing.
Okay that's pretty ridiculous.
So by that logic, all the guys like Iman Shumpert, Matthew Dellavedova, etc. are all pure winners? You actually would think that?
It’s a simplified answer. But if you’re one of the main reasons, perhaps the main reason that team got the ring then you’re a winner.
“Perhaps the main reason” the Cavs got a ring?
He, pictured one, LBJ, is the main reason no doubt (if Kyrie at age 24 was better than him than league needs to change its marketing philosophy) Kyrie chipped in with 27.1 PPG on 47 fg%.
Also, Curry injury and Dray suspension gave Cleveland a chance in the 1st place.
Lebron left Cleveland for the 1st time cause he didn't have a scorer like Kyrie by his side.
He returned because a scorer like Kyrie was there then and they had the 1st pick in the draft to trade freely. LBJ wouldn't win without him in Cleveland, I think that's pretty clear to everyone. Did we ever diminish McHale's impact cause he wasn't as good as Larry?
This other thing, the winner talk is a nonsense IMO. If you make it in the league you are a winner in my book, as you are in the 99,99999th percentile (every 19th million human) of the most successful humans that play basketball in the world. Skill, popularity and earning wise. That's like 1 out of every living Dutch, Kazakh or Romanian.
http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/Divide about 400 players that stick for more than 3 years with that number. Eg. Stockton isn't a loser or not a winner. Manute Bol, born in Sudan too or even Rex Chapman who never won a chip. They all overcame many, many obstacles and sacrifices to reach their goal.
I think that in general, many people mistake physical or skill deficiency for a guy being a loser. While common logic would tell us that being deficient in those areas clearly makes you less probable to win in the league.