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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 2819215, member: 833"] Kyrie is a mediocre defender for a starting NBA point guard, and he is a ball hog. He requires a lot of isolations, and it grinds the offense down. The Celtics didn't miss a beat last spring when Irving went down. Take any other playoff team, remove their best player, and then think about what would have happened. Take Oladipo off the Pacers or Antetekuomnpo off the Bucks or Embiid off the 76ers, and those teams would have been swept in the first round. Kyrie is fun to watch. He has great 1-on-1 breakdown moves, and finishes as well as just about any player in the league. He is also a solid shooter. He is not one of the 10 best players in the league, and is probably not one of the 20 best either. [/QUOTE]