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How Luka SAVED Kyrie Irving’s Career



How Luka SAVED Kyrie Irving’s Career

forget all the drama that happened in Brooklyn even before that people had given up on Kyrie the New York Post confirm Brooklyn might have qualms about signing the enigmatic Irving if he isn’t bringing the injured Durant with him so they wouldn’t take Kyrie by himself that’s how toxic he was considered at 27 years old in his prime how is that possible well people in Boston hated him so much a fan threw a water bottle at his head barely missed and went to jail now Kyrie is going back to Boston to take an NBA title from them how are they going to react this time but things have gotten so bad Stephen A Smith said this three years ago let me say this straight up and down I think Kyrie Irving should retire well thankfully for Luca he didn’t take Stephen A’s advice and for those of you who think I had a lot to say about Kyrie we will address that too but what is it about Dallas that turned Kyrie’s career around well he’s always been the most skilled player of his generation Kai can handle like an and one player but has actual NBA talent that wins championships his Under The Rim finishing is like poetry such a high kiss off the glass with perfect spin beautiful so he and LeBron went to three straight finals and Kai hit the dagger over Steph for a chip but something happened at 24 years old that killed his career the next 7 years Kyrie hated being under LeBron’s gigant antic Shadow and requested a trade in 2017 so the Celtics dealt Isaiah Thomas Jay Crowder on zizic and two first that became Colin ston the young Seas made game seven of the Conference Finals without an injured Kyrie that summer he told a group of fans he wanted to resign but Kyrie was struggling as a leader he was critical of young teammates in the media the young guys don’t know what it takes to be a championship level team if they think it’s our now what do they think it’ll be like when we’re trying to get to the finals uh like they just almost did without you it didn’t make sense Celtics players said Irving’s mood swings often left them treading lightly in the locker room oh mood swings then at Allstar a cell phone video caught Kyrie and KD whispering and joking in the hallway kind of weird cuz both were about to be a free agent so the media asked him if he still planned to resign in Boston I I don’t know anybody sh asked me July 1st okay what happened to I plan to resign years later KD was asked when they decided to team up the All-Star game video where they caught us in the hallway that’s when it was solidified that we were going somewhere so the media was right and Kyrie became an official villain in Boston didn’t help that they lost in the second round and Kyrie was awful but the hate got out of control Boston chanted F Kyrie so he stomped on their logo they threw water bottles so he flipped them off after Big Shots even burning sage couldn’t kill the bad juju which is weird cuz it works for me every time Kai’s reputation got so bad you could say anything about him in the media but I think he’s immature selfish he comes off as a damn snob as a basketball player he’s a narcissist I can’t believe that we ain’t talking about batt we’re talking about this idiot now I looked up what I said at the time and it’s not much better than that but I honestly believe he deserved criticism for some of his actions dude took a week off of games to go to his sister’s birthday really but the move to Dallas changed everything I mean now Stephen A has officially apologize to Kyrie and he’s back on top without LeBron so what happened why is Kai suddenly a model person and player well to be clear he has always been a really good dude this is a list of the things he’s done that get zero publicity my goodness pause and read this stuff there ain’t another NBA player who has helped this many people I actually stopped 3 and 1 half years back because it was too much to put on one graphic donated one and a half million bucks to cover WNBA salaries in the pandemic dude’s a saint and that’s partly why there’s such a divide between the media perception and fan perception of Kyrie the media hates his scandals fans know that he’s a good dude with insane skills so finally he has put it all back together after 7 years but how I mean they missed the playing last year Well it turned out Dallas got him at the perfect time nobody was going to sign Kyrie to a big contract W said there was little to no interest in free agency so Kyrie had to bring his best self on and off the Court Dallas resigned him then really got to work they tanked on the final day last season to keep their draft pick which angered Luca but set up what they’re doing now Dallas picked Derek Lively on draft night who has been a amazing as a rookie then sign and trade for Grant Williams who was a horrible fit but instead of being stubborn Dallas immediately admitted their mistake and flipped him plus Seth Curry in a first round pick for PJ Washington in two seconds then they got Daniel Gafford for a pick and ran Holmes they also made the smartest signing of the off season Derek Jones Jr on a vets minimum who’s been a starter for them in the playoffs all those moves gave them the talent and chemistry to make the finals but what about off the court why is Kyrie caused zero issues well there are two unique things to the Mavericks the first is his coach Kai’s childhood hero was Jason kid he studied his game front to back growing up and is one of the few guys he respects as a leader and and as a basketball mind the other part goes back to Boston Kai admits a lot of the battles I thought I could get through in that Boston team environment I wasn’t ready for I failed those guys I didn’t give them everything I could have during the season in terms of being a leader and bringing everyone together I failed he actually told LeBron James he didn’t appreciate how tough it was to have all that pressure on his shoulders now with Luca even though he is 7 years younger k doesn’t care it’s not all about him proving he can be a leader he is past that Kyrie needed the failure in Boston and Brooklyn to get back to basketball so he can let Dallas be Luca’s team and just ball and let’s be honest Kyrie doesn’t have to run the offense he doesn’t have to defend the other team’s best player he can just come in and pick his spots it’s the perfect setup for him also helps that Luca is basically the European LeBron James as a player but Kai’s maturity makes it work but we have to dissect the stupidest Kyrie take in the media right now dude on Fox Sports actually said this if Kai wins with Luca I think if Kyrie Irving can win another title I think he could become the greatest Robin of all time right now I believe that Scotty Pippen is obviously the greatest Robin of all time but you think he pass Pippen if he wins I think you could argue okay he goes on to say that Kyrie wins with two different alltime greats and he had big moments himself no you cannot compare Scotty Pippen six chips to Kyrie’s to also what about Kobe as a robin to Shack and a three beat before Kobe became a number one obviously Kyrie winning will be an amazing story but the hot takes that are already coming out of this are actually insane but things are not looking good for Carl Anthony towns there are rumors that the Wolves could trade him a lot of fans don’t understand why so I had a detailed look at cat’s situation

Kyrie Irving is going back to the NBA Finals for the first time without LeBron James. In between trips a lot happened on and off the court but now he’s proven all his haters wrong. What is it about Dallas that let him resurrect his career?

23 Comments

  1. You could argue they saved each others careers. Luka was an mvp caliber player with a team stuck in mediocrity no matter what core they had put around him. Kyrie was on an expiring contract when they traded for him, which was a gamble, but he committed to staying. Its the perfect combo and Luka being so much like Lebron as a teammate has been a part of why this pairing has been so deadly.

  2. Luka saved kyrie yeah right kyrie won a championship with out Luka this is the first time Luka is in the finals an it's cause of Kyrie stop playing put some respect on his name … always given white players more credit then they deserve

  3. Casey keep doing your thing man you're killing it, the trolls are always going to hate… Kyrie Matured that's all but people always focused what he was doing off the court not what he was doing on the court. Kyrie has always been a killer since day 1, believe that. The Dallas Mavericks turned into a sleeper in the west to a real contender in the west after the trade for PJ & Gafford at the trade deadline

  4. They have a very good role players. That's the only difference and they play with a correct system that fit them. Other than that it's always the same Kyrie.

  5. Coming from a massive Luka fan, your title is just stupid. Luka didn't saved Kyrie's career, the fact is that Kyrie is making the Mavs a better team and Luka now has the perfect complement for his game style. They're the perfect dou right now and they're giving each other what they needed.

  6. We don't mess with Kyrie in Boston because he was in a high horse and pretty much abandoned JT and JB during their loss to his former team during the ECF.

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