Young Rising Star

Kyrie Irving is a 21 year old point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers that is approaching superstar status. Irving was born in Australia, but he dazzled the crowds at St. Patrick's High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey. His dad was a professional basketball player over in Australia making Kyrie born there. There has been stories told that Irving had a hoop that only had half the backboard growing up. He used to practice on that using crazy spin shots at the rim. This is why when you watch him play he is hitting all kinds of different shots at the rim. Irving also has arguably the best handle in the league, and he said that he used to ball handling drills with a plastic bag covering the ball.

Kyrie Irving attended Duke University where he played for one of the greatest coaches ever in Mike Krzyzewski. As a freshman Kyrie average 17.5 points per game, shooting 53% from the field, and an incredible 90% from the free throw line. Kyrie was injured 8 games into the season and then ended up being able to play 3 games at the end in the NCAA tournament.

Playing only 11 games of college basketball had some people questioning where he should go in the NBA draft. Irving went number one in the draft and very quickly showed that he was well worthy of it. Kyries rookie year he averaged 18.5 points per game to go along with 6 assists. He won a well deserved rookie of the year that season. Last year in his second season he averaged 22.5 points per game and 6 assists while dazzling crowds with his late game heroics. Irving can be quiets all game, but when that 4th quarter hits, watch out. There is a reason they call him Mr. 4th quarter. In only his second season Kyrie earned a spot on the NBA All-star squad. This season he is off to a pretty good start having scoring games of 41,39,29,and 28 already.

"Kyrie Irving shooting a technical foul free throw on November 2, 2013"
(My image Dominique Neely)