(1) Kyrie Irving won the All-Star Weekend The All-Star Weekend was supposed to be LeBron James's victory lap.
(2) Washington Wizards break .500 If there has been any sort of major All-Star snub it might be that the Washington Wizards' John Wall deserved to be among the Eastern Conference All-Star starters over Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers .
(3) In 2012 they picked Dion Waiters with the fourth pick, hoping he could be Kyrie's sidekick.
(4) Thank goodness for Kyrie Irving because without him this would have been one of the more lackluster All-Star Weekends in recent memory.
(5) OK, yes they got it right with their first post-LeBron No1 pick when they selected guard Kyrie Irving, but that pick was such a no-brainer that not even the Cavs could have messed it up.
(6) Cleveland are eager to add Love to a roster that will include Best Basketball Player in the Universe LeBron James, budding All-Star Kyrie Irving and whatever promising young players they wouldn't have to toss to the T-Wolves to land him.
(7) They added free agents in the off-season, they traded for Luol Deng mid-season, they were expecting Kyrie Irving to make The Leap and become a true superstar.
(8) The last two times Cleveland found themselves in this position were no-brainers, but there was nothing close to a LeBron James or Kyrie Irving third time around.
(9) Here’s the full roster, which will be coached by Duke University’s Mike Krzyzewski: Guards : Steph Curry , Klay Thompson (both Golden State), Derrick Rose (Chicago), Kyrie Irving (Cleveland), James Harden (Houston).
(10) | George Kyris Read more “If you look at his advisers, the China people are not the kind who are looking to improve the relationship [with Beijing],” Delury said.
(11) • If this were earlier in the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers losing Kyrie Irving to a bicep issue would have its own separate entry.
(12) The sentimental choice would be for a return to Cleveland, with Kyrie Irving a better sidekick that anyone he had first time round, but this seems rather unlikely , not given the bad blood between James and owner Dan Gilbert.
(13) They are led by the All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, who recently agreed to sign a five-year contract extension, and the Cavs have two other No1 overall draft picks, the last two, in Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins.
(14) Maybe change is for the best, as this opened the door for Paul George, Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving and Steph Curry to make their first All-Star starts.
(15) While All-Star guard Kyrie Irving took a slight step back in 2013-14, with James onboard he will no longer be forced into a leadership role he seems ill-equipped to handle.
(16) That’s probably a mild quibble, though, as Team USA’s 12-man roster is, as always when it come to international play, fairly loaded: DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento); Stephen Curry (Golden State); Anthony Davis (New Orleans); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto); Andre Drummond (Detroit); Kenneth Faried (Denver); Rudy Gay (Sacramento); James Harden (Houston); Kyrie Irving (Cleveland); Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn); Derrick Rose (Chicago); Klay Thompson (Golden State).
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cleveland now feature a downright scary core of James, Love and Kyrie Irving, who at one point was supposed to be James’s heir and now only needs to be the team’s third option.
(18) Cleveland's Kyrie Irving, although practically worshipped by diehard NBA fans, is still something of an unknown quantity for the general public, mostly due to that whole playing-in-Cleveland-thing.
(19) He hints at a far more likely reason when he talks about mentoring younger players like Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters: if the choice was indeed between the Heat and the Cavaliers , the Cavaliers might actually, for the first time in James’ NBA career, be able to provide a better supporting cast.
(20) For those who believe that team success should be a big part of the voting process, Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks and Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers must be particularly galling choices.