Kyrie Irving – The NBA’s Next Superstar

After I’d swept up the broken glass from my floor (apparently hurling a remote at a window is a terrible idea; who knew?!), and after I’d recovered from the Celtics’ humiliating, late-game collapse at the hands of an inferior Cavs squad, I quickly came to the realization that I’d just witnessed one of the most remarkable rookie performances of the last decade. A quick perusal of the box score reveals nothing exceptional: 23 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 10-14 from the field. Very good, no doubt, but hardly up to par with, say, some of LeBron James’ or Dwight Howard’s earliest efforts. But for those of us who watched the game, for those who witnessed Kyrie Irving eviscerate the Celtics with his deft, pin-point passes and balletic, jaw-dropping forays to the basket (the last of which proved to be the game’s decisive play), it became all-too-obvious that we were privileged spectators catching a tantalizing glimpse of what the future holds for ...