Three of the last four No. 1 overall picks in the NBA have been point guards – Derrick Rose, John Wall and Kyrie Irving (who shows up with the Cleveland Cavaliers to play the Charlotte Bobcats Monday afternoon). Previous to...
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January 17, 2012
Kyrie Irving was atop most draft boards when the Cavaliers selected him first back in June. That does not mean the pick was a slam dunk, can’t miss obvious kind of selection. Due to the injury suffered early on in his only season at Duke, there were many unknowns about the former McDonald’s All-American.
Kyrie has now played 30 minutes more as a professional than he...
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January 16, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Kyrie Irving scored 25 points and had seven assists to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 102-94 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday.
The Bobcats led 94-93 with less than two minutes to play, but the Cavaliers closed out the game by scoring the final nine points, getting a pair of key inside baskets from Anderson Varejao, who finished with 14 points and...
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January 16, 2012
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This-> “There is reason for excitement in Cleveland. It’s been eleven games, sure, but Kyrie Irving is coming into his own right before our eyes. Every night he...
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January 16, 2012
Kyrie Irving was the number one pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2011 NBA draft. Now, the former Duke star might play for Australia is this year’s upcoming Olympics in London.
You see Irving is a dual citizen; he was born in Australia while his father was playing professional basketball there. Irving has no chance to make the USA squad this Olympic, so why not try to play...
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January 15, 2012
LOS ANGELES - In the coming weeks, Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Kyrie Irving will have a big decision to make. The...
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January 16, 2012
Here’s something I didn’t know about Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving — he has dual citizenship in the United States and Australia. He was born down under while his father was playing professional basketball there. Which means Irving has a choice to make in the next few weeks — does he want to play for…
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January 16, 2012
Kyrie Irving scored 25 points and had seven assists to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 102-94 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday. The Bobcats led 94-93 with less than two minutes to play, but the Cavaliers closed out the game by scoring the final nine points, getting a pair of key inside baskets from Anderson Varejao, who finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
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January 16, 2012
Kyrie Irving is starting to show why the Cleveland Cavaliers selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 draft.
The star point guard looks to continue his recent strong play and help the Cavaliers get back over .500 with a second straight victory Tuesday night against the visiting Golden State Warriors.
Though a toe injury limited Irving to 11 games in his only season...
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January 17, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving has five years to make good on a promise to earn...
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January 16, 2012
Kyrie Irving scored 25 points and had seven assists to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 102-94 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday.
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January 16, 2012
Kyrie Irving scored 25 points on 9-16 shooting, and handed out 7 assists leading the Cavaliers to a win against Charlotte Monday afternoon. The Cavaliers (5-5) wrap up their longest road trip of the season 3-4, which is 1 win more than they had on the road all last season. Jamison finished with 20 points, Omri Casspi added 14 points and Andy Varejao had 14 points and 12 rebounds...
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January 14, 2012
The Wine and Gold's second unit cut a 19-point Lakers' lead to just three in the fourth quarter, but Kobe Bryant's 42-point performance was a touch too much as the Cavaliers fell, 97-92, on Friday night at the Staples Center. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 21 points.
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January 17, 2012
If only for a handful of minutes, Cleveland’s sparkling new point guard and power forward were neither “one” nor “four.”
Be it out of experiment or necessity, Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott ran select five-man units which featured Kyrie Irving as the off-guard next to Ramon Sessions while the ever-bouncing Tristan Thompson took every inch of his 6...
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January 16, 2012
2011 is a rebuilding season for the Cavaliers, the first real attempt at repairing the destruction of the "Decision" tsunami. Last year's wrong-headed stab at quasi-contention could have set the franchise back years, but a 26-game losing streak, a moronic dance partner willing to trade an unprotected lottery pick for Mo Williams, and a rare piece of good luck that landed...
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