Found July 23, 2012 on Sports Blog Net: Yardbarker Blogger Network
If you have been watching any sport shows lately you have probably seen that Kobe Bryant and Kyrie Irving have agreed to play 1-on-one, with the proceeds going to their favorite charity organization.  Many people think this is a joke, but I have never seen these two players on same level.  We only have one year of statistics referring to Irving’s success, whereas Kobe has played for 15 seasons.  Irving is 6’3” tall and 191 pound.  Let’s go e these statistics in order to help us find who is going to win the one-on-one battle. Now let’s start with Irving.  Obviously he has only played for one year I think the law of averages might b the winner can be chosen in this article.  Irving only missed one game of his rookie year of the Cleveland Cavaliers.  He played 30.5 min. per game which means he played about 64% of each game.  Irving’s field-goal percentage was 46%.  His three point percentage was 46.9%, which is very solid for any player let alone a rookie.  Irving is an excellent fr...
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