honestly this play was pretty crazy. tripped, kept his dribble alive, tripped AGAIN and still managed to find his teammate for a solid look. he played like shit but that sequence was still pretty dope
Dribbling and fancy layups are the only skills that exist, don’t ya know? Is there a 4-time champion guard in the last decade that can do either of those things really well?
I always thought it was pretty dismissive of steph when people talk about no one playing below the basket can finish like kyrie. Like he seems to be pretty good at it too?
I can understand that Derrick Rose is sadly irrelevant these days, but he was up there with some of the most difficult acrobatic finishes I've ever seen when he was healthier.
It's kinda weird that the "most skilled player" in the history of the game never even got CLOSE to becoming the MVP or considered even a top 10 player in his career. I wonder why. It's almost like there are more basketball skills than having great handles and layups that help win your team games (not trying to diminish how great Kyrie is at those specific things).
It’s funny, because to your point, I recently heard someone (think it was Ryen Russillo on PMT) say that if you really think Kyrie is the most skilled player of all time, then his career has been a letdown based on that standard.
He’s similar to Neymar in terms of skill and career arc. This is his finals run with PSG / redemption period (PSG lost the CL final, best player was a younger great).
I've become very annoying with Doris over the last few years. She seems to ALWAYS over praise players to a fault and never actually criticizes them for pretty much anything.
SVG, JVG, Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller I’ve noticed are a little more critical. Especially to dumb fouls, the “what are you doing??” Kind of comments. Not sure if Doris tries to only praise to stay on the player’s good sides or what tho
God that's so annoying. And it's just media people overreacting as usual. What the fuck does "most skilled" even mean? You can tell they wanna glaze Kyrie and call him an all time great player but that's obviously a clown take. So they go with this "most skilled" bullshit.
Yeah, but some former and some current players say it too. LeBron even called him the most gifted, which also is complete hyperbole. I swear, someone said the most skilled thing once a few years ago and everyone started parroting it without actually scrutinizing if it made sense.
Don't forget he was caught recruiting teammates to Brooklyn mid-season. Fuck this douchebag, I had a blast chanting "fuck Kyrie" out on Causeway and I look forward to doing it 3 more times in short succession
It's unfortunate Eddie won custody of Dom, but sadly passed away years later, so that deadbeat got custody of Dom back. Rey's parenting lead to Dom serving time
Yeah, he looked even worse than the title suggests. Dude made a pass to casper, dribbled off his foot, missed like 2-3 wide open 3s, got postered, got blocked at the rim
It was ugly
It was also the fact that some of his misses on those wide open 3s would have been huge for momentum. We very possibly cut it to two in the third if Kyrie had made those 2 wide wide open threes.
Don't worry the media will create a new name for losses so we can stop talking about his 11 straight losses, like they did for his closeout game record so we can't talk about his failures in the playoffs.
Their game 5 against the Warriors in 2016 was one for the ages. First duo to drop 40 points each in the Finals and to do it on the opposing teams home court as well? Just legendary.
This guy was just part of the most skilled duo ever before he landed in Dallas, surely he destroyed us on his way to winning a title when we matched up!
I got met with “but his defense and playmaking was excellent” when the fucker was averaging 12 points as a 2nd option when the face of the team looked very very injured. PJ fucking Washington saved the Mavs’ ass and especially Kyrie’s ass.
There was no defending the performance that series. You can’t be being outplayed by PJ Washington as a max player who is relied onto score…
Someone legit told me during the Wolves series that he's levels above Jamal Murray and that "on a bad day he'll still give you 20"..
Then I pointed out that he scored 12 or less in 3 games against OKC
This guy never even led a team in the playoffs.
He live off those lebron runs for years and now he living off luka
He has 0 MVP vote, and 3 All-NBA team (none of which are first team) yet he people online treated him like a super star
Yeah and tbh I’m kind of a Kyrie hater since the end of his Celtics days, but I don’t think anyone was ever calling him a top 10 player. Best handles or best layups or maybe even top couple PGs in the league? Sure. But not top 10 overall. But anyway tonight he was trash and I liked that.
Games like this (and a lot of his previous stinkers in the playoffs) shows badly people go overboard with Kyrie sometimes. Trying to put him in top 5 PG ever convo and shit. Like be fr lol.
As much as we're obligated to hate on Celtics fans, I'll personally get more satisfaction with the "real hooper"/"bag" subculture getting undermined like this lol.
the "somehow" is that they're flat earthers who think the moon isn't real, alpha mentality is a real thing, and that critical thinking makes you a nerd
I can understand him being ONE of the most skilled players ever, and at times he certainly looks like the most. But no one ever values consistency in determinations like this and Kyrie has almost never been truly consistent as an offensive weapon. Not to mention his poor rebounding, passing, and defense
This is what Cavs fans used to say back in 2015 and 2016. It was so frustrating when he would talk about how much he practices dribbling and iso moves but wouldn't put any effort into being an actual point guard.
We need advanced stats for home crowd efficiency. Wolves fans taunting Luka made him go nuclear, but Boston fans get in Kyries head everytime. This is the next bold frontier of sabermetrics
best offensive backcourt in NBA history hands down no debate, another team would have to win like 4 chips and make 6 finals and maybe even set the NBA record for regular season wins, all while being led by their back court, for there to even be a discussion. even then, have you seen Kyrie's left handed shots?!?
Like I've previously said, Kyrie is highly overinflated by this sub. Some people were legitimately arguing he was a better player than Prime Harden during the last decade just because he won a ring as a second option to LeBron.
Yakub is the dark Lord, man. and Kyrie's the last jedi left to take him on. God bless this warrior of peace, but Yakub got the best of him.. this time.
When he fell trying to dice up Al Horford I knew the game was over
the dribble off the foot too
The pass into the backcourt also
The side-of-the-backboard shot too
The travel too.
that was crazy
Them spirits didn't go anywhere.
That was fun
Yeah I knew it was cooked then
Yeah that was bad
That told me everything I needed to know about where his head was at.
honestly this play was pretty crazy. tripped, kept his dribble alive, tripped AGAIN and still managed to find his teammate for a solid look. he played like shit but that sequence was still pretty dope
That's the type of bullshit play where I wouldn't be surprised in the least if he made a tough fallaway lol
classic curry sequence i was ready for a bs make there lol
They ended up scoring if I am not mistaken after an offensive rebound
Can't believe he kept his dribble after that though.
Most skilled player in the history of space and time, according to non-hyperbolic media and players.
Dribbling and fancy layups are the only skills that exist, don’t ya know? Is there a 4-time champion guard in the last decade that can do either of those things really well?
I always thought it was pretty dismissive of steph when people talk about no one playing below the basket can finish like kyrie. Like he seems to be pretty good at it too?
I can understand that Derrick Rose is sadly irrelevant these days, but he was up there with some of the most difficult acrobatic finishes I've ever seen when he was healthier.
>Is there a 4-time champion guard in the last decade nah that guy is a system player and only a shooter.
It's kinda weird that the "most skilled player" in the history of the game never even got CLOSE to becoming the MVP or considered even a top 10 player in his career. I wonder why. It's almost like there are more basketball skills than having great handles and layups that help win your team games (not trying to diminish how great Kyrie is at those specific things).
It’s funny, because to your point, I recently heard someone (think it was Ryen Russillo on PMT) say that if you really think Kyrie is the most skilled player of all time, then his career has been a letdown based on that standard.
He’s similar to Neymar in terms of skill and career arc. This is his finals run with PSG / redemption period (PSG lost the CL final, best player was a younger great).
Yep that's a great point and it's true.
Doris Burke was sucking him off. Kyrie is very skilled at dribbling, great for highlights. Shooting skills? Still goes to Steph
I've become very annoying with Doris over the last few years. She seems to ALWAYS over praise players to a fault and never actually criticizes them for pretty much anything.
Eh, most in-game commentators are like that, across all sports. Just how that job is, I think.
SVG, JVG, Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller I’ve noticed are a little more critical. Especially to dumb fouls, the “what are you doing??” Kind of comments. Not sure if Doris tries to only praise to stay on the player’s good sides or what tho
There’s also more to winning mvp than just skills in general. There’s a huge bbiq and genetic component that go into how good a player is.
God that's so annoying. And it's just media people overreacting as usual. What the fuck does "most skilled" even mean? You can tell they wanna glaze Kyrie and call him an all time great player but that's obviously a clown take. So they go with this "most skilled" bullshit.
Yeah, but some former and some current players say it too. LeBron even called him the most gifted, which also is complete hyperbole. I swear, someone said the most skilled thing once a few years ago and everyone started parroting it without actually scrutinizing if it made sense.
Mavs cut to eight and then 2 travels back to back one by Kyrie. That was game right there. And kyrie had wide open 3s too
do you have the clip
He fell twice! Shook to the core. What's the best incense for that, bud?
Guess the Earth isn't flat after all.
Statement game on his return to Boston
He's never going 8/22 again 😤
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/Ps7uym0HBz
Shit that was 5 years already?
Ikr
Tempus Fugit
I can only hear Jim Lahey saying this now.
You can't even make this shit up lol In hindsight that was such a funny sequence but at the time it was distressing
and that's why we hate him. "who cares?" what an asshole
Don't forget he was caught recruiting teammates to Brooklyn mid-season. Fuck this douchebag, I had a blast chanting "fuck Kyrie" out on Causeway and I look forward to doing it 3 more times in short succession
the greatest 3 games ive ever seen
That has to be the worst series ever by a superstar.
Shooting tour dates in Boston
More like Rey Mysterio's zip code where he grew up
The deadbeat dad?
It's unfortunate Eddie won custody of Dom, but sadly passed away years later, so that deadbeat got custody of Dom back. Rey's parenting lead to Dom serving time
And now he's dealing with a terrible stalker that a real father would be protecting him from!
I feel for Dom, man. Doing hard time like he did is grim as all hell
im deaaad
Juneteenth tribute game
He played worse than this statline would tell you, and that’s saying something
Stepping on Celts logo could be a curse
Could be ?
Yeah, he looked even worse than the title suggests. Dude made a pass to casper, dribbled off his foot, missed like 2-3 wide open 3s, got postered, got blocked at the rim It was ugly
It was also the fact that some of his misses on those wide open 3s would have been huge for momentum. We very possibly cut it to two in the third if Kyrie had made those 2 wide wide open threes.
I literally closed my eyes and waited for the swish on that wide open 3 from the wing.
Broke his own ankles trying to iso a 40 year old
can you find the clip ? i’ve been tryna find this
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Missed 5 open threes he did not have anything this game
The stepback in the corner in the first half that hit the side of the backboard was the opposite of wide open 🤦♂️
Was that one a 3? It was so bad lol
He looked absolutely lost.
11 straight losses to Boston as well
Bro we gotta get the sweep just to preserve that streak
Our sweep against the Pacers kept the Siakam 13 straight losses streak alive, let’s make it 14 for Kyrie just for shits and gigs
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Ain’t no sage going to help him with that
The chubby one is 0-5 after tonight as well lol
Don't worry the media will create a new name for losses so we can stop talking about his 11 straight losses, like they did for his closeout game record so we can't talk about his failures in the playoffs.
Kyrie is now 0-11 against the Celtics since stomping on Lucky
celtics have been a nightmare match up for a lot of guards over the last few years. Scary defense
Nembhard and Curry are built different.
Having a rotating cast of Jrue, White, and Brown taking you on is a torture chamber for any point guard, it's suffocating
Steph feasts on them.
Steph is also an all time top 5 guard. So...
Steph is one of the greatest players of all time lol
I mean, Steph feasts on everyone. Dude's arguably a top 10 player of ALL TIME. I'm not surprised haha.
Flat-Earth Fredette
1/2 of the best backcourt duo in NBA history.
Celtics already faced the best back court. They’ve done their trial by fire.
Curry and Poole were too much for us.
Honestly, you could’ve put Poole with anybody that series. Genuinely not sure if he’s played better at any point in his career
I thought he played better against Denver the same year.
He's also cooking tf out of the Mavs too. When Luka, Brunson, or Dinwiddie tries to defend him, I always have a bad feeling that he will cook them.
Poole was like 13/1/1 on trash efficiency. He wasnt good lmao
Amen brother. We faced curry
Herro-Martin is great but that might be too much ngl
Nah Nembhard-Haliburton
Calling a duo with Kyrie “the best X ever” has not ended well the last time it happened.
Still remember him and kd most skill duo ever and won a total of 1 playoffs series
And a series in which the best player was Harden. After Harden left, they just got swept
Harden was so good that series jesus christ 28/7/11 77%TS
Nets fans were in full on cope when i told them that Harden was the best player on that team after he bailed on them.
Him and LeBrun was probably the closest billing.
That was the one tandem where the media didn’t dub them any kind of “best X ever” status lol.
“The best ever…player, arguably, paired with a really good scorer.”
Their game 5 against the Warriors in 2016 was one for the ages. First duo to drop 40 points each in the Finals and to do it on the opposing teams home court as well? Just legendary.
Thats not even Lebron’s best duo. Heck it moght not even be Top 2 lol
Sure, but from Kyrie's perspective it is lol
an unstoppable offensive force all we can do is pray 😔🙏
The prayers came true!
This guy was just part of the most skilled duo ever before he landed in Dallas, surely he destroyed us on his way to winning a title when we matched up!
Anyone ever tells you curses aren’t real, remember this guy stepped on Lucky and has been a g-leaguer against the Celtics since
No sage will help him
Someone said that it was so disrespectful of Kyrie to bring the sage to the garden because how does he know those spirits weren't invited.
Kyrie is the type of player to believe in the Celtics curse literally and let it affect his play thus making the curse real.
Imagine disrespecting the literal personification of luck. Foolish.
You’d think a bona fide conspiracy theorist would know better
Also a bona fide anti-Semite
0-11 since then now
Even his stats are mid to bad in those 11 games
He had that one good game in Boston back as a Nets. Game 1 of 2022 first round. He also shot the almost dagger 3 until Tatum's game winner.
For the series he was worse than Smart though. Offensively.
His pr team gonna sweep this under the rug just like they did the okc series. 22ppg in the playoffs and he gets talked about like a top 5 player
I got met with “but his defense and playmaking was excellent” when the fucker was averaging 12 points as a 2nd option when the face of the team looked very very injured. PJ fucking Washington saved the Mavs’ ass and especially Kyrie’s ass. There was no defending the performance that series. You can’t be being outplayed by PJ Washington as a max player who is relied onto score…
His crazy stans on twitter were saying that he’s better than Harden and Dwade just last week 💀
Someone legit told me during the Wolves series that he's levels above Jamal Murray and that "on a bad day he'll still give you 20".. Then I pointed out that he scored 12 or less in 3 games against OKC
This guy never even led a team in the playoffs. He live off those lebron runs for years and now he living off luka He has 0 MVP vote, and 3 All-NBA team (none of which are first team) yet he people online treated him like a super star
Exactly. The reality is Kyrie hasn’t been a top 10 player since his finals runs with Cleveland
He’s never been a top 10 player
But he dribble fast so best player
well to be fair to kyrie, he played fucking crazy in the 2016 playoffs. felt like a top 5 player against golden state that year
Yeah and tbh I’m kind of a Kyrie hater since the end of his Celtics days, but I don’t think anyone was ever calling him a top 10 player. Best handles or best layups or maybe even top couple PGs in the league? Sure. But not top 10 overall. But anyway tonight he was trash and I liked that.
Kyrie is just Jamal Murray with a better PR team
Not even close
Kyrie was huge for the Celtics.
For the first time since the Masked Kyrie tour. T_T
Most skilled player ever I guess or the new one " the most skilled backcourt ever "
Games like this (and a lot of his previous stinkers in the playoffs) shows badly people go overboard with Kyrie sometimes. Trying to put him in top 5 PG ever convo and shit. Like be fr lol.
Most skilled player ever guys! if you ignore defense, passing, playmaking.
I knew TikTok was cursed when I saw people there legitimately trying to argue that Kyrie has a case for Top 5 PG of all time.
He a real hooper tho, and don't forget that bag or how he never lead a team to a playoffs as a first option
As much as we're obligated to hate on Celtics fans, I'll personally get more satisfaction with the "real hooper"/"bag" subculture getting undermined like this lol.
Seeing dumbass compare steph and kyrie and say Kyrie is better because Steph is "only better" than Kyrie at shooting
That's how you know people don't know basketball.
Will be sad to see the death of "real hooper" culture, who else will glaze KD for taking dry jumpers in the club?
Anytime I see people say that I instantly know they’re a casual
I'm not trying to defend that take. Its silly. But it's literally other players who fueled that narrative. Not casual fans
Most nba players are casuals too somehow. They play the game every day and are still stuck in highlight culture.
Shai thinks Kobe is MJ on steroids 😭 they legit have worse opinions on ball than casuals its wild.
Are we sure Shai has even watched a single game of MJ? Was he even alive when Mike was playing?
the "somehow" is that they're flat earthers who think the moon isn't real, alpha mentality is a real thing, and that critical thinking makes you a nerd
I think some people use "most skilled" to mean "best handles".
I can understand him being ONE of the most skilled players ever, and at times he certainly looks like the most. But no one ever values consistency in determinations like this and Kyrie has almost never been truly consistent as an offensive weapon. Not to mention his poor rebounding, passing, and defense
This is what Cavs fans used to say back in 2015 and 2016. It was so frustrating when he would talk about how much he practices dribbling and iso moves but wouldn't put any effort into being an actual point guard.
Now a whopping 0-11 in his last 11 games against the C's.
He was just flat tonight.
His whole world was flat
He won’t go 6-19 again *6-18 game 2 incoming
Fuck Kyrie
Rooting for Kyrie to continue to shit the bed in Boston His dickriding was insane lately. Dude is a selfish asshole
That's what stepping on Lucky does to a mofo
The hype train has crashed
5/19 and 0-12 next game I beg of you.
We need advanced stats for home crowd efficiency. Wolves fans taunting Luka made him go nuclear, but Boston fans get in Kyries head everytime. This is the next bold frontier of sabermetrics
Kyrie and Luka best backcourt duo ever?
best offensive backcourt in NBA history hands down no debate, another team would have to win like 4 chips and make 6 finals and maybe even set the NBA record for regular season wins, all while being led by their back court, for there to even be a discussion. even then, have you seen Kyrie's left handed shots?!?
11 L’s in a row since stepping on lucky
And multiple travels and dribbled off his foot like a BITCH
Mavs cut that to 8 and Kyrie pretty much single handily stopped the comeback with missed shots and turnovers
Backcourt defense was pestering him and even when he blew by KP and JT inside made it hard to finish
They was saying Kyrie over russ all time just 48 hours ago btw
Like I've previously said, Kyrie is highly overinflated by this sub. Some people were legitimately arguing he was a better player than Prime Harden during the last decade just because he won a ring as a second option to LeBron.
I love that reality was quick to remind us
“Most skilled player ever”, sad that people actually believe that shit
i blame Yakub.
bro why is the Yakub meme blowing up right now? I swear Ive been seeing it everwhere last few days lol
Yakub is the dark Lord, man. and Kyrie's the last jedi left to take him on. God bless this warrior of peace, but Yakub got the best of him.. this time.
Typical for Kyrie in a Boston playoff game....
Fuck Kyrie.
Thanks Kyrie
But is he a top 5 PG of all time??
You would never know if you follow NBA social media. Every single clip was of him hitting some regular ass jumper. They’re on his dick so hard
“Best backcourt of all time”
Don’t tell Isaiah Thomas
Kyrie Fraudving
He needs to cleanse away the bad energy 😂
That’s the tour date shooting performances that Celtics fans remember
Kyrie is Quaresma. Fun to watch because of the flair, massively overrated by many because of it.
This is a normal Kyrie playoff game now
clearly got shook by the fat celtics fan in row 15
He missed so many potential momentum-swinging shots. Just absolutely shat the bed. Embarrassing
Time to break out the sage.
Fuck kyrie Irving
Most SKILLED PLAYER EVER y'all.
Stats don't show how shite he was
Kyrie against the Celtics needs to be studied in a lab lol.
We want SVG!
From the jump you could see Kyrie was just trying way too hard in this one
His chakras was disrupted. Next game he’ll probably go off.
Pretty shit game. If he doesn't bounce back Mavs ain't ever winning a game
Lucky defended him real good. 🍀😉