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Kyrie Irving, who came down with an illness the past couple of off-days for the Cavs, is questionable to play tonight against the Heat. Irving has been relatively healthy this season, missing just five games this season. In three games against the Heat, he’s averaging 20.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in three games […]

Kyrie Irving and LeBron James’ relationship has come a long way since the start of the season. It all really began with the losses to the Portland Trailblazers and Utah Jazz during the first road trip the Cavaliers took out West. Against the Blazers on November 3, Kyrie Irving and then-Cavalier Dion Waiters seemed as […]

Last week, Kevin Love came out with the controversial statement that he and LeBron James aren’t the best of friends, which sparked an explosion of rumors that Love wasn’t happy with the Cavs and wanted out. He did say their relationship is evolving, but it’s not where they’d call each other best friends. LeBron touched […]

On Tuesday morning, the NBA released a survey it did on the top point guards in the league. 25 members, including coaches, executives, and players, were asked to rank point guards from the best all the way to number 30. Here’s how the rankings finished, starting with the number 5 point guard: 5. Damian Lillard […]

On Friday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Indiana Pacers at home for their 45th victory of the season. With the 95-92 win, the Cavs clinched their first playoff spot since the 2009-10 season when they went 61-21 and clinched home-court advantage for the entire playoffs. Kyrie Irving spoke with a sense of relief after […]

Kyrie Irving has been a Cleveland Cavalier now in his fourth season and we’ve seen him grow up before out very eyes. Irving turns 23 today on March 23, 2015. That’s right, only 23! The guy has won an NBA Rookie of the Year award, All Star MVP award, and a FIBA World Championship MVP. […]

Kyrie Irving uses a series of dribble fakes and hesitations to get around the defending Michael Carter-Williams and Zaza Pachulia to get to the rim and finish a tough layup attempt over Ersan Ilyasova

On a night when most of the Cavaliers were out of sync, their lead point guard took charge and carried the team to a huge victory over the defending champions. Kyrie Irving was simply unconscious as he scored at will, overshadowing Tony Parker`s big night. It took Uncle Drew 20 made field goals to come […]

Kyrie Irving drives to the basket from the wing and puts the ball over Thaddeus Young’s head. Immediately after that move, he finds a cutting Timofey Mozgov for the slam!

Kevin Love grabs the rebound, sends it downcourt to Kyrie Irving on the fast break. Irving drives, draws the defense and dishes to a cutting LeBron James for the dunk!

Kyrie Irving drives around a couple defenders from the sideline to the baseline, draws all the attention to himself before dishing off to a cutting Timofey Mozgov for the left-handed throwdown!

Kyrie Irving was named the Eastern Conference’s Player of the Week for the week of March 9 to March 15. He scored 22 points against the Mavericks, put up a dazzling offensive display against the Spurs with 57 points, and followed it up with a 33 point effort against the Magic. He averaged a league-best […]

Kyrie Irving has been named the Eastern Conference’s Player of the week after leading his Cleveland Cavaliers to a 3-0 week in games played from March 9 to March 15. In matchups against the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, and Orlando Magic, he averaged a whopping 37.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 2.3 steals. […]

It all started at the Cleveland Cavaliers Media Day of the 2013-14 season, where Kyrie Irving, starting his then third season, started out with this: “I want to be the best player in this league. In order to do that, I know we have to win a lot of games. But I’m the leader of […]

LeBron James, a Cavalier record holder for numerous statistical categories, was outdone two nights ago for the first time in his career by a teammate. Kyrie Irving scored a career high 57 points, breaking his Cavalier record of 56 points against the Toronto Raptors back in the 2004-05 season. LeBron did score 61 points last […]

After witnessing an incredible 57-point performance by Kyrie Irving, LeBron just could not let it go. We’re sure he let his feelings be known privately, but James let his feelings be known publicly in a postgame locker-room video. See it here: LeBron James Uninterruped Video On Kyrie Irving

Two of the league’s top point guards in Kyrie Irving and Stephen Curry have been burning the nets with their hot hands from distance. Curry has been making noise since the beginning of the season, especially with the success that Golden State has been enjoying, while Irving has started to make significant noise recently and […]

Kyrie Irving is quite an offensive talent. One of the best actually. He can play around with his defender using an array of dribbling exhibitions. He can stop on a dime and knock down shots so smooth you wouldn’t realize the full degree of difficulty. He also has unlimited range. It is extremely difficult to […]

Kyrie Irving took a three-pointer. Then another. And another. In the end, Irving attempted seven three-pointers and made all of them. Step-back, fall-away, out of a crossover, catch and shoot, it didn’t matter as Irving was raining three-pointers from all over the floor en route to a career high 57 points. Here are some of […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! “They’re going to be one hell of a team. I’m glad we played them now,” Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said after their 92-90 win back in November. “They’ll be a whole lot tougher later on in the year.” […]

Kyrie Irving hits the shot to send the game into overtime!! See Kyrie Irving’s greatest 3-pointers of all time,. Is this one his greatest of all time?

Kyrie Irving tries to get it to LeBron James right off of the pick, but stays patient and gives James a nice bounce pass. James catches and throws it down with two hands!

Kyrie Irving takes the screen and goes up for the two handed slam!

Kyrie Irving and Rajon Rondo are two different point guards who have battled it out five times with the former Kentucky Wildcat winning three games. However, the former Duke Blue Devil seems like he’ll catch up with the way the Cleveland Cavaliers have been playing as of late. Individually, Rondo has proven himself more than […]

After missing the Friday evening contest against the Indiana Pacers resting his sore back, small forward LeBron James is expected to return to the starting lineup Sunday against Houston. Kyrie out, LeBron expected to play vs Rockets. And my thoughts on "rest." Pregame dribbles. http://t.co/dn3b4UeJrj — Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) March 1, 2015 Returning from a […]

Kyrie Irving was playing like a consistent All-Star this season with averages of 21.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 1.5 steals on 47% shooting. All of those but the assists are up from last year’s averages. Unfortunately, the oft-injured point guard seems to have hit another roadblock after suffering an apparent shoulder injury Thursday […]

Klay Thompson dishes to Draymond Green, but Kyrie Irving reads the pass and swipes the ball, beats everyone downcourt, and throws down the two-handed slam!

As Paul Pierce drives left while defended by LeBron James, Kevin Love comes to help and try to cut off any passes. As Pierce tries a bounce pass between Love and James to the cutting Marcin Gortat, Love deflects the ball to the three-point arc, where James recovers it and ignites the fast break. With […]

The three-point shot has been one of Kyrie Irving`s best friends since entering the league in 2011. With his superior confidence, it has helped him earn the moniker “Mr. 4th Quarter” and also win the league`s Three Point Shootout in the 2013 All Star Weekend. He keeps defenses honest and breaks them when given the […]

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The Cleveland Cavaliers are now 50 games into the 82-game season. They have been to extreme highs and lows already as we saw them defeat league powers while also succumbing to bottom feeders. Some players transitioned to new roles while others tried to get rid of old habits. From chemistry to coaching issues and even […]

January was a tale of tales for the Cavaliers. Extended injuries, blockbuster trades, losing streaks, winning streaks – the works, really; but along with the roller coaster came the passengers, including Kyrie Irving who was taken for a ride to kick off 2015. After losing nearly seven million dollars for not being named an All […]

Kyrie Irving’s career is its own flavor. No playoff appearances? Win the FIBA World Cup MVP at the age of 22. Controversy over spot in list of Top 10 Point Guards? Releases his own shoe. Not named an All Star starter? Drops 55 on Damian Lillard. Last night was a night to remember in Cleveland, […]

On a night when LeBron James sat our with a sore wrist and only two of their players shot 50% or better from the field, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Portland Trailblazers 99-94 for their eight consecutive victory. The main reason for tonight’s victory was a Cavalier named Kyrie Irving, who exploded for a career […]

Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard. Two of the most dominant offensive point guards the NBA has seen. Both play similarly with their sweet stroke from outside all the way to their aggressiveness as well as craftiness when going inside. Tonight, the two take center-court when the Portland Trailblazers make their lone visit to Quicken Loans […]

In an always hard fought game at The Palace of Auburn Hills, it was stellar shooting from Kyrie Irving and King James’ willingness to get to the free throw line that made the major difference in tonight’s 103-95 Cavalier victory. Here are the highlights from tonight’s game: Irving was on fire the whole night as […]

Kyrie Irving is widely viewed as one of the best point guards in the Eastern Conference alongside John Wall. After his second NBA All Star Game in 2014, one in which he was not only voted a starter, but also won the MVP award for his 33 point, 14 assist game in an East victory, […]

By the end of the 2010-11 NBA season there was no doubt who the best Point Guard in the league was: Derrick Rose. He won the MVP that season, becoming the first PG since Steve Nash in 2006 to hoist the award and the third since 1973 to record 2,000 points and 600 assists in […]

Losing a game can be frustrating. Losing two consecutive games can be irritating. Losing six consecutive games is often times just deflating and worrisome. At the time, the Cleveland Cavaliers had lost six consecutive games, including losses to teams that they definitely should have defeated like the Sixers, Kings, and Suns. Before facing the Los […]