Kyrie Irving the number one point guard in the high school class of 2010 is in a position where nobody expected him to be for the number four ranked Duke Bluedevils. Kyrie is currently out indefinitely. Now, this is not because of a lack of talent or because of a bad attitude unfortunately he’s sitting out because of a toe injury. On December 4th while playing in his hometown of New Jersey Kyrie suffered an injury while attempting to drive into the lane against the Butler defense. At the moment the injury didn’t look severe. It looked more like a crap, but it turned out to be a serious injury which has not let Kyrie comeback on the court. Kyrie’s college career so far has been short; only eight games to be exact, but even with just 8 games under his belt the world saw his unbelievable talent. While healthy he was averaging 17.4 points per game, 5.1 assist, and 3.8 rebounds. We can also include his 53% field goal percentage and his 45% three point percentage. Just by reading those five stats you and I can both tell Kyrie has what it takes to be an NBA player. Most kids at nineteen can get hurt like Kyrie did, and they will be depressed and begin a downward spiral. It can affect their school work and change their attitude towards their team, but not Kyrie. Since getting hurt he has still been the same great kid. He is now in rehab trying to get his toe back to one hundred percent, and he attends every game and is like another coach on the bench. He talks to his teammates to try and help them see what they can do better and he is also the teams “number one cheerleader”. That is an exact quote from Kyrie himself. A 6th man for a basketball team is usually the first guy off the bench but Duke’s 6th man stays on the bench, but bring the same amount of energy a regular 6th man would.
Written by: Barry Allen
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