Originally Posted by
1991 duke law
Jason - you may be correct about Kyrie. But I speculate that he would only be interested in coming back if it materially benefitted him. He seems so incredibly self centred that his focus will always be on what is good for Kyrie.
I would not want him on my team. Not only is he not a leader, he appears to be the inverse. I would want a grant hill/Shane Battier type as my leader – guys who put the team first on the court and off the court - Kyrie has years of rehabilitation until he would gain my trust as a leader.
Originally Posted by
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
I enjoy watching Kyrie, but this is the umpteenth time he has put his foot in his mouth. This board was slow to turn on him, but I've been embarrassed by his association with Duke for many seasons now.
I'd prefer to have Justise Winslow on my team.
I agree Kyrie is a strange dude, especially in his commentaries. But I enjoy watching him play and am proud to claim him as a Blue Devil. The winning shot in the NBA championship doesn't hurt, of course. And, as far as I can tell, he has always had the support of his teammates and coaches. And if he didn't, why would he be a VP of the NBPA?
Look, I understand many people feel as you both do. I must have more tolerance for idiosyncratic behavior -- or something. Anyway, we don't want to get a rep as a fan site that "eats its own."
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013