Kyrie Irving crosses Kobe Bryant up three times on one possession

[PleezeBelieve]

http://youtu.be/69bc_OOLIMM


http://cjzero.com/gifs/IrvingWow2.gif
Iverson on Jordan redux??? OMFG, he kills Westbrook as well lol

[NewYorkUSCtrojan]

USC football #1

[It's A VC3!!!]

Damn those crossover were sweet. This guy isn't even 20 yet and he's developing Allen Iverson- like dribbling skills.:applause:

[Suckafree]

Damn, Ball on a string.

It's one thing doing this stuff at some offseason sumer league thing, but to do it at a USA basketball scrimmage.

[DurantFor40]

Damn those crossover were sweet. This guy isn't even 20 yet and he's developing Allen Iverson- like dribbling skills.:applause:
He turned 20 a couple of months ago you inaccurate son of a bitch.

[brandonislegend]

Kyrie is bout to be nice as f*ck. I remember when everyone thought he was going to a bust hahahaha

[blacknapalm]

my pick for summer league MVP. dude is gonna tear it up

[PleezeBelieve]

Damn those crossover were sweet. This guy isn't even 20 yet and he's developing Allen Iverson- like dribbling skills.:applause:
Kyrie handles > AI handles

[It's A VC3!!!]

He turned 20 a couple of months ago you inaccurate son of a bitch.

I was pretty close then despite not even following the Cavs but being an advent NBA fan. He has 15 years in the league and he's already this good.:applause:

[d.bball.guy]

Kyrie's handles is amazing, gonna be fun watching him next season.

[IGOTGAME]

I don't think I have ever seen a player with the combination of handle and shooting ability that Kyrie displays. Plus guy can finish at the rim. He is gonna be special.

[G-train]

http://youtu.be/69bc_OOLIMM


Iverson on Jordan redux??? OMFG, he kills Westbrook as well lol

please. he broke a full court press.

[PleezeBelieve]

The spin move on Eric Gordon. Like seriously, watched that 100 times and it gets better every time.

[Clippersfan86]

I don't think I have ever seen a player with the combination of handle and shooting ability that Kyrie displays. Plus guy can finish at the rim. He is gonna be special.

CP3 is a better ballhandler and shooter :confusedshrug: . Or do you mean for the age/experience?

[LEFT4DEAD]

Kyrie handles > AI handles
Nonsense. AI handles are the best in the history of this league and its not even close.

[T-Low]

Kyrie has handles....god damn....

[irondarts]

Nice.

[irondarts]

Kyrie handles > AI handles
No god damn way. Sorry.

[brandonislegend]

Nonsense. AI handles are the best in the history of this league and its not even close.

He had one of the best crossovers but I don't think he is the best ball handler. I don't even think he is top 10.

[LEFT4DEAD]

He had one of the best crossovers but I don't think he is the best ball handler. I don't even think he is top 10.
Name me one better than AI.

[brandonislegend]

CP3, Nash, Isiah Thomas etcetc having a good crossover doesn't make you the best ball HANDLER.

[LEFT4DEAD]

CP3, Nash, Isiah Thomas etcetc having a good crossover doesn't make you the best ball HANDLER.
CP3 is close. But Nash and Thomas are not. Dont act like AI had just good crossover and nothing else. Damn, people are forgeting very fast what a player that guy was.

[Clippersfan86]

CP3 is close. But Nash and Thomas are not. Dont act like AI had just good crossover and nothing else. Damn, people are forgeting very fast what a player that guy was.

I don't know. I think ball security is a HUGE part of ballhandling and CP3 is significantly better than AI there. AI may of had flashy handles and a better cross but CP3 not only can nearly match him there but also doesn't lose the ball. A defender would have a much easier time stealing the ball from AI than CP3. CP3's ball shielding with his body is something AI didn't use much.

[G-train]

Kyrie should have played for his country of birth.

[brandonislegend]

AI never played pick n roll as good as most point guards everything he did was ISO. Its hard to compare him to someone that plays like a point guard is suppose to be played, AI is a scorer with a great crossover there is more to ball handling than a crossover.

[PleezeBelieve]

Watch Kyrie with the ball and watch Iverson. It's nothing close. Kyrie is seamless with his handle. Iverson was more attacking with his dribble. Kyrie goes anywhere he wants. The dude has the best handles since Isiah Thomas.

[G-train]

Most good PG's have similar dribbling skills overall.
It's really splitting hairs.

[PleezeBelieve]

AI never played pick n roll as good as most point guards everything he did was ISO. Its hard to compare him to someone that plays like a point guard is suppose to be played, AI is a scorer with a great crossover there is more to ball handling than a crossover.
Beat me to it. Good post.

[Godzuki]

Name me one better than AI.


tim hardaway

kyrie looks nice out there, at first i thought it was cp3 lol. didn't know he had handles like that.

[LEFT4DEAD]

I don't know. I think ball security is a HUGE part of ballhandling and CP3 is significantly better than AI there. AI may of had flashy handles and a better cross but CP3 not only can nearly match him there but also doesn't lose the ball. A defender would have a much easier time stealing the ball from AI than CP3. CP3's ball shielding with his body is something AI didn't use much.
And being much bigger offensive threat that could destroy you in a minute, and not like CP3 who was never a big time scorer like AI, plays big role in comparing the two, because almost every game, defense's main focus was AI because he had such shitty teammates who could not score anything.

[blacknapalm]

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1837537_o.gif

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/nbacardDOTnet/zz%20NBA%20Photo%20Gallery/VS/Comparision%20n%20Similarity/The%20Big%20Ticket/n%20Tim%20Bug/1.gif

[PleezeBelieve]

Most good PG's have similar dribbling skills overall.
It's really splitting hairs.
Umm, no its not. Kyrie is really on a different level than any player I've seen in the current generation. He doesn't waste dribbles trying to set the next one up. He does what he needs to with the bounce in a very efficient yet creative manner.

That's the difference.

[chips93]

Kyrie should have played for his country of birth.


he moved back to america when he was 2, and both his parents are american, hes far more american than australian

[DurantFor40]

Umm, no its not. Kyrie is really on a different level than any player I've seen in the current generation. He doesn't waste dribbles trying to set the next one up. He does what he needs to with the bounce in a very efficient yet creative manner.

That's the difference.
How overrated is he though?

[PleezeBelieve]

Why do you all keep talking about crossovers like that's end all, be all for gauging the best handles??

LMAO

SMFH

[LEFT4DEAD]

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1837537_o.gif

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/nbacardDOTnet/zz%20NBA%20Photo%20Gallery/VS/Comparision%20n%20Similarity/The%20Big%20Ticket/n%20Tim%20Bug/1.gif
Guy just posted two gifs to support his facts. Thread ends right here. :roll:

[no pun intended]

2016 Australian Gold!

[LAClipsFan33]

USC football #1

This.

[Godzuki]

he moved back to america when he was 2, and both his parents are american, hes far more american than australian


this idiot is still posting :facepalm

[brandonislegend]

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1837537_o.gif

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/nbacardDOTnet/zz%20NBA%20Photo%20Gallery/VS/Comparision%20n%20Similarity/The%20Big%20Ticket/n%20Tim%20Bug/1.gif

what is this suppose to prove exactly?

[blacknapalm]

Guy just posted two gifs to support his facts. Thread ends right here. :roll:

what? i thought of hardaway when i saw this thread. i wasn't trying to prove anything

[LEFT4DEAD]

what? i thought of hardaway when i saw this thread. i wasn't trying to prove anything
cool :cheers:

[RaininTwos]

Kyrie handles > AI handles
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

[chips93]

:wtf: dude cant just post some gifs of elite ball handling without people getting agitated?

[Nash]

Kyrie is bout to be nice as f*ck. I remember when everyone thought he was going to a bust hahahaha
Yeah, especially OP :lol

[PyrrhusX]

Future is bright for cavs fans, Kyrie is such a nice player to watch play the game. Sick ass handles in the vid.

Blakes dunks were pretty impressive too...

[d.bball.guy]

Yeah, especially OP :lol
:roll: :roll: Didn't realize OP is PB

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Kyrie has sick handles

[tikay0]

he boy is a muh fuggin problem!!!! 2nd favorite player behind D-Rose.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Those handles are unreal, best in the league for sure. Sky is really the limit for Irving, the Cavs really, really have to make sure not to make the same mistakes they did with LeBron.

[G-train]

Umm, no its not. Kyrie is really on a different level than any player I've seen in the current generation. He doesn't waste dribbles trying to set the next one up. He does what he needs to with the bounce in a very efficient yet creative manner.

That's the difference.

Ummm, yes it is.

There is minimal to no difference between the dribbling skills of Paul, Rondo, Deron, Irving, Nash, Wall, Parker. They all do what you described above.

[G-train]

Future is bright for cavs fans, Kyrie is such a nice player to watch play the game. Sick ass handles in the vid.

Blakes dunks were pretty impressive too...

Agreed, looks like Blake was hardly trying on some of them.

[Scholar]

I like how the video has Blake Griffin's name in the title but Kyrie's high lights are better.

[lefthook00]

Irving is DEFINITELY not the only one in the league who can do that stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajAUeT3ExUo

[LakersPwnCavs]

When kyrie dribbles a football thats when you can compare his handles to AI! but still Kyrie's handles are ddduuuuuuuurrrrtttyyyy so stop fkin hating! everybody appreciate basketball...

[brandonislegend]

Irving is DEFINITELY not the only one in the league who can do that stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajAUeT3ExUo

Except Tyreke is going against random people and high schoolers while Kyrie is going against the best players in the world. Tyreke has a nice handle though.

[PyrrhusX]

Irving is DEFINITELY not the only one in the league who can do that stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajAUeT3ExUo

What happened to this guy looooooooooool
I didnt watch enough Sac games to really care :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

[Big_Dogg]

Irving has mad handles but it really is hard to go past Hardaway and the UTEP 2 step, that was one of the sickest crossovers ever in the game

[Linspired]

pete maravich had a sublime handle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-bhv5s7yGY&feature=player_embedded

[lefthook00]

Expect Tyreke is going against random people and high schoolers while Kyrie is going against the best players in the world. Tyreke has a nice handle though.

Yeah but that Team USA game isn't really serious either.

[T-Low]

Kyrie should have played for his country of birth.

Thats like saying Nash should have played for his country of birth....Africa...

[TMT]

Damn Kyrie has some mad handles. :eek:

[DuMa]

no kobe stan defending this yet? :eek:

[tikay0]

My favorite part is him making Westbrook look like a child.

[brandonislegend]

no kobe stan defending this yet? :eek:
defend what? No one is stopping that in the open court

[tikay0]

no kobe stan defending this yet? :eek:

How can you defend that? That's like Tyson fans trying to defend him getting beat up by Holyfield.

[Eat Like A Bosh]

How did Kyrie Irving not make the team?

[Fiasco]

My favorite part of the video was Durant yelling "POWER LAYUP" after Griffin's first dunk.

Reminded me of the Perkins dunk thread here. :oldlol:

[G-train]

Thats like saying Nash should have played for his country of birth....Africa...

It's a joke, I'm Australian.
But its not really like that as Irving is a dual citizen and seriously considered playing for Australia in London, except that Coach K basically said he'll start for USA soon.
Nash is a citizen of 4 countries and I have never heard any speculation about him playing ball for South Africa.

[G-train]

How did Kyrie Irving not make the team?

Which point guard are you dropping for him?

[Fiasco]

It's a joke, I'm Australian.
But its not really like that as Irving is a dual citizen and seriously considered playing for Australia in London, except that Coach K basically said he'll start for USA soon.
Nash is a citizen of 4 countries and I have never heard any speculation about him playing ball for South Africa.

Irving should have played for Australia this year, I absolutely agree.

[tikay0]

Which point guard are you dropping for him?

In a few years, your gonna have to drop Westbrook and Paul to make room for Rose and Irving. They comin for yall.

[IamSofaKing]

Need more scrimmage highlights:rant

[nbarumorz]

Mother of God, Kyrie is a MONSTER
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother-of-god-gif.gif

[DaHeezy]

Kyrie handles > AI handles

They're nice but let's not get too far

[Quizno]

OMFG that move on westbrook @ 22 seconds

[eliteballer]

Dude was straight palming the ball on those spins

[KyrieTheFuture]

Dude was straight palming the ball on those spins
:coleman:

[tikay0]

Mother of God, Kyrie is a MONSTER
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother-of-god-gif.gif


BAHAHAHAHA.

[TeamLAC]

Kyrie handles > AI handles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd9OW4sAlIE

[I LUV KOBE]

Kyrie handles > AI handles
:wtf: :facepalm

[imdaman99]

nice, hes already a stud but these are open court dribbles hes doing. its not hard to blow by someone in the open court. i have nowhere near as good handles (obviously), and i have floored a couple of guys in the open court.

[KOBEtherealKing]

those handles and crossovers are just sick. kyrie and jwall my fav young pgs right now. :bowdown:

[B]

http://youtu.be/69bc_OOLIMM


Iverson on Jordan redux??? OMFG, he kills Westbrook as well lolSweet. Man, When his rookie contract is up he's going to make some GM a happy man when he ends up on his team.

[SuperPippen]

Dude was straight palming the ball on those spins

Damn, it took an insecure Kobe stan 6 pages to respond.


Step your game up, eliteballer.

[Meticode]

It was a short video, but those cross overs and spin moves were pretty damn quick. Nice to see progressing at least.

[RedBlackAttack]

After watching him for a full season, I have little doubt that in a couple of years he will be thought of as having the best handle in the game. His change of direction is plain nasty and he never looks like he is out of control, regardless of how fast he is moving or what he is doing with the basketball.

I was really shocked by his handle his rookie year. I knew he was a damn good player with a beautiful jumper and explosive first step, but I didn't know just how skilled a ball handler he is.

These moves are OK... He's had a lot nicer stuff, though... Not showing off in the open court during exhibitions, but slicing through traps and doubles on the perimeter.

Sky is the limit for this guy.

[RedBlackAttack]

My favorite part is him making Westbrook look like a child.
It happened multiple times at key moments in the game when we played OKC, too (and I like Russ, btw)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdFj3iPEvA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hfOy31oLcE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dLWmi7GobA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNUa2ARgUSE

[DaHeezy]

Damn, it took an insecure Kobe stan 6 pages to respond.


Step your game up, eliteballer.

What does that comment have to do with being an insecure Kobe fan?

You're reaching dood

[konex]

That kid has insane handles :eek:

[konex]

I don't think I have ever seen a player with the combination of handle and shooting ability that Kyrie displays. Plus guy can finish at the rim. He is gonna be special.

Deron's handles are just as nice

[RedBlackAttack]

Deron's handles are just as nice
I would be shocked if Deron had the sheer volume of highlights just based on his handle after his rookie season.

Don't get me wrong... Deron is a great player. A lot of his game is based on power and aggression, though, whereas Kyrie is mainly finesse.

And, again... If Kyrie is even being compared to Deron after one year in the NBA, that is pretty good company to be in.

[miller-time]

http://cjzero.com/gifs/IrvingWow2.gif

[RedBlackAttack]

Thread related...


Kyrie Irving part of U.S. Olympic plans -- in 2016: Cavaliers Insider

http://media.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/photo/2012/01/10486373-large.jpg

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As part of the U.S. select team, practicing against the U.S. Olympic squad, Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving was never actually part of the Olympic talent pool this time around. But that won't be the case in 2016.

In a teleconference with reporters immediately after the 2012 men's Olympic basketball team was announced at its training camp in Las Vegas, USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo and Olympic coach Mike Krzyzewski said Irving was very much in the picture in future Games.

"He's already made quite an impression, let's put it that way," Colangelo said. "He's a terrific young player. I see great things for him going forward as it relates to an NBA career and very much within USA Basketball. I think we're going to hear a great deal about him in the future."

Krzyzewski coached Irving at Duke, at least for the 11 games he played after missing most of his freshman season with a toe injury.

"I love Kyrie," Krzyzewski said. "I wish I was able to coach him a full season. I think he's one of the outstanding players in the NBA right now, not just the Rookie of the Year."

Because Irving was born in Australia while his father was playing professional basketball there, he had the option to pursue playing for Australia in the Olympics, but it was a more-complicated process than just declaring his intention to do so. Because he had played for USA Basketball's national U-18 team, he would have needed a waiver from FIBA in order to play for Australia.

Irving talked to Krzyzewski while trying to decide what to do.

"When he was making a decision as to whether or not to play for the United States or for Australia I told him that I believed he eventually will be a starting guard for the U.S. team at some time in his career and for him just to get involved with the whole process," Krzyzewski said. "He's as good a player as the select team has and has shown his talents very, very well here. He's outstanding and he's a terrific, terrific young man."

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2012/07/kyrie_irving_part_of_us_olympi.html

[PleezeBelieve]

http://cjzero.com/gifs/IrvingWow2.gif
So sick!!

[ClutchOver9000]

cant lie, the kid's handles are ridiculous...

still remember him breaking Shump's ankles earlier in the season.

BTW ^^ even though its a light scrimmage, that gif is the shit...dude shaking all these vets...lol...leaving em in the dust...haha...

Cavs seemed to have hit gold again w/ their #1 overall pick.

[The_Yearning]

I love how he baked Eric Gordon...

Gordon had that dumb look on his face afterwards...

[D-Wade316]

damn

[RIP CITY]

Not trying to be an ass, but he crosses over on Kobe twice (not 3 times like in the thread title) and the player he makes the spin move on is Harden not Westbrook. Still, nice moves though.

(No way he has better handles than AI either, **** that noise)

[blacknapalm]

his inside-out dribble is nasty. he did palm it on the spin but let's not act like plenty of players don't get away with that. skip to my lou

[WockaVodka]

http://cjzero.com/gifs/IrvingWow2.gif
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[DaHeezy]

http://cjzero.com/gifs/IrvingWow2.gif

Just noticed this but after he spun on Harden and Kobe tries for the steal, he puts the ball though his legs and bounces off his knees. That was pretty sick, but I wonder if going off the knee was planned?

[G-train]

I'm not doubting Irving, he is a young star.
But that vid doesnt impress me, the defenders are doing a token full court press and while he navigates it pretty well, he did much better dribble moves in serious nba games last season that showed me his dribbling abilities.
All defenders in the gif played it very poorly, legs staright and reaching, dunno what Harden was doing.
Does look cool as Bryant and Durant are semi guarding him though.
Patty Mills for Australia would have blown right past them in a similar fashion. USA wont be employing that D with Bryant and Durant at the front in real games. Iggy and Lebron would have been better.

[G-train]

but I wonder if going off the knee was planned?

na, but he recovered well

[RedBlackAttack]

Just noticed this but after he spun on Harden and Kobe tries for the steal, he puts the ball though his legs and bounces off his knees. That was pretty sick, but I wonder if going off the knee was planned?
I don't think so, but like I said above... He rarely loses control of the ball, even in the event of something like that happening. As you can see by the gif, he regained the dribble almost immediately. He has that rare ability to make it look easy... Almost like he is moving in slow motion with his dribbles, but you look up and he's blown by everyone.