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And now, we bring you more anecdotal evidence that the Cleveland Cavaliers are in a psychological slump. At 2-8 since Christmas, with a bottom-10 offense, bottom-three defense and bottom-three net rating, the Cavaliers are feeling the weight of their own expectations being undermined by their inadequately built roster. And at times like these, they can [...]

Come get your man, Boston Celtics fans. Shortly after the dudes in green fell to the New York Knicks on Thursday, flat-earth truther and woke-as-hell Kyrie Irving was asked, rather innocuously, how it felt to be playing on Christmas Day (Monday, Dec. 25) against the Washington Wizards. His response, in a nutshell: Christmas, to him, [...]

Mike Krzyzewski was not at all surprised when Kyrie Irving requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers over the summer, and he’s most definitely not surprised to see the point guard thriving with the Boston Celtics. Krzyzewski, who coached Irving while he was at Duke, told The Boston Globe he could always sense that there was more [...]

One benefit to Kyrie Irving’s departure from the Cleveland Cavaliers: We get to see a more aggressive LeBron James down the stretch. Not that James has been particularly passive late in games through years past. He’s always struck a nice balance. His first inclination is too pass, so he often does, and he’s spent the [...]

So many things are behind the Boston Celtics’ sweltering defensive start. Better defensive rebounding. The ability to dissuade shots at the rim. Scores of similarly sized wings who are able to switch across almost every position with each other. Al Horford doing a ton of switching himself. Marcus Smart’s capacity to, as a point guard, [...]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge is officially good at Twitter. Kyrie Irving dropped 47 points and six assists on a ridiculous 16-of-22 shooting in an overtime win against the Dallas Mavericks Monday night. The game itself was, on some levels, a little unsettling. The Mavericks are the worst team in the NBA. The Celtics have [...]

Kyrie Irving and Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens aren’t having any problems adjusting to one another. On the contrary, when asked about his relationship with the clipboard sage, specifically in late-game situations, Irving could only talk about how easy it has been for the two of them to forge chemistry, per the Boston Globe (via [...]

Kyrie Irving’s first game while wearing a protective mask this season went pretty well. The point guard, who’s recovering from facial fractures after withstanding an elbow from teammate Aron Baynes, put up 25 points and five assists on 8-of-20 shooting in the Boston Celtics’ Tuesday night victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Though he wasn’t especially [...]

Kyrie Irving suffered a facial fracture in the first quarter of the Boston Celtics’ Friday night victory over the Charlotte Hornets. The injury forced him to miss the team’s Sunday night tilt (and win) against the Toronto Raptors. But that’s all the time it will cost him. Irving is slated to return when the Celtics [...]

Kyrie Irving has an explanation for this flat-Earth theory: Have you ever really seen an authentic picture of our home planet? During an appearance on the Holding Court podcast with UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma this past week, the Boston Celtics point guard offered a more in-depth explanation for why he ended up questioning spherical-Earth truthers (h/t [...]