Kyrie Irving

Kobe Bryant has his hand in a lot of things since retiring from the NBA after last season. Including, well, the NBA. We already know that Isaiah Thomas and Kobe have been chatting on the regular since the playoffs started. But he revealed to ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan that the player he affectionately termed “Mighty IT” [...]

The Atlanta Hawks are knee-deep in their first-round series with the Washington Wizards, and it’s turned more chippy than not. But that hasn’t stopped Dennis Schroder from proclaiming his admiration for John Wall, his counterpart. He’s down with complimenting Kyrie Irving as well–so much so he’s already inquired about working out with them this summer. [...]

Ever since entering the league, Kyrie Irving has been regarded as one of the best ball handlers. And in recent years, many say he’s the best in that category, along with Steph Curry. Steph is no doubt crafty with the ball, but his handling is not quite of the same caliber of Kyrie. Both Paul [...]

Unless you have been living under a rock or are a very unlucky soul, you have probably seen Kyrie Irving’s alter-ego, aging baller and basketball sage “Uncle Drew”. Irving portrays Drew in a number of Pepsi Max advertisements and like some other NBA ad campaigns in the past (Larry Johnson as Grandmama anyone?) the character [...]

Kyrie Irving is just as surprised as you are that Golden State Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals. Okay, really, he’s just surprised that the Cleveland Cavaliers won a championship before his 25th birthday at all. As the 24-year-old told Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: “I never thought I’d be an NBA champion when [...]

Matthew Dellavedova, now a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Kyrie Irving, still with the Cleveland Cavaliers, are good friends. Unless they’re practicing against one another, per USA Today’s Jeff Zillgitt: In practices, Dellavedova – an undrafted rookie scrapping to make the 15-man roster – went after Irving. “I would pick him up full court [...]

It’s easy to understand why some kids want to be exactly like NBA champion Kyrie Irving and now Foot Locker has done just that. As part of it’s new back to school campaign Kids Foot Locker launched its new commercial titled “Swap” starring 2016 NBA Champion Kyrie Irving. In the spot, Irving meets one of [...]

Reigning NBA champions aren’t typically considered underdogs entering the following season—not if they keep their title-toting core intact. But the Cleveland Cavaliers could be an exception. Just not to Kyrie Irving. As he told Complex Sports’ Zach Frydenlund: Complex: With the Warriors adding Kevin Durant, most people will look at the Cavs as underdogs even [...]

The pain of losing in the Finals to the Cavs still has be very fresh for the Warriors. Especially given they were up 3-1, lost game 7 on their home court, and won 73 regular season games. To make it worse for some of their players, they’ll have to see at least one member of [...]

You get the sense that, at most, Kevin Love has one game remaining in a Cavs uniform. Win or lose. They are able to play well in spite of him, and LeBron doesn’t seem to particularly care for him too much. And yes, that matters. While LeBron dropped 41 points and Kyrie 23 in game [...]