Just for Giggles.
Kyrie Irving, when healthy [When HEALTHY] is a seven-testicled motherfucker, of that there is no doubt.
Brooklyn, riddled with injuries, has played 29 games this season and is 16-13.
Kyrie has played 11 games.
In eight previous seasons: 51, 59, 71, 75, 53, 72, 60, 67.
When he has played, a motherfucker: 28.5 ppg, 5.4 boards, 7.2 assists, .937 FT%.
Yikes.
Didwiddie: 22.7 ppg, 2.9 boards, 6.2 assists, .836 FT%. Keeps getting better.
Our own Dennis Smith?
On a decidedly negative trajectory.
Oh, well...
PS: Ironically, when Irving was on track, as the POST points out, for career best numbers, the Nyets were 4-7 with him in the lineup, and 12-6 with Dinwiddie manning the point. Interesting, no? One can imagine Knicks fans in the throes of despair with Durant in street clothes, Irving barely on the mend, and the losses mounting. Oh, wait, the losses ARE MOUNTING. My bad.
PPS: The lesson? Be careful what you wish for.
PPPS: The Nyets were patient, very patient, and proactive with Dinwiddie, and he has gotten better and better EVERY YEAR.