kuclas wrote:Bizarre comparison?
Both of them are point guards. Both were drafted overall number 1 in back to back years after one and done years. Both known for being ball dominant players who take a lot of shots. Wall is the faster point guard in open court but Irving is the more shifty point guard in half court set. They are very similar players. Plus both injury prone.
Wall is a ball-pounder that cant shoot, is a great passer and was a very good defender before his attitude soured and his knee injuries sapped some athleticism. He’s a dynamo in transition and loves to push the ball and play uptempo. He generally drives with the intent of creating for others.
Irving is a shooter and a mediocre passer. He can ball pound at times, but he’s been better in this regard since LeBron joined his team. He’s become an above average defender when he tries, but he’ll never be on Walls level. Kyrie is a half-court set player who loves to try to break a guy down 1 on 1 with his dribble. He loves to play iso-ball and generallu drives with the intent of creating for himself.
Theyre not similar players at all. Only an agenda-driven individual trying to push a ridiculous point would try to claim elsewise.
Notice Kyrie's defensive rating kinda of sucked in Cleveland with or without Lebron. And kyrie defensive rating increased last year with Boston. So did Kyrie all of the sudden become a better defender? Or is it the team defensive scheme that makes him look like a better defender?
It's a team game. Put Kyrie on the Wizards, they will have similar issues.
Defensive Rating is a team based stat— no **** it gets better with better teammates and worse with worse teammates. This is why its moronic to try to use a team based stat to tout an individual’s accolades.
And how you concluded that team-based defensive stat functioning as team based stats do is proof that the Wizards would be no different with Kyrie is beyond me.
The Wizards suck BECAUSE of Wall. He is a terrible teammate who has ruined the chemistry of that team. He has fought with teammate after teammate and openly sulks on the court. If you remove him from the team, it will be addition by subtraction. If you remove him and replace him with a guy who can space the floor amd is generally a good teammate, they will get markedly better.
What a weak-ass attempt at trolling.
