{"id":139981,"date":"2020-12-23T08:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T05:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kyrie-irving-is-done-with-hero-basketball\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T08:07:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T05:07:41","slug":"kyrie-irving-is-done-with-hero-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kyrie-irving-is-done-with-hero-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kyrie Irving is done with ‘hero basketball’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kyrie Irving is done with ‘hero basketball’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Kyrie Irving has always been one of the NBA\u2019s most unstoppable isolation players, a one-on-one force, and Tuesday night he was the leading scorer in the Nets\u2019 season-opening rout of the Warriors.<\/p>\n

The fact Irving says he has outgrown his hero-ball days should give the Nets a sense of just how good this season can be.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long journey to get here and to be able to master this craft and to learn that it\u2019s not just about \u2018hero\u2019 basketball. It\u2019s about how great the team is,\u201d Irving said after the Nets\u2019 125-99 victory at Barclays Center. \u201cI got caught up in that in my career a few times, just trying to play \u2018hero\u2019 basketball, where the team success is really going to dictate how great you are as an individual and how great you play a role.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this moment, I\u2019m enjoying that, and I\u2019m embracing it, not really doing too much talking. It\u2019s just about the actions. Let\u2019s go out there and throw the ball in the air, and see who\u2019s the best of the best. I\u2019m here to prove that every night with a great team alongside. It gives me confidence. We look forward to that challenge of just letting our game<\/a> do the talking and let everybody else talk externally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Irving poured in a game-high 26 points in 25:18, shooting 10-for-16 from the floor and 4-for-7 from 3-point range. He outplayed the Warriors\u2019 Stephen Curry (20 points, but 7-for-21 from the field) and played tough defense, first on the floor for several loose balls.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t so much hero ball, as it was winning ball. Caris LeVert praised Irving for taking on a mentoring role so far in their time together.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s just the right time, right situation, right environment,\u201d Irving said. \u201cAs a young player, you think that scoring a bunch of points, doing a bunch of things, getting a bunch of accolades are great. I definitely was going after those things, and now, I really don\u2019t care for any of those individual accolades or goals. It doesn\u2019t bother me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m validated culturally, that\u2019s all that matters. I don\u2019t need all-NBA, I don\u2019t need the MVP. I just want the championship with a great team that I can look back in history and say \u2018We did it our way, and we had fun doing it.\u2019 I\u2019m in Year 10. All I want to do is enjoy every single day playing basketball and coming in to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Nets coach Steve Nash\u2019s rotations are becoming a little clearer.<\/p>\n

LeVert was on the ball on the second unit, and freed up to score 20 points, grab nine rebounds and hand out five assists. Jeff Green seems to have carved out a niche, beginning the second quarter as a power forward \u2014 backing up Kevin Durant \u2014 but then subbing out quickly only to return as a small-ball stretch five and play alongside the starters to close the half.<\/p>\n

The Nets re-signed point guard Chris Chiozza to a two-way deal, and waived guard Jeremiah Martin. The roster now sits at 17, including 15 standard deals, with Chiozza and rookie second-round pick Reggie Perry the two-ways.\n <\/div>\n

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