“50 points on 15-of-19?! Kyrie Irving is extraordinarily gifted but frustrating..”: Skip Bayless cannot swallow the fact that the Nets star chooses to miss half of his team’s games

Akash Murty | 09/03/2022
"50 points on 15-of-19?! Kyrie Irving is extraordinarily gifted but frustrating..": Skip Bayless cannot swallow the fact that the Nets star chooses to miss half of his team's games

Vintage Kyrie Irving is back with a 50-burger on Hornets but Skip Bayless is frustrated with his unavailability in home games.

Kyrie Irving has had the most tumultuous year of his basketball career since the 2021-22 NBA season started. The guy might be a big conspiracy theorist, maybe the biggest among all athletes, but that could never overshadow his atrocious skills with the ball in his hands.

Irving has played just 17 games among Brooklyn’s 66 games this season, out of which he could only help them to win six. Amidst Kevin Durant’s injury and James Harden’s transfer, Brooklyn fans might have forgotten what the 7x All-Star is capable of. And being on the 8th spot in the East didn’t help to increase their belief either.

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But they were optimistic about KD’s return. The Slim Reaper took care of the scoring department, putting up 31 points in his first and 37 in the second game. But Brooklyn lost both those games and lost their winning record for the first time this season.

They faced the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday following their big defeat on the weekend against the Celtics which propelled them to go below the .500 mark. Durant was looking off in this game, but their point guard had his team’s back this time.

Kyrie Irving scores 50 but his availability frustrates Skip Bayless

Having an identical record with the Hornets, the Nets came into Tuesday’s game with a hunger to win. And Kyrie was the hungriest of all. The 29-year-old scored 50 points on a mesmerizing 15/19 shooting, burying 9/12 from the distance.

He left Fox Sports analyst Skip Bayless in awe and simultaneously in frustration for his availability for the home games.

Brooklyn fans will also be disheartened about the same, as the 2016 Champ cannot play at home due to New York State’s work restriction in closed venues for all those who are not vaccinated.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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