“Kyrie Irving has made 2 clutch shots”: Nick Wright explains how Lakers’ LeBron James is ‘greatest ever’ in crunch time

Raahib Singh | 03/10/2020
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Kyrie Irving just served as the first guest on Kevin Durant’s new podcast and has turned a lot of heads with his statements

Kevin Durant just released his new podcast, and for his first guest, he had his friend and teammate, Kyrie Irving over. The podcast did better than what KD would have expected.

A big part of the same would go to what Kyrie had to say in the same. Kyrie had some very controversial statements in his time over at the podcast.

Also Read: “Kyrie says he was the best option on every team he’s been a part of”

One of his statements can particularly be seen as him taking a shot at LBJ and calling him more clutch than LeBron. Now even though LeBron may not care about it so much, considering he’s currently competing for his 4th ring, everyone else sure had things to say about the same.

Also Read: “Skip Bayless agrees with Kyrie about LeBron not being clutch”

“You have 1 who is the greatest ever at it & 1 who has made 2 shots.”: Nick Wright

The things that Kyrie has said on KD’s podcast have not been easy to digest. His one particular comment about finally finding a person he can pass the ball to in crunch time hit people.

Nick Wright points out how LBJ has a 45.5% FG percentage, in 66 recorded shots in clutch time in playoffs. Kyrie, on the other hand, is barely shooting 28% in 7 attempts and that too with LBJ in his team.

Also Read: “LeBron slams Kyrie with a subtle reply”

Kyrie still riding on his Game 5 and 7 shots

Kyrie Irving has been often known to comment on his clutch ability. All of his playoff clutch shots came against the 2016 Warriors. He had the game-sealing 3pointer in Game 7 of the 2016 Finals. What Kyrie may be forgetting is that LBJ had that full-court chase-down block on Andre Iguodala to actually seal the game.

Kyrie is a good player, but he cannot call himself the greatest without having the numbers to back himself.

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Raahib Singh

Raahib Singh

Raahib Singh is an NBA Journalist and Content Strategist at The SportsRush. A Computer Science Engineer by qualification, Raahib's passion for sports drew him towards TSR. He started playing basketball at 14 and has been following the NBA since 2013. His entry into the basketball world perfectly coincided with Stephen Curry putting the league on notice. Having followed the league for a long time, he decided to use his knowledge to become a sportswriter with The SportsRush in 2020. Raahib loves to put up some shots in his spare time, watch Cricket, Formula 1, and/or read a nice thriller.

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