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“Kyrie Irving has missed 314 games in his career!” Out of a possible 1036 games, the Brooklyn Nets man has not featured in a game day roster 30.3 percent of the time

Arun Sharma
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"Kyrie Irving has missed 314 games in his career!" Out of a possible 1036 games, the Brooklyn Nets man has not featured in a game day roster 30.3 percent of the time

Kyrie Irving by his own volition or injury has not played in a staggering 314 games his whole career.

Kyrie Irving is a half-season wonder – You wonder where he is for half a season, and the other half you wonder where was THIS Kyrie Irving all this while. A player who can frustrate both the fans and the opposition is a rarity – Irving has that covered with a picnic blanket the size of the earth (which is round by the way Uncle Drew).

Let’s look at his career through a macro lens – He is an NBA champion, 7 times all-star, and Olympics gold medalist and ROTY.  These stats on paper should make him look like a Hall of Famer. Which he could be if he was at least as consistent as Udonis Haslem is to turn up to work.  Getting injured and missing games is one thing, but deciding not to work because he did not believe in science is another.

Andrew Wiggins, another player who did not want to get vaccinated, ended the season with a double dose and a championship ring. Not saying both of these are correlated, but if Kyrie did get the vaccine and supported Kevin Durant, they would not have gotten swept in the first round, for sure.

Also Read: “Kyrie Irving has nothing for me because I’ve never lost a 1v1”: When Kobe Bryant confidently brushed the Nets superstar aside as a formidable opponent

Kyrie Irving is not a player who flatters to deceive – he is that player who everybody knows the potential, but refuses to reach it

His career – his choice is what anyone would be advised. While that is true, it angers people who invested so much time effort, and money to get him to do a job, but he has the gall to say “I do not want to play”. Kyrie Irving is the Neymar Jr. of the Basketball world. World Class ability, child-like attitude. The world does not revolve around you Unc, grow up.

A Redditor took out the time to make a chart about every injury and break Ky has had, and the numbers look unreal. Drew is such a petulant child, and still expects to get paid?

SeasonTeamTotal Games MissedReason for games missed
2011Duke26Toe
2012Cleveland15Shoulder
2013Cleveland23Shoulder & Finger
2014Cleveland11Biceps & Knees
2015Cleveland14Knees & Shoulder
2016Cleveland29Knee
2017Cleveland10Hamstring
2018Boston41 (101)Quad, Shoulder, & Knee
2019Boston15 (91)Hips, Knees, & Thigh
2020Brooklyn56 (76)Shoulder
2021Brooklyn21 (84)Ankle, Back, Birthday Bash
2022Brooklyn53 (86)Nonfunctioning Head

Kyrie has only one 75-game season in his lifetime, the second being the 72-game season he had in his final season at Cleveland. Kobe Bryant would be aghast reading this particular table if he was alive to read these numbers. No student of the Mamba mentality would have 53 games missed because of a stat called “non-functioning head”.

Would any team want to take a bet on Kyrie with such an abysmal track record? One team thinks they can

Putting Kyrie Irving in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform would be like giving Kim Kardashian a camera – there is bound to be drama. But the front office of the purple and gold are looking at the possibility of bringing Irving in, to partner with the man who got the best out of him – LeBron James.

The team already struggled with injuries all season and had their 3-6-0 trio rarely play with each other. If they do swap their 0 for 11, they would still get a 0 on effort. Russell Westbrook at least played every game he was asked to, despite putting up atrocious numbers. It’s better to have someone present than have a guest player who played 20 games a season when it doesn’t matter anymore.

Anthony Davis is made of glass, LeBron is not the physical monster he was once, and the Lakers think bringing a diva would solve their problems? If they wanted to blow their chances so badly, let 5th graders run the team, because honestly, they could do a better job. With all the 2K the kids play nowadays, they know how to operate certain trades better.

Knowing Kyrie, if things don’t go his way, there could very well be an announcement that he’s retiring. He is no longer that fun Kyrie who just wants to hoop, his priorities are “mashallah”.

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Arun Sharma

Arun Sharma

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Arun Sharma is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. A double degree holder and a digital marketer by trade, Arun has always been a sports buff. He fell in love with the sport of basketball at a young age and has been a Lakers fan since 2006. What started as a Kobe Bryant obsession slowly turned into a lifelong connection with the purple and gold. Arun has been an ardent subscriber to the Mamba mentality and has shed tears for a celebrity death only once in his life. He believes January 26, 2020, was the turning point in the passage of time because Kobe was the glue holding things together. From just a Lakers bandwagoner to a basketball fanatic, Arun has spent 16 long years growing up along with the league. He thinks Stephen Curry has ruined basketball forever, and the mid-range game is a sight to behold. Sharma also has many opinions about football (not the American kind), F1, MotoGP, tennis, and cricket.

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