Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving
Kendrick Perkins points his finger at Brooklyn Nets’ star player Kyrie Irving. He wishes to know if he has the confidence to lead the franchise in the absence of Kevin Durant.
Kevin Durant has unarguably led Nets towards their astounding start to the season. Nets’ have a record of 27-13 and stand 2nd on the Western Conference table. Durant is out due to his MCL injury and Kendrick Perkins feels that the entire attention would be shifted towards Kyrie Irving. The team is in a decent form and a lack of a leader can take the team south.
“I’m gonna be looking at Kyrie Irving. I feel like this is a golden opportunity for Kyrie Irving to prove to the world that he can be a number one option team, that could lead a team into victories.”
“When you think about him, and you think about his skillset, we know he’s a walking bucket, we know he’s one of the most skilled guys to ever play the game of basketball. But I wanna see him get others involved,” The 2008 NBA Champion said.
Perkins wants Kyrie to showcase his leadership as Nets’ face the absence of a leader. He said, “Kyrie is up for a contract this upcoming season. I wanna see, can he be that leader? Can he be that voice? We saw Kevin Durant start to be that voice, start to take [Nic] Claxton under his wing, started to be a second voice to Jacque Vaughn.”
Kendrick Perkins picked a few very valuable questions, “Can Kyrie Irving be that number one guy while Kevin Durant is out? Can Kyrie Irving keep them in that top tier?”
Kyrie Irving is averaging 26 points per game with 4.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists for the Brooklyn Nets. In his interview following the win against Miami Heat, he said he does not bring in any distractions to the game. He credited his emotional control for the sizeable season.
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