1. Scoring - Kyrie can score the ball just as well as anybody in the league. He can do it from anywhere on the court and is a threat at all times.
He can take it to the hole better than rondo and his shot is dependable unlike rondo who you can just sag off of.
Other teams use that to their advantage against rondo. When he is on, he is on. but when you give him room to shoot and he misses, that ruins his confidence and he'll throw up more bricks than Dwight Doward at the freethrow line.
Though he has only played in 14 games this season,
he is averaging an outstanding 24 ppg on 47% FG and 42% from deep.
Also just had a career high 41 points against a good defensive knicks team.
now lets look at Rondo
13 ppg on 51% FG and 21% from deep.
Although i do applaud rondo for his 51% FG, its not that impressive since he takes very little shots.
2. Clutch - How many times has Kyrie Irving brought his team back while they were down 20+
How many clutch shots has he already hit in his so young career?
Knicks fans and celtic fans can tell you about that.
Kyrie Irving already has more game winners in his 2 year career than Rondo who has been in the league for a while. Thats crazy isnt it?
This kid lives for this moment and isnt afraid to take the last shot. He thrives for this moment unlike rondo who missed 3 game winners last week and none of them touched the rim.
Kyrie is averagin close to 10 ppg in the 4th quarter btw
3. Ceiling - Kyrie Irving by far has a higher ceiling than Rondo and im pretty sure any GM in this league would rather build around him than rondo.
With this only being his second year, hes already a top 4 pg in the league and can only get better.
When he improves his passing, boy he will be a 24 and 10 guy
Rebounding - Even though Rondo is averagin 5 rpg compared to Kyries 4 rpg, keep in mind that Kyrie is playing with the best rebounder in the league as of now who is averaging about 14 rpg.
Both average 4 rpg for their career so i say its a wash
4. Harder To Guard - While you think this may be a stupid reason as to why i think Kyrie Irving is better than Rondo, its true.
Kyrie Irving is way harder to defend than Rondo.
All you have to do is sag off of Rondo at all times and let him shoot and he isnt that affective anymore.
Teams NEVER double team Rondo and always double team Kyrie
Kyrie is harder to guard because he can do almost everything better than rondo offensively and there is almost nothing he cant do
When i think of the two players, rondo reminds me of a Magic Johnson type player because of how he can get you a triple double on any given night.
And Kyrie Irving reminds me of Michael Jordan because of his great scoring ability and how he can take over a game and be clutch.
So just because Magic was a better all around player than Michael Jordan, does that make him the better choice? Absolutely not.
So why cant the same be said for Kyrie?
