Kyrie Irving Quotes

I think the best thing about my game that translates into the NBA is being able to create for others. Using open space and using pick and rolls.

You got to be able when you get the ball, slow it down, read the defense, call for a pick, and go off a pick-and-roll instead of going isolation all the time. Just be able to use that screen.

I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said 'try to'.

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

I've always been the point guard, always been the floor general out there, and it's helped me see things I didn't previously see on offense from a shooting guard standpoint.

It's tough to get wings deep post catches when you're playing with two bigs all the time.

I'm a big guard, whether a 1 or 2.

A lot of good pick-and-roll players keep the defenders on their back so they can see the whole floor.

It's natural to me. I played point guard my whole life up until my senior year of high school. Most people don't know that. It's just in my game.

I played guard my whole life, and liked having the ball in my hands.

When I draw defenders into the lane, it's easy for me to kick it out.

Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle

I feel more comfortable with the ball in my hands, playing the point guard. But I like playing the 2, too. I think I bring tough defense and the ability to score and also get my teammates the ball to score.

I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to.

At Kentucky, that was my job - coming off screens, catch and shoot, spacing the floor - no hesitations. Just go right into my shot - don't focus on the defender.

I play everything but point guard.

I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.

When I come off the ball screen, I'm always trying to draw another defender, so where I can get my teammates open, and if not, I can score the basketball.

A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.

I think in Toronto my job was to score just based on the system that we had. We played a lot of iso basketball - a lot of one-on-one basketball.

In college, I got better at playing the 2, kind of got a feel for it coming off screens, found my rhythm. Before that I was a natural point guard.

I'm known for setting good screens.

It used to be every single time you got the rebound, you handed it to the point guard, or you outlet it to the point guard, or everyone cleared, and you waited until the point guard brought the ball up the floor.

I'm more off ball, catch and go, spot-ups, cutting.

When I got to the NBA, picking and popping came so natural for me.