Why Is Kyrie Irving Better Than Stephen Curry

Both players are point guards with amazing handles, good at shooting, and can finish at the rim. They also have helped their team win an NBA championship. Both players are still very young and can still mature and improve. So is Kyrie Irving better than Stephen Curry? Kyrie Irving is better than Stephen Curry because he’s more reliable when it comes down to a game winning or tying shot and he also outplayed Stephen Curry during the 2016 NBA Finals when they were down 3-1. During the 2016 Finals, Kyrie showed us why he’s better than Stephen Curry. He abused Stephen Curry and the rest of the Warriors defense. He kept beating Steph’s defense so other Warrior players had to come help and try to stop Kyrie from getting an easy bucket, but because

After being down 3-1, the Cavs caught up to the Warriors 3-3, and was about to play their last game to crown the champion. The Cavs were trailing behind the Warriors for most of the game, the Cavs finally had a run to tie the game. After tying the game early in the 4th quarter, nobody scored for at least four minutes. Later into the quarter, Kyrie dribble the ball up court and was met by Curry by the 3-point line. Irving took the one-on-one challenge from Curry. The Cav point guard waited out the shot clock until there was only a few seconds left and then he finally made a move. He dribbled up to Curry acting like he was going to drive to the basket but instead, he stepped back behind the 3-point line and drained a fading 3. The Cavs were now up 92-89 with only a few minutes left. The Cavs eventually won the game and became Champions. And this is what I mean by Kyrie being more reliable and more clutch than Curry because Kyrie was able to hit a game winning 3-pointer and that 3 put a lot of pressure on Curry. Because of the pressure, Curry ended up throwing a horrible pass that ended up going out of bounds and when he had to opportunity to tie the game with a 3 of his own, his missed the shot and the Cavs

In 2011, Kyrie was drafted number one overall by the Cavaliers and also won the Rookie of the year while Curry didn’t. In 2014 both Kyrie and Curry was on the U.S. basketball team for the FIBA World Cup. U.S. of course won so they are both FIBA gold medalist but Kyrie won the FIBA MVP award, meaning that he played better than Curry during the World Cup. Kyrie also won Male Athlete of the Year during the same year. In 2016, Kyrie was fully healed and was able to ball his heart out and finally he has won a championship. During the same year, he also played in the summer olympics and was able to take home an olympic gold medal. Kyrie is currently 24 years old and he has already accomplished way more than Curry when he was 24 years