And before we get into these roles, listen to what Kyrie Irving had to say about the roles on the team.

This is the press conference Saturday after the game.

Listen to Kyrie on the rolls off he Kyrie, Irving Irving and James Harden on the Nets.

I'm doing a great job of just managing the point guard role.

You know, we established that maybe four days to go now.

I just looked at him.

I said, You're the point guard and I'm gonna play shooting guard And that was a simple as that.

So he's been taking control of the responsibilities and doing an incredible job.

Just makes my job easier.

Just go out and play, play free and just make place.

So it's a luxury.

Just want to continue it a lot to unpack here, Kyrie Irving, saying He went toe Harden and said, You're the point guard on the shooting guard and that's that.

Kyra's got a lot of Kobe in them in this way.

Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant, One of the most intelligent athletes I've ever spoken to, I don't know what is measured.

I Q was, but I'm sure it was sky high, and he didn't have a lot of formal education, obviously coming straight from high school to the pros.

But he had a lot of worldly education.

I grew up in Italy and spoke several languages and traveled world many times over, and Kobe had away off coming up with ideas that seemed in everyone's best interest, but especially his.

He would explain to you why he needs to take the most shots and he needs this and he needs that mawr control.

And he was right the way he put it to you, the way he framed it, you say, Yep, yep, that is true.

But it also seems self serving at the same time.

In other words, Way was, in his best interests, was in the best interest of the team and use usually right about that.

And it also put him in position of leader and shot caller.

Now, think about what Kyrie Irving said.

He went up to James Harden and told him how it was gonna be.

Kyrie is right.

He's right.

It's kind of self serving in a way.

In a way, it seems magnanimous.

Here.

You control the offense, all playoff ball except who gonna be taking all the shots?

And look who's taking all the shots now between Kyrie and Harden.

And yet Kyrie is right.

James Harden is a better player than Kyrie Irving.

What does James Harden do better than Kyrie Irving?

Does he shoot from the outside?

Better?

I don't think so.

The numbers say he doesn't.

Is his mid range game better?

Nope.

Are his handles better?

Nope.

Is he better from the line?

What's James Harden better at Kyrie?

Irving?

Exactly.

But he's a better player.

No two ways about it.

Because James Harden shows greater wisdom in terms of when to deploy his various skills.

Then Kyrie James Harden is actually as much as he's one of the you know, all time great scorers like we talk about the greatest scorers ever.

Michael Jordan, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant.

Those guys are all better than Harden.

Well, look at the numbers.

A A.

But in his day, Kobe was scoring Maurin, a league where it's harder to score or other than those three guys.

Will Chamberlain, Karim, some bigs.

You know, Harden's right, he's in that category or the next thing to it, so it's not that he can't play the off guard position.

It's that he's better controlling the offensive.

The team and Kyrie is better when he could just be a crazy offensive weapon.

So it's kind of self serving for Kyrie in the guise of Hey, you control things.

I'll give that up.

Yeah, but I mean, Kyrie gets to take all the shots, but he's right.

Kyrie is great at taking shots.

Kerry's weakness is in the wisdom in terms of when to deploy his various skills.

But in terms of scoring, just putting on a show like we have a tendency because hardens taller and Kyrie shorter.

You put Kyrie it the one and harden it to know Harden skills are actually, although Harden can also play a great too better for the two.

And Kyrie is better for the one.

Kyrie Irving is absolutely right about this with the Nets.

If DeAndre Jordan stays healthy and hungry on defense and the Big Three stay healthy, I'm just even forget about DeAndre for a second.

This is going to be with 100% certainty, the greatest offensive all time.

By the end of this season, you thought the Mavs were good last year on offense, which they were most efficient ever.

Three players who could all go get their own shot at historically elite levels, like compared to everyone who ever lived there, absolutely elite getting their own shots and compared to anyone who ever lived there.

Absolutely elite at shooting from the outside and shooting from anywhere and shooting from the free throw line and scoring in the paint.

Absolutely elite.

Historically, there's never been anything like this.

And then you got Joe Harris.

Joe Harris is the other guy.

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