Egotastic
Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving was the runaway winner of the NBA Rookie of the Year award, with 117 out of 120 possible first place votes for the honor.
Irving came to Cleveland after being one and done at Duke, and was instantly the team's on-court leader. Irving thanked his teammates and coaching staff, as well as Coach K. Irving averaged 18.5 points, 5.4 assists and 3.7 rebounds on the year.
Kyrie is the second Cavs player to be ROY, after LeBron James took home the honor in 2004. So there you go Cleveland, you may have only won 21 games this year, but at least you have a point guard to build around.
Article by Eric Gray
Old Man Joins Pickup Basketball Game and Blows Minds (VIDEO)
This video is pretty crazy. A documentary is being shot about a playground basketball player in a pickup game, and when one of the players gets hurt, the guy asks his Uncle Drew to fill in. Drew is older, gray haired, and has a pot belly. He's not as quick as everyone else on the court, and while he looks like he might've played a decent game at one point in his life, he probably shouldn't be out there.
Then something amazing happens. Uncle Drew gets warmed up and absolutely starts schooling everyone. His ball handling, his quickness, and his shooting are unreal. He even starts dunking like crazy.
What you don't know, and what the guys he's playing against don't know, is that Uncle Drew is actually NBA Rookie of the Year, Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers. The video is a promo for Pepsi Max, and Kyrie went through a Hollywood makeup transition to become Uncle Drew. It's pretty great seeing the reactions of the people at the court, which is in New Jersey. I suppose they told everyone who he was after the fact, but maybe not. It would be even better if they didn't.
Article by Eric Gray