The Eastern Conference has many young point guards filled with potential and seemingly guaranteed of a bright future, but two stand out above the rest—Kyrie Irving and John Wall.
They've each enjoyed stellar individual seasons for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards, respectively, earning nods on the All-Star team. Irving was voted in as a starting backcourt member due to his immense popularity, and Wall was a shoo-in for the reserves.
Both are great, but who's better?
To answer the question, I'll be breaking down the three major facets of their games: offense, defense and intangibles. After determining the winner in each category, it'll be time to move on to the overall summation.
So, who ya got?
Offense
It's here that both young point guards truly thrive.
Wall is averaging 19.9 points and 8.6 assists per game while shooting 42.1 percent from the field, and his Cleveland counterpart is putting up 21.2 points and 6.2 assists per contest with a 42.5 field-goal percentage. On first glance, those are fairly comparable ...
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John Wall or Kyrie Irving: Who Ya Got?
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