Kyrie Andrew Irving is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Kyrie was born on March 23, 1992, in Melbourne, Australia. He is son of American expatriates Drederick Irving and Elizabeth Irving. He has two siblings, an older sister called Asia, and a younger sister called London.
He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. An eight-time All-Star and three-time member of the All-NBA Team, he won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.
Kyrie played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils before joining the Cavaliers in 2011. Through the first eight games of the 2010-2011 season with the Blue Devils, he averaged 17.4 points per game on 53.2% shooting, 5.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals.
He won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the 2014 All-Star Game. In the 2016 NBA Finals, Irving made the championship-winning three-point field goal to complete the Cavaliers’ historic comeback over the Golden State Warriors.
How many games did Kyrie miss?
Kyrie Irving has missed 314 games in his career. Out of a possible 1036 games, the Brooklyn Nets man has not featured in a game day roster 30.3 percent of the time.
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