""When we do see [Irving] shooting, can we just refrain from saying 'ahead of schedule?'" Kidd said, referring to recent clips on social media of Irving shooting on a court. "That's bad reporting. I'm just giving you an answer to the test. "He is doing quite well, as we can see, but he's not ahead of schedule, and so let's not say that. That's unfair to him and to the Mavs because it's not true. Is he on schedule? It looks like it.""
""I'm right on schedule, guys," Irving said with a smile. "There's consistency here. I'm right on schedule." Irving, who is entering his 15th season, added that he didn't want to establish a specific target date at this point. "I'd rather just let it be where it is and just play it every day and just push the limit as much as I can and push myself," Irving said."
Jason Kidd urged restraint about labeling Kyrie Irving's recovery from a torn ACL as "ahead of schedule," calling that framing unfair to Irving and the Mavericks. Irving suffered the injury in early March, is shooting in workouts, and affirmed that he is "right on schedule" while declining to set a target return date, preferring to progress day by day and push his limits. Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 overall pick from Duke, joins an established Mavericks roster, is eager to learn from future Hall of Famers Irving, Anthony Davis and Klay Thompson, and will not carry the full immediate burden of a typical top pick.
Read at ESPN.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]