The pair went 5-4 in nine playoff games during a weird and disappointing ... qualities that wouldn’t always be true of Kyrie, even today. Even so, supremely talented players figure out how to co-exist ...

In fact, it may be closer than ever. The dream, that is, held by 14-year veteran and also future Hall of Famer Kyrie Irving, a dream that Irving says he has held since his brief days with the ...