Written by: The Bermanator
The Brooklyn Nets’ star Point Guard, Kyrie Irving, had been out for almost two months with a shoulder injury. Irving explained in a recent interview during a team practice that he expects to be re-evaluated next week.
“Hopefully I get some game reps in addition to practice probably in the next week or so, it could be less than that but I’ll give myself a week.”
On Thursday, Irving was able to fully participate in practice for the first time since his injury. This included him going through some 5-on-5 scrimmage and several contact drills.
In the most recent NBA All-Star Voting returns, Kyrie is ranked #2 amongst all the Eastern Conference guards with 1,351,997 votes. Irving responded to this on the Brooklyn Nets’ Twitter account by saying:
“I put a lot of work in this league to be up there whether I’m playing or not. If it’s an All-Star Game, then I would vote for myself as well.” – @KyrieIrving
In last night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, Irving came back to the lineup and scored 21 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished out 3 assists while going 10-11 from the field.
For right now, the Nets are still going to be restricting his minutes a bit until he is 100% clear to return to the lineup.
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