Both Kyrie and AI are in contention for the best handles of all time but what was Iverson better than Kyrie at, besides being a first option. Kyrie is a better shooter and finisher than prime Iverson while Iverson was much quicker, better slasher and was slightly better on defense. Although both of them took tough shots, Kyrie is a much more efficient player and even made the 50-40-90 club, I get that the eras are different and Kyrie was never the first option on a team built around him but I still don’t see Iverson being that efficient ever. I think the biggest difference between them both is Kyrie is bigger and stronger than him which I think helps him get to his spots, shoot over people and finish around the rim. Also if AI played in todays league, could he be the best player on a championship team?
Kyrie should be better than AI but AI could actually lead a team, one quality that I hate to say it but Kyrie simply does not possess.
Not to mention to but Kyrie tends to say he wants to be “the guy” and then just doesn’t show up in the moment when that is expected from him meanwhile AI always did.