He already addressed in the A.I. compilation where A.I. is shaking tf out of nikkas without a hand in sight
Handchecking is completely gassed and you cannot handcheck a player with speed with a deep bag of dribble moves right to left and who can step back and fire on a dime.
Kyrie Irving would be unstoppable in a pre-zone era where he would have to be defended on an island or hard doubles and he’s definitely not a guy you want to full court press
he crossed up old man kobe. how many times would young man kobe shut that ish down? well we saw what old man kobe did to him in a real life game. sure kyrie got his points. but he had to take a lot of tough shots to do it. its not like he was crossing kobe up and getting to the basket with ease. it was hard and kobe didnt ask for help nor was their help behind kobe.