Alright so today I was scrolling through game highlights like always, coffee in hand, nothing special, right? Then boom – Kyrie hits another crazy shot and points to someone specific in the crowd. Not just some random fist pump. Again. Felt like deja vu, man. Like dude seriously points way more specifically than anyone else.
So Okay, I Got Curious
Paused the video right then. Decided I had to actually check this, not just wonder. Grabbed my remote, pulled up NBA League Pass archives – thank god I’m paid up. Felt like I needed proof, not just vibes.
The Hunt Started
Clicked back to a bunch of Kyrie games from the past season. Mavericks era mainly, some Nets if I could find ’em. Started taking notes on my phone – “Drive, tough layup, immediate point RIGHT at section 202 lady in green hat” or “Three-pointer over Giannis, spin and point DIRECTLY at courtside dude in the yellow hoodie.” Every time he scored big, especially when it mattered? Bam, that finger was laser-guided. Didn’t seem random at all.
Time to Compare
Alright, now for part two. How about other star guards? Pulled up Steph. Saw the head nod to the bench, the chest pound to everybody, the shimmy for the crowd yeah. But that specific, one-person-point? Nah. Maybe once in a blue moon, not every other highlight.
Switched to Book – Devin Booker. Smooth buckets for days. Points to the sky, taps his heart, points generally towards the sideline maybe for the bench crew. Still different. Luka? He’s busy yelling at the ref or waving his arms at everybody like “Yo, see that?!” Not singling out fans.
Kyrie Really Stands Out Here
Seriously, rewinding all that tape hammered it home. Kyrie’s pointing habit:
Is it personal? Looks that way. Maybe family, maybe a fan he connects with.
Precision targeting. It’s not just “that direction.” It’s that person.
He does it CONSTANTLY. Not a rare celebration. It’s like half his big basket reactions.
That specific interaction, pulling a single person out of thousands in the chaos? That’s pure Kyrie. Nobody else makes it look this deliberate, this personal, this often. Feels less like a celebration and more like… a conversation he’s having in the middle of a game. Kinda wild, honestly. Finished my coffee realizing yeah, the stats or the moves are one thing, but this little detail? That’s all him. Dude’s like a basketball puppet master finding his strings in the crowd.
