Kyrie Irving has been in Collin Sexton’s shoes — and his No. 2 Cavs jersey.
In 2011, a season after LeBron James had left Cleveland for the first time in his career, Irving was drafted No. 1 overall by the Cavaliers. Hailed as the franchise’s newest cornerstone, the 6-foot-3 point guard out of Duke experienced three consecutive losing seasons to begin his career. Things, of course, changed when James returned and sparked a streak of four straight visits to the NBA Finals. But, as the story goes, he ended up leaving Cleveland again in July. Irving, who had been traded to the Celtics the offseason prior, was long gone at that point, too.