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Kyrie Irving’s genius is solution to Nets’ backcourt dilemma

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After much was made over how long it would take D’Angelo Russell and Spencer Dinwiddie to mesh in the backcourt together, the Nets say don’t worry about a Kyrie Irving-Dinwiddie duo taking as long to jell.

Modesty aside, Irving has proclaimed himself a genius when it comes to the game, and few could argue the point. And the Nets are counting on that big basketball brain to accelerate Irving’s chemistry with the lineup in general, and Dinwiddie specifically.

“Yes. We saw it [Sunday] night,” Kenny Atkinson said, alluding to the Nets’ rout of Atlanta in Irving’s return.