In a June interview with sports journalist Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson, former NBA player Rod Strickland described when he found out that his godson, Kyrie Irving, was “special” basketball player.
Ironically, the first time that Irving — who would become the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first overall pick in 2011 — had shown his godfather that he could be special was at the LeBron James camp.
A transcribed excerpt from the interview can be seen below:
”My first eyes on Kyrie as a hooper,” Strickland says, “I saw him play in Springfield, Massachusetts — I mean in a competitive setting — he was at St.