Hype becuase of skill> Hype becuase the league is forcing attention in his direction trying to make him a face of the league.
I know I'm replying mad late, but are we not talking about the most "exciting" rookie? I'm not out here saying that Blake is better than Kyrie because he's not. But people were wildin over Blake's dunks his rookie year. Kyrie hit a couple of game-winners and had some nice crossovers, but son wasn't seeing Blake in terms of excitement.
Kyrie wasnt given the exposure that Blake was. We were force fed Blake. He was on the front page of NBA.com every other week. Kyrie was out there throwing up fantastic numbers and playing out of his mind, and not a peep because the NBA and most media outlets have agendas. If you want to talk about it in regards of the casual fan, then I guess Blake would get it, cause they made sure you knew his name and hes all in our faces, but in terms of being a basketball aficionado, the answer is Kyrie.
force fed?
blake put up great numbers and filled the seats. he was posterizing cats on a nightly basis. his style of play screams "fan favorite."
regular people relate to guards more than bigs, but there is a reason why blake is amongst the leaders in jersey sales. the clippers are on TV weekly b/c of the work he did his rookie season when he wasn't on television
don't let your disdain for dude blind you of his appeal. you speak this 'aficionado' talk like BG didn't have one of the best individual rookie season in the past decade.
