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Message: [QUOTE="Gabjon, post: 1031105, member: 990"] The reason I would take Dion over Kyrie is the injury factor. Basically I would not pay Kyrie a max deal because of his inability to stay healthy and my belief it is an issue that he cannot overcome. Once you decide not to give him a max deal you have to move him, because someone else will give him that deal. Here an part of the link article about the matter: Irving's injury history would be concerning for a 35-year-old. It's nothing short of terrifying for a 21-year-old less than four seasons removed from his high school graduation. Red flags were flying during his one-year stay at Duke. A nagging [URL='http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/acc/2010-12-07-duke-irving-injury_N.htm?csp=34sports']toe injury[/URL] cost him all but 11 games of his college career. Since joining the league, those flags have yet to come down. His laundry list of ailments include a [URL='http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/cavaliers/story/2012-02-15/Kyrie-Irving-returns-to-court-after-concussion/53106102/1']concussion[/URL], [URL='https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor/statuses/185913075218661378']sprained right shoulder[/URL], [URL='http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8167467/cleveland-cavaliers-guard-kyrie-irving-breaks-right-hand-las-vegas-practice']broken hand[/URL], [URL='http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8654173/kyrie-irving-cleveland-cavaliers-month-broken-finger']broken index finger[/URL], [URL='http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8749656/kyrie-irving-cleveland-cavaliers-broken-jaw-play-mask']fractured jaw[/URL], [URL='http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2013-02-26/kyrie-irving-injury-update-cavaliers-hyperextended-knee-out-tuesday-bulls']hyperextended knee[/URL], [URL='http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9040626/cleveland-cavaliers-kyrie-irving-3-4-weeks-shoulder-sprain']sprained left shoulder[/URL], [URL='http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9982061/kyrie-irving-cleveland-cavaliers-nasal-fracture-ok-play']right nasal fracture[/URL] and [URL='http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/cavaliers/2014/01/01/kyrie-irving-injury-bruised-knee-cleveland-cavs/4280683/']bruised knee[/URL]. Have I mentioned that he's yet to clear the 200-game mark for his career—college included? [URL='http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1997485-injury-prone-kyrie-irving-a-major-problem-for-cleveland-cavaliers']Link[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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