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Comparing and contrasting Kyrie Irving and Mike Conley’s surprisingly similar analytics

By Ian Pierno

Oct 22, 2014; Memphis, TN, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) defends against Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) during the first half at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 22, 2014; Memphis, TN, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) defends against Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) during the first half at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 22, 2014; Memphis, TN, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) drives around Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) as forward Kevin Love (0) looks on at FedExForum. Memphis defeated Cleveland 96-92. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 22, 2014; Memphis, TN, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) drives around Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) as forward Kevin Love (0) looks on at FedExForum. Memphis defeated Cleveland 96-92. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports /

I’ll consider this your warm-up, so we can start off easy. One of these players is Mike Conley, the other is Kyrie Irving.

Player A: 22.5 points, 5.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 2.7 turnovers, 19.0 FG attempts, 4.1 FT attempts

Player B: 17.5 points, 7.0 assists, 3.4 rebounds, 1.4 steals, 1.7 turnovers, 14.2 field goal attempts, 4.7 FT attempts

Kyrie Irving is player “A,” which shouldn’t be surprising given his reputation as a high-volume scorer. Not a lot to learn from these statistics other than that the two grab rebounds at about the same rate.

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