Cavaliers PG Kyrie Irving Talks About How He Learned His Amazing Crossover

Kyrie Irving has one of the most deadliest crossovers in the NBA. The Cleveland Cavaliers point guard show it off a lot last season in his rookie year, destroying the competition one-by-one with his killer moves.

So how did the young buck get so good at it? Irving explains in his interview with SLAM.

"When I was younger, I always wanted the AI crossover," he said. "In elementary school, that was the only move I had, was the Allen Iverson crossover. I probably practiced that crossover a million times…I had the Tim Hardaway, too. I practiced the Tim Hardaway move over a million times as well, along with the KJ [Kevin Johnson], which was just go by everybody with quickness. Over time, I combined all of them together, and made it into my own move. It was fun learning from those guys."

That must have been hard to do. But hey, hard work pays off:

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