Hot take: Kyrie Irving has the best handles and layup package in NBA history. Allen Iverson and George Gervin fans will be furious at this call, but think about it this way: they walked so he could run. After all, he's so good that plays like this are becoming ordinary for the Brooklyn Nets point guard.

Keep in mind, this is relatively good defense by Devonte' Graham. He stayed with Irving all the way and was sort of muscled into position rather than shook. But just as is the case with most of Kyrie Irving's victims, there's good defense, and there's just better offense.

This is a perfect display of Kyrie's skill set and talent for improvisation on the court. Any other player in his position would have bailed out of the spin immediately, passed, or dribbled out to reset. Not Uncle Drew. Look at the beautiful spin, into the small hesitation, and then into the rock-solid post shove and butter-smooth floater.

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Love him or hate him, Kyrie Irving is the best and most talented tempo player the world has ever seen. Is he super weird? Yes. Would you trust anyone that came up to you carrying an honest-to-god walking stick? Not in a million years. But through all of that noise, Kyrie Irving is a maestro with the ball in his hands, and this play is a testament to that fact.

Irving currently leads the Brooklyn Nets in scoring (28.2 PPG) and is flirting with the rare 50/40/90 season. The Nets, meanwhile, are gearing up for a championship run, and have just dethroned the rival Philadelphia 76ers for the number one seed in the NBA's Eastern Conference (their first since 2002).

Expect fireworks like these to get more and more common, especially with all the talent the Nets have. Don't reach, youngblood.