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10 NBA personalities suffering from Middle Child Syndrome

By Jeremy Lambert

BOSTON, MA - MAY 25: Isaiah Thomas #4 of the Boston Celtics and Kyrie Irving #2 of the Cleveland Cavaliers are seen after the game in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2017 NBA Playoffs on May 25, 2017 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - MAY 25: Isaiah Thomas #4 of the Boston Celtics and Kyrie Irving #2 of the Cleveland Cavaliers are seen after the game in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2017 NBA Playoffs on May 25, 2017 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Kyrie Irving, LeBron James
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10. Kyrie Irving

Every family television sitcom with three children has an episode dealing with the middle child. The premise is always the same. The parents drop everything to help the older child with whatever they need. Then, they pick everything back up only to drop it again when the younger child does something cute.

The middle child attempts to get the parents to drop everything, but they don’t. So, the middle child does something drastic. Maybe it’s running away to get married or maybe it’s announcing that they are having a child. Whatever it is, it typically works. The parents drop everything, realize they’ve been ignoring the middle child, say, “You don’t have to do this. We’re sorry” and the show ends on positive.

If the NBA were a sitcom, Kyrie announced he’s running away to get married and is pregnant the other week.

Kyrie is the middle child to LeBron James. Cleveland loved rookie LeBron, the machine who carried inferior teams to the Finals because he was that good. And they loved champion LeBron even more, the machine who returned to bring the city back to prominence.

Meanwhile, Kyrie hit the biggest shot in team history and was there during the dark post- and pre-LeBron era.

Kyrie is a good player. All he wants is to be appreciated and treated the same way LeBron is appreciated and treated. Is that too much to ask?

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