Kyrie Irving really did sign up for a rare opportunity in the summer of 2019. The Knicks had dealt in the currency of dysfunction and defeat for so long, leaving the market wide open for a charismatic baller to take it by the throat. New Yorkers are always willing to fall madly in love with local point guards who know how to weave through traffic, and Irving was all of that. He was raised in New Jersey and taught the city game by a father raised in the South Bronx projects. Kyrie had arrived in Brooklyn with the competitive arrogance...