Ranking the NBA's Best Offensive Players Going Into 2018

#5 Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving

Mr. 4th Quarter is an apt title for this scintillating point guard, who is tearing it up for the Boston Celtics in his newfound role as the first option for an excellent team with depth. One would think that any player's impact on a game would be reduced while moving from The King's team, but the results are as good as ever for Uncle Drew.

Kyrie is averaging a career-high 27.5 points per 36 minutes in reduced playing time, with figures of 48.9-41.0-89.2 from the field. On top of this, he ranks 4th league-wide in clutch scoring per game, knocking down 55.6% of his field goal attempts during money time at 4.3 points per game.

He has been the league's preeminent ball-handler for a while now, and with near-50-40-90 splits in 32.4 minutes despite having a lower usage rate than with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Irving is humming along as the lead guitarist of the immensely talented jazz band that is the Celtics team.