- Kyrie Irving is willing to share now what he didn't dare admit Saturday afternoon. The confession: Team USA's starting point guard was still in serious pain trying to play less than 48 hours removed from that painful fall he absorbed inside the final 90 seconds of pool play at this 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. "I couldn't even sit down on the bench," Irving said Monday. So there's your explanation for why Irving was spotted so often standing off to the side, with his left hand perched on top of that still-sore hip, whenever he left the floor for bursts of rest during the Americans' 86-63 cruise past Mexico. Read more http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketb...kyrie-irving-was-hurting-team-usa-game-mexico
