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Kyrie Irving won’t play Friday night, but Kenny Atkinson ‘very pleased so far’

It’s no secret around the Nets that the head coach and point guard are very much on the same wave length, that Kenny Atkinson, the point guard whisperer, is crazy about Kyrie Irving.

Although the second team All-NBA 1 won’t play Friday vs. Basquete Franca of Brazil because of his facial fracture, Atkinson was full of praise for Irving’s progress.

“He’s gonna be the quarterback and has picked up the plays, picked up our defensive system kind of seamlessly,” Atkinson said, as reported by Greg Joyce of the Post.