"Kyrie Irving was 4 years old when Steve Nash -- arguably the greatest point guard of his generation -- made his NBA debut in 1996.

The Cavaliers rookie grew up watching this wisp of a man, all 195 pounds of him, win a pair of NBA Most Valuable Player awards by leading Phoenix fast breaks and finessing balls into passing lanes the size of mouse holes.

Irving called the opportunity to play against Nash "an honor" before."