Kyrie assigns 'SpongeBob' characters basketball positions

Kyrie Irving is a big fan of "SpongeBob SquarePants," so much so that he and Nike have designed an entire shoe collection centered around the Nickelodeon cartoon series.

Ahead of the collection's release, the Brooklyn Nets star chatted with GQ's Cam Wolf about all things "SpongeBob," including what position he thinks each character would play on the court.

"Squidward is a shooting guard. He's the most selfish one. He just shoots his own shots. He doesn't care what's going on," Irving said. "SpongeBob is really like...positionless. He can play the 3/4, go to the 1.

"Mr. Krabs is like the power forward. He's literally the muscle of the group. He's always giving different business ideas on how to spend money and like, 'The Krusty Krab is the best ever!' and he's competing with the Chum Bucket. He's like the Charles Oakley weight god who's coming in, but there are also teaching moments in it."

He also shared some of the life lessons he learned from "SpongeBob."

"He wakes up every single day and it's a new challenge for him and he has to embrace the challenge first and foremost, (and) figure out how his friends fit into that," said Irving. "It's always about who he is and what he represents, but also how the characters all tie into a family. So that's what I took from it as a kid."

Irving's "SpongeBob" collection will be available Aug. 10.