The Mavericks traded for Kyrie Irving?
Mark Cuban stepped up and traded for Kyrie Irving, just went ahead and did it. Sent Dorian Finney-Smith and Spencer Dinwiddie and an unprotected 2029 first-rounder to Brooklyn for Kyrie Irving, who hasn’t disappointed anyone in hours. The Mavs also get Markieff Morris, twin.
Mark’s Mavericks aren’t bad but could be better, Dallas’ backcourt wasn’t shitty but it wasn’t winning championships any, time, soon.
Kyrie Irving probably soaks his produce in soap and water but he is also one of the few people on earth with the athletic ability and eight-week visualization capability to keep a ball alive for as long as it takes to win four different rounds of an NBA playoff. Even at 31.
There are a handful of stars left whose thighs remember what it takes to go all the way, and Luka Dončić ain’t one of them. After four and a half months with Kyrie, though, he might be.
