Kyrie Irving's trade request raises questions the Mavericks can't easily answer

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The Dallas Mavericks’ future holds questions. The most important one is complicated but simple: How do they build a title contender around Luka Dončić? tim_cato on how Kyrie Irving’s trade request now comes into the picture:

Those teams reportedly aren’t interested in the 30-year-old Irving, who was suspended in November by the Netsafter he posted a link to a documentary promoting antisemitic views on his social media accounts, then repeatedly refused to apologize for doing so. He ended up missing eight games and has only played 143 games since the start of the 2019-20 season thanks to a combination of injuries, suspensions and policy violations.

From a pure basketball perspective, this is the question of reliability that Irving poses to any team interested in acquiring him.But from that same basketball perspective, Irving also is in the midst of what might be the best season of his career. He’s averaging 27.1 points on above-league-average efficiency. He’d instantly be the most talented teammate Dončić has ever played with while filling a glaring need for secondary shot creation.

 

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tim_cato Lukas turn to stand in corner

tim_cato This would be an absolutely terrible trade for Luka. I know Dallas are getting desperate but this is all wrong. I really hope they don’t do it.

tim_cato Phony

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