Shams Charania: Reporting for NBA Countdown on the target return for Dallas Mavericks All-Star Kyrie Irving after his March ACL tear:
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Couldn’t fit everything into my story so I’m going to share a few quotes from the roundtable discussion.
Harrison on how much of Kyrie Irving’s ascension since he arrived in Dallas was part of the reasoning that the Mavs could let go of Luka Doncic, along with the importance of – 9:21 PM
Couldn’t fit everything into my story so I’m going to share a few quotes from the roundtable discussion.
Harrison on how much of Kyrie Irving’s ascension since he arrived in Dallas was part of the reasoning that the Mavs could let go of Luka Doncic, along with the importance of – 9:21 PM
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“Would you say he was the guy that you probably had the most battles with? Or Kai? Or Steph?” Damian Lillard: “Definitely Russ. I would say Steph, because I’ve played more playoff series against Steph. And obviously, being in the West, we played each other all those times—even preseason. I’ve seen a lot of both of them. But I played Steph in more playoff series. As far as it being personal? It was more me against Russ. With Steph, it was always like—Steph took off, and I was chasing. I wanted what he had. He’s winning championships, everybody’s talking about him. So I was very competitive with Steph—especially in those years where I was like, ‘No, I can do that too.’” -via YouTube / April 12, 2025
What do you think happens with Kyrie Irving this summer, contractually? MARC STEIN: I mean, the injury obviously makes it more complicated. Without the injury, he had a massive amount of leverage —and I think he still has quite a bit —because, as you saw, L.A…. I mean, AD’s performance, we have to factor in the Lakers doubled him pretty strongly.” -via YouTube / April 11, 2025
Dallas Mavericks PR: Mavs Injury Update vs LAL: Anthony Davis (left adductor strain) – AVAILABLE Dante Exum (left hand fracture) – AVAILABLE Jaden Hardy (right ankle sprain) – OUT Kyrie Irving (left knee surgery) – OUT Olivier-Maxence Prosper (right wrist sprain) – OUT -via Twitter @MavsPR / April 9, 2025
