No person on the Dallas Mavericks is protected after the Luka Doncic commerce, however it seems to be like Kyrie Irving remains to be part of the longer term plans.
Veteran NBA author Marc Stein reported to Substack this week on Irving’s standing with the Mavs within the wake of the Doncic blockbuster. Stein writes that Irving “by all indications” stays on track to signal a brand new multi-year deal in Dallas this coming summer season.
The 32-year-old Irving is underneath contract for $41M this season with a $44M participant possibility for subsequent season. Whereas Irving arrived in Dallas through commerce in February 2023, he signed a three-year extension with the Mavs later that 12 months within the offseason. A number of the main promoting factors for Irving to remain in Dallas have been mentioned to be Doncic, who’s now not with the staff, and Mark Cuban, who’s now not the bulk proprietor.
It ought to assist that Irving can earn more cash on one other extension with the Mavericks than he in any other case would get from a unique staff (and to a lesser extent that Irving’s ex-USA Basketball teammate Anthony Davis is now in Dallas). However the eight-time All-Star Irving is notoriously fickle and has ruined things for less at his previous NBA stops. Thus, it could nonetheless be a protracted few months forward for the Mavericks till Irving lastly places pen to paper on a brand new extension.
