Kyrie Irving is clearly out for the rest of the 2024-25 season, however his 2025-26 won’t be a complete wash.
Shams Charania of ESPN spoke concerning the injured Dallas Mavericks star Irving throughout an look Wednesday on “NBA Countdown.” Charania reported that the Mavs anticipate and are optimistic that Irving might be again in motion by subsequent January.
The nine-time All-Star Irving, now 33 years outdated, tore the ACL in his left knee throughout a sport towards the Sacramento Kings in early March (video here). ACL tears are usually 10-12-month accidents, so Irving could find yourself on the early finish of that timeline if all goes in accordance with plan.
In fact, an absence by way of subsequent January will nonetheless imply a big chunk of missed time for Irving to open up subsequent season (not less than 35 to 45 video games). However issues that Irving might miss all of subsequent season as effectively look pretty unfounded at this level.
The Mavericks had been capable of survive simply lengthy sufficient this season to make the play-in event, the place they’ll face the Sacramento Kings within the Western Convention’s 9-10 sport. However the long-term outlook of Irving, particularly after final February’s earth-shaking Luka Doncic commerce, is clearly the most important precedence for Dallas proper now.
Irving can develop into an unrestricted free agent in the summertime however does maintain a participant choice of roughly $44 million for subsequent season. Latest stories have additionally advised that the Mavs could give Irving a surprisingly large post-injury extension this offseason.
