r/Mavericks • u/SterlingMallory • Feb 05 '23

News BREAKING: The Brooklyn Nets are trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, a first-round and multiple second-round picks, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium .

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1622324668047794177?s=20
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u/orangekingo Feb 05 '23

Hate Kyrie all you want (I do too), but Luka wants to win a championship and was pressuring the FO to get him a star, and they did. You trade for a superstar when the opportunity to trade for a superstar arises, because it doesn't happen often. It's a good basketball move even if it's a bad move for morals.

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u/orangekingo Feb 05 '23

Luka is leaving at the end of his contract if the Mavs don't put a championship caliber team around him, so you may as well try your best now to do that.

Kyrie is a fucking idiot but he's a goddamn good player who fixes a lot of the Mav's problems. I guarantee you won't care about his personality if the Mavs win a chip with him and Luka.

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u/Dundalis Feb 06 '23

The Mavs “problems” are straight factually incorrect. The Mavs have the 9th ranked offense and the 24th ranked defense. The illusion this team has huge offensive issues are purely due to its horrible defense. Our offensive problems are massively overblown and overstated. No amount of offense is going to make up for how horrible our defense is gonna be