Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Jmaciscool]

Call me naive, but with guys like Grant, the connective quality of NBA icon Kyrie Irving has me thinking totally differently than I might've a year ago. I think he was able to do for this team what Brunson was doing during the transition from Carlisle to Kidd, only on higher plane of adoration from the old(er) guard. I just have this feeling that Dallas is being looked at totally differently than they used to be, and that guys will probably understand that coming here means playing hard. 

Wishful thinking, a little, but not out of complete nowhere.

I agree - to me it feels like having a guy like Kyrie on the team legitimizes others playing with Luka/playing in Dallas, if that makes sense.  

This is the first off season in a while (ever?) where it feels like Dallas is a "legit" team with some swagger, and the finals run definitely contributes to that but I think Kyrie is just as big of a contributor.