Trade & FA 2024-25:

[KillerLeft]

I think most realize that the Mavs need to improve on both sides of the ball to match the Celtics, since the Celtics have every chance of being back in the Finals again. An important question also related to the Celtics for this trade deadline...

Will Kyrie ever be able to exorcise his Celtics demons? He wasn't able to do so before the Celtics won a title without him... will he be able to do so after they demolished him and the Mavs en route to a ring?

So, do the Mavs continue to roll with Kyrie and hope that the Celtics don't make the Finals again? Or is this a good time to part ways?

As an aside, Luka also HAS to get in better shape and stay in better shape for the whole season.

The Mavericks are absolutely, 100% not going to be doing much thinking about parting ways with Kyrie Irving this summer, no matter how many times you bring it up. Frankly, I think they are probably looking ahead at extensions right about now, planning for that expenditure.

I liked the post because I agree that Kyrie finding a way to play well in Boston is going to be important in the future. but, outside of the finals, I think it’s safe to say that the Kyrie Irving trade was a resounding success in a plethora of ways, and that is coming from someone who bitched and complained about it for months afterwards. I still think the Brunson situation was handled with horrible incompetence and that the team would likely be better off now had they not made that error, but looking back at the Kyrie trade, it’s pretty clear that was the point when things started to improve for the team again.