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I think he means that since Kyrie tore his ACL shortly after the trade and is out at least half of the year this season, then it's hard to say the team is considered a contender at the moment. I don't think the Mavs are better with AD and Max, with Kyrie being the lead guard... but we have yet to see it. I think 99% of Mavs fans all agree that it was a terrible trade.

Part of the Luka/Grimes trade were to acquire two injured players in AD/Martin, which then forced a burden on Kyrie that significantly contributed to him tearing his ACL. Kyrie was not build for that kind of physical responsibility. When the Mavs went to the finals Kyrie basically played a half per game. He was resting in the first half. Anyone with half a brain knew that Kyrie would crumble under that physical responsibility. If he did not get hurt, his legs would have been completely gone by the time of the play-offs.

You guys seriously expect Kyrie to just come back from an ACL tear at age 33 in record time and immediately average 30/10 to dig them out of at least 5-6 games under .500. Also what stops the other team from just throwing full court presses and double teams at Kyrie? All the other bricklayers on the Mavs.

This is already over.