12-21-2025, 03:33 PM
(12-20-2025, 05:52 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: It seems like they're somewhat committed to Kyrie Irving. I don't really know that for a fact. I've seen AD rumors, Klay rumors, even PJ possibilities. Nothing about, if the Mavs rebuild, Kyrie would appreciate being moved to a contender. It seems like Kyrie is happy here and the Mavs are happy to have his leadership here.
I'm not really sure how it all shakes out but if Kyrie is on this roster next year, a guy like Garland is not going to fit.
Just too many unknowns with this team. Seemed like they wanted to move AD. But then got no decent offers. Then Lively went out for the year. Now they're playing pretty well. What is the current thought process?
Except Kyrie Irving isn't really a PG. He is more of an undersized shooting guard with elite secondary creation. He has always been his most comfortable playing next an on ball PG with size (LeBron, Luka).
But regardless of that, I think it would be really short sighted to let a 34 year old small guard coming off a significant knee injury to impact the long term solution at PG next to Flagg. Garland is not the ideal age, but he is still 7 years younger than AD. If there is any way you can turn AD into Garland, you have to do it.