12-21-2025, 04:23 PM
(12-21-2025, 04:13 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: Agree there.
But you can't play a small PG next to him in the lineup. AKA Darius Garland. There were reports the Mavs had no interest in Trae Young because "they are committed to Kyrie Irving at PG."
So it's tough to say what the Mavs are thinking. We can opine on what we want to happen but that's secondary to what the reality is. (which we don't know)
I agree with all of this, and I've been opining for 48 hours about how I think the best case scenario with a Flagg/AD/Kyrie core might be better than we can imagine. I still believe that.
But, if an opportunity is good enough, I also wouldn't let "do they fit with Kyrie" influence my thinking, at this point, and that would be my stance moving forward for as long as AD/Kyrie are here, no matter how well the team was playing. In other words, I'd be in no hurry to ruin whatever chance at having a good team exists right now by giving those guys away, but if I had a shot a younger difference maker I could be convinced to move on from either of them pretty easily.