Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, the two finest players in the NBA, play for the Dallas Mavericks. According to reports, Kyrie signed a three-year $120 million deal with the Mavericks. Irving showed no interest in continuing with the Brooklyn Nets, so they had to trade him out to the Mavericks. People were quite surprised by this decision as Kyrie had already missed a lot of games previously due to multiple reasons, and injury is also one of those reasons. Also, the combination of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving didn’t work well in the last season, as Dallas was out of the playoff race.
Mavs made a mistake?
The Mav’s plan of acquiring Kyrie and putting the Kyrie-Luka combination didn’t work out in the last season. The team was out of the playoff race despite having two star players. Irving talked about their failure and said that they weren’t well prepared last season and were under a lot of questions, at the same time injury was also something they were battling against. Kyrie said:
It was so quick last year, and it was so much pressure on us to win now, We were answering a lot of questions that honestly I don’t think we were ready for.
Keeping the last season in mind, fans feel that Mavs’ decision to acquire Kyrie might be wrong, as both of them didn’t do well together in the past.
Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving combo
After Irving resigned his contract with the Mavs, fans are hoping for some star-like performance from him and Luka Doncic. There were a lot of expectations in the past, but fans were disappointed, hope this year they perform well.
Kyrie Irving’s annual incentives:
$1M for 65 games played
$1M for 50 wins (minimum 58 games played) https://t.co/foxUGMhgIh— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) July 8, 2023
There’s also a group of fans who don’t think it’s a good decision from the Mavs to get Irving a three-year contract, as he has missed a lot of games due to injury. People feel Nikola Vucevic can be a better option than Kyrie Irving. There’s no doubt that he is a star player, but unluckily, injury made him miss games in the past.
