Despite the Dallas Mavericks re-signing Kyrie Irving and improving their roster on the margins, ESPN is already looking to manufacture drama for next season’s trade deadline by gossiping about a Luka Doncic trade.
Given how depleted the Dallas Mavericks' defense was this season, one could see how they'd be interested in San Antonio Spurs' Jeremy Sochan, as Bleacher Report suggests ... just not at the proposed price.
The Dallas Mavericks, by the numbers, suffered the worst upset in the NBA this season against the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. They didn't bounce back against those same Hornets on Sunday afternoon.
The Dallas Mavericks took on the Charlotte Hornets for the second time in three days on Sunday. Despite Luka Doncic pouring in 40 points on the road, the Mavs suffered a second consecutive loss to the Hornets.
"It's been nothing but a warm embrace and nothing but genuine love,'' Kyrie Irving tells us as he makes his post-trade Dallas Mavericks debut at the Clippers ... and DallasBasketball.com is there with live in-game updates ...
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