Los Angeles Lakers Insider Says Dallas Mavs’ Kyrie Irving Trade Rumor Will ‘Pop Up Again’ … But With 1 Catch
The Dallas Mavericks are off to a great start to the season at 9-3, and if you throw out the one game rookie center Dereck Lively II missed due to an illness, and the two games the Mavs have played on In-Season Tournament courts … well, they’d be 9-0.
Sure, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and company haven’t had a world-beater schedule to start the year, but they can only play the games that are in front of them. The success the Mavs are experiencing was much needed after last season’s collapse that resulted in missing the postseason.
Despite Dallas’ early success, some Los Angeles Lakers media members are still trying to get a head start on firing up the Irving-to-L.A. trade rumors again. The Athletic’s Jovan Buha is the latest person to bring it up on a podcast appearance … but he did have one catch.
Kyrie Irving is at peace and loving his current situation with the Dallas Mavericks.
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“In terms of guys [the Lakers are] looking at, I think the Kyrie rumor is going to pop up again come trade deadline,” Buha said on Hoops Tonight. “That probably looks like D-Lo, Rui and a pick for Kyrie. I don’t see why Dallas does that right now unless they start struggling,”
Even if the Mavs do start struggling, though, why would anyone think trading a star point guard like for D’Angelo Russell and Rui Hachimura would move the needle for Dallas? Why would the Mavs want to struggle even more by making that trade? They wouldn’t, and this is just the latest example of Lakers media trying to breathe life into the final years of LeBron James’ career.
Despite James putting up stellar numbers at age 38, his Lakers are just 6-6 after making a Western Conference Finals appearance last season.
If James wants to dream of turning his decent team into a good team, he can hold out hope that Irving eventually makes his way to the Lakers. If he wants to turn a good team into a great team, though, while giving himself a legitimate chance to win another title before he retires, he should consider leaving L.A. to join forces with Doncic and Irving in Dallas. … We’re just saying.
