Kyrie Irving has inked an extension, keeping him with the Dallas Mavericks. Byron Scott, however, isn't sure if the move will pay dividends.
has evolved in recent years, the league is still driven by stars. If you want to make it to the top of the mountain, you need to have at least a couple of elite players on the team.
On paper, that's what the Dallas Mavericks have with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. In reality, though, things didn't come together. The Western Conference club went 8-12 with Irving in the lineup and finished outside of the postseason picture. Will things be different this year, now that the duo has a bit more experience working together? Byron Scott, a three-time NBA champion as a player and one-time NBA Coach of the Year, doesn't think so. In fact, the former guard foresees more complications in Big D.
Kyrie Irving of the Dallas Mavericks looks on during the first half against the Sacramento Kings at American Airlines Center on April 5, 2023, in Dallas, Texas.During his time as a player and a coach, Scott has seen plenty of talented NBA players come and go. And while he has faith in Doncic's and Irving's abilities, talent isn't everything. The personnel has to fit together. The latter part, in Scott's mind, could be the problem.
"I think Dallas has got a really good team, but I still think it's going to be hard for [head coach Jason Kidd] to kind of figure out how to use Kyrie and Luka together," Scott said on Brandon"Scoop B" Robinson's podcast."Both guys are very dominant with the ball, you know, so it's really going to be hard for him to figure out how to play those guys together, you know, as a team. But they got some talent.
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