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Dallas traded for Kyrie Irving to re-sign him. Nothing about the team’s catastrophic collapse last year made the franchise second-guess that decision, and the front office even agreed to a player option on the third year. It would have been just as catastrophic as this past season to let Irving walk for nothing one year after Jalen Brunson departed in unrestricted free agency in that manner.
Whether Irving was the right team-building maneuver for Dallas, well, that’s another question. But the decision to re-sign him, always expected, was one that the team was internally committed to upon coughing up Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, a 2029 first-round pick and two second-rounders in 2027 and 2029.
Irving thrived next to Luka Dončić despite the team’s miserable ending last year, averaging 27.0 points with a 63.4 percent true shooting percentage. It peaked in an early March victory against the Philadelphia 76ers, when Irving had 42 points and Dončić added 40 of his own in a statement win.
It isn’t certain to succeed. After departing from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017 — which was mildly uncomfortable in its own right — Irving didn’t end either of his partnerships with his two previous employers successfully.
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