Kyrie Irving Rumors

Eventually, sources said, with Irving's camp leveraging a potential knee procedure if he was still with the Cavs come training camp, Cleveland traded him to an Eastern Conference rival, the Boston Celtics, in August. Irving was coming off a Finals in which he averaged 29.4 points against one of the greatest teams ever assembled in Golden State.

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Steph Curry wore two versions of Kyrie Irving’s signature ANTA shoes tonight, during the game & after. Asked him about it & he revealed a phone call asking for Irving’s permission to wear the KAI 3s since the Mavs star hasn’t been able to debut his newest shoes yet. “It’s nothing but mutual respect & admiration for what he’s done in his career.”

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Marc Stein: Mavericks coach Jason Kidd pregame tonight on Kyrie Irving’s comeback from March knee surgery: “At some point there will be a timeline but right now there is no timeline. … He wants to get back, he wants to play. But when you’re coming back from an ACL, it’s a time thing.”

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Fullcourtpass: Kyrie Irving and the Mavericks will be having discussions about postponing his return until next season, per @BannedMacMahon

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Jorge Sierra: Just another proof of how much NBA players like Kyrie Irving. Ranked No. 8 by players in All-Star vote, No. 15 by media.

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"I think LeBron intended to stay in Cleveland and then the Kyrie Irving thing blew up," said Brian Windhorst on ESPN Radio Los Angeles. "And that was in 2017. LeBron decided before his last year that he was going to be done in Cleveland. "I think in 2017 he looked around and saw the Lakers and saw a great opportunity. And whether he decided he wanted to do that in August of 2017 or whenever. He made the decision on July 1st. His previous two times, he dragged his thing out until July 7th or 8th. He knew what he was doing. "And the Lakers made trades at the trade deadline to open up the cap space. The Lakers knew what he was doing.

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"I think LeBron intended to stay in Cleveland and then the Kyrie Irving thing blew up," said Brian Windhorst on ESPN Radio Los Angeles. "And that was in 2017. LeBron decided before his last year that he was going to be done in Cleveland.

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Fullcourtpass: Kyrie Irving is targeting mid-February to return, per @ReggieMillerTNT

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While the Mavericks have not publicly communicated a return timetable for Kyrie Irving, sources tell DallasHoopsJournal.com there has been no indication he will be shut down for the season. Instead, the prevailing expectation is that Irving’s return would more realistically come after the NBA All-Star break as it stands, rather than before it.

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Michael Scotto: James Harden on whether the Brooklyn Nets trio of him with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving is the greatest “what if”. “You’ve got that. My whole career — you’ve got two what if situations. OKC, Chris Paul and his hamstring. I don’t even think about that. I’m living in the moment.”

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Marc Stein: Dallas’ painful reality is that it needs to lose this season to get the best pick it can in June before ceding control of its first-round selection in 2027 (Charlotte), 2028 (OKC), 2029 (Houston) and 2030 (San Antonio). And now they’re without Davis and Kyrie Irving. However …

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I've been asked by a reader or three why I looked ahead to Kyrie Irving's potential comeback in 2026 in the essay but not Jayson Tatum's. My reasoning: Tatum has not announced that he is definitely coming back this season. Irving, to be clear, hasn't either, but a return to Dallas' lineup in the new calendar year — at some point — has long been expected for the 33-year-old, who had surgery to repair a torn ACL in late March. Tatum's surgery to repair a torn Achilles, by contrast, was in mid-May, but the benefits of losing for the Mavericks in terms of potential lottery position on top of Boston's unexpected surge to No. 3 in the Eastern Conference standings has generated the anticipation in some corners that a Tatum comeback this season might actually be just as likely Irving's at this point. This much is clear: Tatum has told my former podcast partner and current NBA on Prime teammate Chris Haynes that he's getting on the floor three times a week these days in hopes of being able to join the 23-13 Celtics at some point in the spring.

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Tim MacMahon: based on what I'm what I'm hearing, Kyrie's not coming back before the trade deadline, right? And if he does, even if he did, it would be a tiny tiny sample size. So, you're not going to have that luxury of that evaluation period before one major decision needs to be made. And whether that's trade him or don't trade him, either way, it is a major decision. I don't know at this point if Kyrie's playing this season. Um I know he wants to. Um we'll see if that's in his best interest. We'll see if it's in the franchise's best interest. Those are things that need to be sorted out.

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Grant Afseth: Kyrie Irving putting in work with assistant coach Phil Handy before the Dallas Mavericks face the Utah Jazz.

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