NBA execs openly wondered if adding Kyrie Irving could create a last-straw type situation that ends up pushing Luka Dončić to seek the exits, johnhollinger writes. Why? And what could that mean for the league?
. Even before this trade happened, execs I talked to on my road trip this past week, who were given anonymity so they could speak freely, were openly wondering if adding Irving could create a last-straw type situation that ends up pushing Dončić to seek the exits … much as happened withWe don’t have any information that Dončić is unhappy, but we know Dallas is desperate.
• The odds of Irving just settling down and playing a couple of normal basketball seasons seem fairly minimal at this point. Irving is a walking distraction. He can’t help himself. At some point, he’s going to start tweeting conspiracy theories about theor openly questioning why the Mavs run so many plays for this Dončić guy or sitting out games to show solidarity with domesticated alpacas. He’s shown us, over and over, this is who he is.
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