Luka Dončić's partnership with Kyrie Irving didn't go well last season.
Luka Dončić’s partnership with Kyrie Irving didn’t go well last season.The Dallas Mavericks traded for Irving in February, though the team slid fast in the standings and eventually missed the playoffs altogether. Dončić and Irving, who both missed significant time due to various injuries, went just 5-11 in games that they played in together.
"He came in the middle of the season last year, and we didn't have much time. We went straight to playing games," Dončić said on Wednesday,."It takes time to do chemistry, especially on the court, so we didn't have the whole training camp and then I mean the preseason too. So I think it's going to be way better."
Though Dallas averaged more than 119 points per 100 possessions when the two were on the court together, they managed to play in just 16 games together. The Mavericks lost 18 of their final 25 games, and managed to win consecutive games just once since Feb. 11. They finished with a 38-44 record, and missed the playoffs for the first time since Dončić’s rookie season.
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