“They have something,” Pinson said. “I think Kyrie was one of the best superstars for Luka because he’s so good off the ball. Having Kyrie Irving on the second side of a play is dangerous and a luxury to have. “You can just tell the happiness. He’s playing free and happy.” Said one front-office executive from a Western Conference rival team on Irving’s transition to Dallas: “Kyrie, to me, doesn’t get enough credit for how he’s taken a back seat to Luka to make this work.”
Source: marcstein.substack.com
Source: marcstein.substack.com
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Ric Bucher @RicBucher
Was Draymond Right About Kyrie and KD? shows.acast.com/bucher-and-fri… via @acast – 5:28 PM
Was Draymond Right About Kyrie and KD? shows.acast.com/bucher-and-fri… via @acast – 5:28 PM
Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
Sunday Read: Kyrie The Maverick
Full story: marcstein.substack.com/p/sunday-read-… pic.twitter.com/YKdaAPC9iZ – 5:00 PM
Sunday Read: Kyrie The Maverick
Full story: marcstein.substack.com/p/sunday-read-… pic.twitter.com/YKdaAPC9iZ – 5:00 PM
Jeff Wade @SkinWade
This @TheSteinLine Kyrie article is so good. It tells you everything you didn’t and need to know. This is why I don’t respond to the “Fire JKidd” crowd on here. You’re simply uninformed. But you can change that.
Read it here: marcstein.substack.com/p/sunday-read-… pic.twitter.com/UL2XtCj8gw – 3:26 PM
This @TheSteinLine Kyrie article is so good. It tells you everything you didn’t and need to know. This is why I don’t respond to the “Fire JKidd” crowd on here. You’re simply uninformed. But you can change that.
Read it here: marcstein.substack.com/p/sunday-read-… pic.twitter.com/UL2XtCj8gw – 3:26 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Kai Jones isn’t here, but DJ Wilson is pic.twitter.com/Y0fq0xPEPa – 1:44 PM
Kai Jones isn’t here, but DJ Wilson is pic.twitter.com/Y0fq0xPEPa – 1:44 PM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
Star duo working on free-throws. Irving, who turned 32 yesterday, favors the old school chain net. pic.twitter.com/N59OTd2kGz – 1:22 PM
Star duo working on free-throws. Irving, who turned 32 yesterday, favors the old school chain net. pic.twitter.com/N59OTd2kGz – 1:22 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Joel Embiid, De’Anthony Melton, Kyle Lowry, Robert Covington, Kai Jones, Terquavion Smith all out for 76ers Sunday at LA
But former Clippers Tobias Harris, Nicolas Batum, and KJ Martin are expected to play
Batum Battalion Assemble – 10:16 PM
Joel Embiid, De’Anthony Melton, Kyle Lowry, Robert Covington, Kai Jones, Terquavion Smith all out for 76ers Sunday at LA
But former Clippers Tobias Harris, Nicolas Batum, and KJ Martin are expected to play
Batum Battalion Assemble – 10:16 PM
Kyrie Irving @KyrieIrving
I dedicate this Day to All of my Ancestors that were enslaved, castrated, lynched, and oppressed, and never got the opportunity to celebrate their solar return peacefully with family. I am here because of your Warrior spirit and prayers. I honor you all.
Chief Hélà 🤞🏾
🪶
– 1:34 PM
I dedicate this Day to All of my Ancestors that were enslaved, castrated, lynched, and oppressed, and never got the opportunity to celebrate their solar return peacefully with family. I am here because of your Warrior spirit and prayers. I honor you all.
Chief Hélà 🤞🏾
🪶 – 1:34 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Without @JoelEmbiid, @TyreseMaxey has studied Kyrie Irving, Donovan Mitchell & Jaylen Brunson on how to handle more defensive attention. Maxey to @Sportskeeda: “We’re trying to win a championship. I’m trying to adjust and win games at the same time.” bit.ly/43uh9Hu – 10:23 AM
Without @JoelEmbiid, @TyreseMaxey has studied Kyrie Irving, Donovan Mitchell & Jaylen Brunson on how to handle more defensive attention. Maxey to @Sportskeeda: “We’re trying to win a championship. I’m trying to adjust and win games at the same time.” bit.ly/43uh9Hu – 10:23 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Draymond Green has juicy take on Kyrie Irving’s standing within NBA warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/03/20/war… pic.twitter.com/0PhBMnchTM – 10:00 AM
Draymond Green has juicy take on Kyrie Irving’s standing within NBA warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/03/20/war… pic.twitter.com/0PhBMnchTM – 10:00 AM
Stephen Noh @StephNoh
Two days shy of his 32nd birthday, Kyrie Irving tied his career-high for dunks in a season (4) with this one last night. pic.twitter.com/uOayEXWIUJ – 9:36 AM
Two days shy of his 32nd birthday, Kyrie Irving tied his career-high for dunks in a season (4) with this one last night. pic.twitter.com/uOayEXWIUJ – 9:36 AM
Mark Followill @MFollowill
Mavs win 113-97 vs Utah. 7th win in the last 8 games and a fun one as the Mavs had another fantastic paint performance. A Dallas franchise record for dunks in this one with 18. The rundown….
Gafford 10
Washington 3
Lively 2
Jones Jr. 2
Kyrie 1 – 12:46 AM
Mavs win 113-97 vs Utah. 7th win in the last 8 games and a fun one as the Mavs had another fantastic paint performance. A Dallas franchise record for dunks in this one with 18. The rundown….
Gafford 10
Washington 3
Lively 2
Jones Jr. 2
Kyrie 1 – 12:46 AM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Kyrie Irving catching LOBS from Luka 😱
(via @NBA)
pic.twitter.com/LizZ3gBJJO – 10:48 PM
Kyrie Irving catching LOBS from Luka 😱
(via @NBA)
pic.twitter.com/LizZ3gBJJO – 10:48 PM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
After his dunk in San Antonio Irving joked that maybe he’s like Benjamin Button, aging in reverse. Turns 32 in a fee days but couldn’t tell from that alley-oop. – 10:18 PM
After his dunk in San Antonio Irving joked that maybe he’s like Benjamin Button, aging in reverse. Turns 32 in a fee days but couldn’t tell from that alley-oop. – 10:18 PM
Michael Dugat @mdug
Luka on the floor for a loose ball, behind the head pass from his ass to Kyrie who drives and throws up a beautiful alley-oop to DJJ … basketball beauty. – 10:10 PM
Luka on the floor for a loose ball, behind the head pass from his ass to Kyrie who drives and throws up a beautiful alley-oop to DJJ … basketball beauty. – 10:10 PM
Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Mavs starters: Jones, Washington, Gafford, Irving, Doncic
Utah starters: Hendricks, Markkanen, Kessler, George Dunn
7:40 tip @971TheFreak – 8:04 PM
Mavs starters: Jones, Washington, Gafford, Irving, Doncic
Utah starters: Hendricks, Markkanen, Kessler, George Dunn
7:40 tip @971TheFreak – 8:04 PM
More on this storyline
Irving has played that way, too, embracing off-the-ball responsibilities and moving onto the ball whenever needed. As a Net he became known as a destabilizing force, but there have been no such issues as a Maverick … just as Cuban predicted. There has likewise been some leeway from the Mavericks’ side in return to enhance Irving’s comfort level. On both Media Day and again in Spain when Mavericks players gathered for a team picture, there was no pushback when Irving wore a shirt from his personal collection to pay homage to his Native American heritage rather than a Mavericks-branded top. “No one cares,” one source said. -via marcstein.substack.com / March 24, 2024
The primary concern with Kyrie The Maverick has been availability because, freakish injuries or not, there’s no getting around the fact that Kidd has only had both Irving and Dončić in the lineup for exactly 60 percent of the team’s 70 games thus far. It’s still jarring, in a way, to think about how heavily the Mavericks are relying on Irving now when it wasn’t all that long ago that they were still on the list of teams that had been turned off by all the Brooklyn tumult (much of it described in the story enclosed). -via marcstein.substack.com / March 24, 2024
When Irving makes his way onto the floor before every game, Morris is the Maverick he engages first for an intricate handshake routine. When Irving drained the lefty running half-hook at the buzzer to stun the defending champs from Denver, he leapt first into Morris’ arms. “Everywhere he turns,” said one league source well-versed on the Mavericks’ dynamics, “Kyrie sees people who like him and want the best for him.” -via marcstein.substack.com / March 24, 2024
ClutchPoints: Theo Pinson debates who the future face of the league will be 👀 
Luka Doncic Jayson Tatum Anthony Edwards Thoughts? 🤔 (via @TidalLeague) pic.twitter.com/DfuGyFogQY -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / March 23, 2024
Luka Doncic Jayson Tatum Anthony Edwards Thoughts? 🤔 (via @TidalLeague) pic.twitter.com/DfuGyFogQY -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / March 23, 2024
Clutch Points: Theo Pinson: “Does Kawhi Leonard deserve a statue with the Toronto Raptors?” Justin Jackson: “He spent one year in Toronto.” TP: “yep” JJ: “He won a championship… One year, tenure, in my mind, does not result in a statue.” (via @TidalLeague) pic.twitter.com/UARS7B52mP -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / January 1, 2024