Mavericks moving on from Kyrie Irving has logical end point around Cooper Flagg
This could all make sense with a change coming.
Mavericks moving on from Kyrie Irving has logical end point around Cooper Flagg originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Dallas Mavericks have already moved on from Anthony Davis.
Will Kyrie Irving be next? The Mavs certainly view their future as being around Cooper Flagg, not Irving. There might be a logical separation point coming.
The NBA is looking to expand, with Las Vegas and Seattle on the table. And if that happens, an expansion draft will come next. Each team can protect a certain amount of players in an expansion draft, but given Irving's age and injury history, if such a proceeding comes around in the next couple years, Irving very likely wouldn't be protected.
He'd still have enough talent to be a high pick in such an expansion draft. MORE: Bronny James has a new path to leaving Lakers The Sporting News' Stephen Noh wrote in a new mock expansion draft that Davis would go with the first pick, Joel Embiid second and Irving third. That would pair AD back up with Kyrie.