Nets trade Kyrie Irving to Mavericks for Dinwiddie, Finney-Smith & draft picks | NBA | UNDISPUTED

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It still blows my mind how the Nets trade away a half decades worth of first round picks not once, but TWICE in their franchise history for just 1 playoff series win. Wow. Just wow.

No matter what, it’s going to be really interesting to see how this situation plays out for Dallas.

This was honestly a chance Dallas needed to take. Everyone and their mama knew luka couldn’t carry them to a chip, it was like watching bron in Cleveland first run around. If anything they just needed to try to have some talent to compete, even if it doesn’t work it’s good effort. Finally, fire rob pelinka

They actually got along. Fresh air and really entertaining. They should do it more.👍👍

As a Mavs fan, this trade has potential to turn into the Rondo trade all over again. I pray everything works out and Kyrie gets an extension in Dallas

Brooklyn went from KD, Harden, and Kyrie which seemed to be a guaranteed championship. To KD and their second highest paid player averaging seven points a game.

I’m sure plenty of teams in the East inquired about Kyrie and I’m sure had better packages but it’s hard for a team to trade in conference and teams like LA and PHX probably aren’t willing to deal the little assets they had for him and sent bad packages. A 20ppg type player is very good value for Kyrie when you know you can’t get a star from anyone.

As a mavericks fan I am not sure how to feel, this could easily not work out (kind of expecting it not to tbh) but a big thing for me is that if kyrie does end up leaving in the off season anyway the mavs freed up a lot of money which theyve needed to do for a couple years now.

I still think the best part of this is that Dinwiddie made the full circle back to Brooklyn 😂

I really think this team is gonna be a glass cannon
With clashing personalities.
1st or second round exit
High scoring output
Shifty defense.

Players tend to love Mark Cuban, as he has a way of understanding and delivering things in a way that other NBA franchise owners could never. No one is talking about that. Ky may have found his place that makes him happy. And thank God I live in Dallas and get to see him play every home game now.

As a Mavericks fan, the fact than Skip and Shannon are actually agreeing on this makes me a little nervous.

Somehow I feel that KD and the NETS will be fine moving forward. Now the NETS have a leader in their corner i.e., Jacques Vaughn and Kevin Durant. Now they have a team.

If Kyrie doesn’t pan out, they can let him walk and have room for a max spot. AND Luka is happy because there’s no way they make this move without him signing off so in his eyes they got Porzingis in 2019 and Kyrie in 2023 so he can’t say they haven’t been trying. I think this was smart for Dallas (all things considered and being relative). Maybe JKidd can get through to him 🤷🏿‍♂️ And if nothing else i love content so this will be a good show lol

I think this trade could actually work on the court, Dallas has four bigs 6ft 10ins or more, so the can provide some measure of interior defence, and M.Morris is a strong proper wing defender with an okay offensive bag. The question is, can they avoid the drama that seems to always follow kyrie off the court?

Kyrie has been playing like Basketball is his priority his play has been excellent, he’s an All star an d a Champion. The offer the nets gave him was ridiculous, but no one is talking about that. I definitely would have asked for a trade.

For Dallas this trade is not about acquisition of Kyrie or loss of 2 good players, it's about keeping Luka happy and trying to build around him. If Cuban perceives him as franchise player as he thought of Dirk, he'll do everything possible to bring necessary force around Luka to make the Mavs champions again. Now he's young and they continue figuring out what tipe of co-star could fit him.
In my opinion good center who can score and defend like Jared Jackson or PF like Zion could be a good fit but they are impossible to get by now. Kyrie for certain will not fit well, Skip got good point here regarding their usage and dribbles.

The good news for Dallas is they got Kyrie healthy, in a new positive situation, playing for a new contract. He will be very good this season, although the fit isn’t great and they will be a first round exit. But man after that they will have to pay a fortune to keep him … like the kind of contract that kills teams. And eventually he will sour on Dallas. BIG risk.

This trade wasn't about wining a championship. It was about showing Luka that they are willing to make moves to keep him happy and get him some help. Luka has been vocal about wanting them to make a move, and in voicing his displeasure with his current roster. This was to keep him from getting to a point where he is asking for a trade.
Does it make them better?, yes but marginally. Kyrie is an upgrade over dinwitty. (though dinwitty is underrated and an efficient player). But the loss of finny Smith who was their best wing defender and a valuable 3 and d player, is going to hurt. Those guys are also the most valued asset in the NBA and extremally hard to replace. Not having that 3 and D guy, on a team that was already not great defensively with Lukas inherent defensive liability's, Is going to hurt. Who is guarding the elite wings in the league now come play off time?
So now you have Kyrie, and Luka...both who are Defensive negatives, and you lose your best defender in the trade.
IF dallas cant outscore their opponents, then they are going to have issues
My prediction. - Regular season is going to look good, then they will get exposed in the playoffs when teams start to repeatedly seek out poor defenders as the game slows down.

Does anybody remember when Skip always said Kyrie was the closer for the Cavs, possibly their best player, and the reason why Lebron won the title? Now he’s saying Kyrie only hit one big shot there. I wonder what changed 🤔

People forget Kyrie wasn't happy LeBron went back to Cleveland. He was happy being the man on a losing team. Then after going to the finals every year forgot what it was like losing and wanted out.

KD somewhere crying and Harden somewhere laughing 😂😂😂😂

They traded Kyrie quicker than I thought

Legendary, skip and Shannon agreed and smiled 😂

Luka is so good there is no issue at all him playing with Kyrie, and same with Kyrie. The question are more other pieces on Mavs.

That's a dub trade for Dallas. Imagine Kyrie and Luka. Amazing duo.

It’ll be interesting on if they can play together but I truly believe Kyrie will leave after this season.

Honestly this situation is a win-win for the Mavericks. Even if they don’t resign him they just freed up a lot of cap space

I think LeBron and Kyrie played really well together because they complimented each others skill set LeBron on Defense and Kyrie on offense. Although LeBrons athleticism is crazy it's better utilised on defense and whilst Kyries bag is bottomless paired, plus also LeBron isn't ball dominant and is a pass first player. It's also a relief to have him on the team because he'll give you 30 if you need him to. Honestly Lakers should've signed him.

This trade honestly reminds me of when CP3 went to Huston and everyone wondered the same thing how will they work together they both need the ball.

I would have said "yes" 'cause I think Luka himself is enough reason to have legitimate title hopes.

Dinwiddie tries to play D and Finney-Smith is huge! He can shoot 3's and hes a good D player and rebounder! This is huge for the Nets but I feel for the Mavs and Luka specifically

I know these 2 argue a lot but i really am happy with the chemistry these 2 guys have on this show.

Mavs fan and I follow this team closely. This is an experiment that Luka signed off on, and I promise you he'll be glad to have someone else share the load of scoring. What the current roster wasn't going to win long term, because when Luka was out the Mavs were 1-6. If Kyrie walks, then he walks, but it will give the Mavs the information they need.

Never seen a team lose two HUGE trades. First Sixers swindled harden for Simmons now this.

This trade was for ticket sales in Dallas. Just the chance to see Kyrie makes the prices go up

I’m glad they getting along maybe they can fix there relationship through communication like grown Men should like humans are capable of doing

if kyrie or luka would agree to run with the second unit, wow, but that wont happen because no one does that because of the rigging, but id love to see that

Luka put them on notice this year he wasn’t above leaving if they failed to attract talent along side him they had to gamble a bit to show him they were devoted to him, they aren’t worried about signing Kyrie as they should be for what they have because their main purpose is to secure Luka in Dallas

We made the WCF with Jalen Brunson and players we gave up for Kyrie. Not the same team I think this trade is pretty wack at first. Hoping for the best though.

In my opinion, Kyrie Irving plays basketball with emotion, if the place and the players support him in every way, he plays like he did in Cleveland in 2017. I think Dallas is a very good environment and Luka is an excellent star to feed off of

“ And for some kid in the 6th grade “ lmao Shannon too funny

Luka and Kyrie will elevate basketball wizardry to a whole new magical level. LFG

Kyre needs a big brother to keep him in line, and I don’t see him finding that in Dallas. If Dallas can land a legit big I think they can make something happen in offseason.

“Why put them together if the objective isn’t to win a championship” 💯

They have all these opinions about Kyrie but Kyrie isn’t allowed to have his own because they want to control his narrative for him. “Something’s going on” but nobody mentions how poorly ran the “organization” is? 😒

This is a finals bound team. Luka by himself went to wcf last yr. And the year before he is close to defeatimg prime kawhi and george. This is the help that luka needs.

The nets and Joe tsai are the real problem. Never seen a team fumble so many top 10players in a span of 3/4yrs like this

I just hope ppl realize some day this is all for sales, kyrie’s not a bad guy

It all boils down to Luka playing with Kyrie. If they can make that work and sort of take turns it can be very productive and bloody dangerous, but I don't know if the European mentality, coming from coaches who are expected to scream at their teams until their heads turn completely red, can coddle Kyrie in the right way. But at least the drop off when Luka goes for a rest isn't going to be as day and night as it was before. And the defense is going to be an issue down the line too... But it will sure be interesting to see if Kyrie can redeem himself out of his self created mess.

A very calculated move from Dallas. The west is so open that the time was now and so far this is the best chance for Luka to win a ring. But that's a big IF cuz Kyrie is soo unpredictable

I don't follow the NBA too closely but I think this'll make the Mavericks dominant. Dirk, Nash, and kyrie are going to be a force!

The fact is that no one know what Dallas is going to be like until we see it. We'll know in a couple of weeks. That being said, a year ago who had Dallas going to the Western Conference Finals?

This is going to be a championship team. Watch how this ages.!

they finna make it work luka came off the ball for Din so he definitely finna do it fa kyrie and he’s happy he don’t gotta take on all the work load now

I said it from day one that the only thing kyrie was gonna bring the Nets was issues. Unbelievable talent he is but you just can't trust him so here we are again. I can't believe Dallas but its their problem now. I'm a NY KNICKS fan & to think as I heard that KD wanted the Knicks but followed kyrie to the Nets good luck to KD now. I wish Dallas the best cause other then the player he is he's a huge problem. LETS GO KNICKS...

I cannot imagine Luka and Kyrie working well together. I really hope it works out though

He's talking to them like a business man as he should. But they still have to talk bad about kyrie

Keep in mind that Kyrie Irving did not initially have Boston on his trade ideals. It was because Boston got Gordon Hayward and Marcus Morris and had the youth that swayed him. But yes, he did burn bridges in Boston and throw everyone under the bus by being the worst communicator

I'm a Mavs fan and my friends have been joking about how we are gonna get kyrie and yesterday I saw the headline and almost tossed my phone across the room

All of a sudden they making him seem like he hit one big shot like him and bron wasn’t scoring back to back whole series , Skip be picking and 😂choosing

Well at least this will take pressure off Luka cause now he have someone who can cook just like him, double the trouble in Dallas!

Idk why some people don't understand that this was the Mavs' only shot at trading for a superstar because nobody with Kyrie's caliber would actually come to Dallas as a free agent. They reached the highest they could, I just hope it works out for them just like it did with Toronto when they traded for 1 year of Kawhi because I don't think Kyrie would resign with Mavs if they don't win the chip this year.

Problem with Dallas is that they have too much Guards in their roster. Green Hardy? Nobody in that roster is going to defend Giannis and all this bigs? No way. They are not making the finals this year. Not with Luka and Kyrie’s defense.

Legendary, skip and Shannon agreed and smiled

Because of the conduct of Harden, Kyrie Ben Simmons and others it should be anticipated that the CBA negotiations are going to be contentious as many of the owners are upset about players forcing trades and not honoring their contracts. However, that would mean rolling back terms of the current agreement which understandably the Players will not want to accept. No one should underestimate the potential for a Lock - Out and losing at least part of a season. The trade is effectively a win for both Kyrie and the Nets as he will get a better contract from the Mavs and they got rid of someone they no longer wanted ( no matter his talent) but based on his track record it is probable that within 2 years it will turn out badly for the Mavs . I can appreciate that the Mavs fans want to ignore his past history but as in the parable of the Scorpion and the Frog , the nature of a person cannot be changed. None of the talking heads have noted that the Mavs cannot only offer the most money to sign him but that the State tax rate of Texas is far more beneficial then California .

Kyrie & Luka bout to go crazy 🔥I’m fw it 👏Ngl I always been a Kyrie fan since I saw him cross up Brandon Knight at at that rising star game lol

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT SKIP. WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE TO MAKE KYRIE IRVING HAPPY?"
"Yep. Correct. That's right. I don't know. He's a liability."
"SKIP. KYRIE NEVER HAPPY."
"That's exactly right.''

Kyrie is still the most exciting player i've ever watched in the NBA. Shannon does bring up a good point though: Why do 3 superstars ask for a trade, away from the same team in less than 2 yrs? Things within the Brooklyn Nets organization don't seem to be going well on all levels.

This could be a win-win for both teams. Everything these guys are saying is true though, Kyrie is an amazing talent, but you just can’t be sure what you’re getting from him. And Dallas’ defense can get exposed in playoffs

This will take a lot of pressure from Doncic.
He can play less minutes now and maybe they can put Doncic on the shooting guard/forward position when playing with Irving.

If I never been a ban wagon, now I am, let’s go mavs!

Remember people saying last year we were going to have a Laker vs Nets finals 😁😁 ….. How dead wrong were they 😅😅

Main question should be…WILL KYRIE BE AVAILABLE?

“He won a championship and was going to NBA Finals and he wasn’t happy, he wanted to be a leader and he realized leading was a lot harder than saying I’m a leader”

Barbara: “Kyrie is annoying so for that reason I’m out”
Mark: “don’t mind if I do”

Kyrie looks like a GENIUS for refusing the jab.

The real question is how's this going to affect LeBron's legacy.

The fit between Luka and Kyrie would be questionable
However Kyrie has played w LBJ, a superstar w a similar skillset to Luka and even played the 2 when they had that KD, Harden, Ky big 3 in BKN.
Still interesting to see how Kidd orchestrates the offense to get the most out of both of them and also get everyone else their touches

Nets “ Welcome back home Spencer “ 😂😂😂😂

Mavs freed up cap space just in case Kyrie leave as plan B. Mavs W

I never understood why the Nets didn't just go with dimwiddie and Allen instead of trading for harden then Simmons

“A kid who’s in the 6th grade” 😂😂 shannon is too funny

I’m still heartbroken that Kyrie left lebron

Shannon 💯 on this Dinwiddie and finney Smith was their best defenders especially when they were playing the warriors Luka don't play defense kyrie don't play defense so Dallas fans pump the brakes on that championship talk no defense

I was surprised how quick Kyrie got traded right after the trade request. The Nets couldn't wait to get rid of him. lol!

I’m excited to see how this works with Luka and Kyrie 🔥

I don't think I'll ever get excited for another super team again, just think how much of a forgone conclusion we thought it was that that Nets team (and to an extent even the Clippers) would've seen atleast one NBA finals and they never even sniffed a conference finals. Just goes to show it's one thing to have a collection of talent on paper, but the game has to be played in real life with so many other factors. But man, when they got Harden, I was sure it was a wrap for the league.

The Nets didn't call any kind of bluff on Kyrie lol. They offered him a contract that was financially conditioned on winning a championship, which is absolutely ridiculous because there are so many things out of a player's control that could prevent that from happening. Kyrie's camp stopped negotiating with the Nets immediately after that and requested a trade. I could understand conditioning it on games played for someone like Kyrie but not win a title. That was such a disrespectful offer. What on earth were they thinking? I'm not much of a Kyrie fan by any means but I genuinely hope the Nets suffer as an organization for at least another 10 years. Yucky

Doncic, Irving and Hardaway.....what I say!!!!

as a Nets fan.... super bummed with Kyri's decision. It was a real let down considering how good they have been doing

Let's not forget that the Celtics made the Finals without Kyrie. So, much for Kyries teaching.

“Where KD gone walk? Walk into the office and ask for a trade” 😂😂😂

Great show guys. 👍

Gonna miss those 2 mavs though.

no lie... history aside... Skip is really good at his job, seriously.

Let's see them double Luka now!

Cam Thomas is an underrated player. Can easily be their second best player in the league.

I think Dallas made this move to have cap space this summer, they can either keep Kyrie if it works or have cap space to get someone better with Luka Doncic.