Reaction to Kyrie Irving staying with Dallas Mavericks on 3-year deal | NBA Today
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2023
- NBA Today’s Malika Andrews, Tim MacMahon, Zach Lowe, Kendrick Perkins and Richard Jefferson react to Kyrie Irving agreeing to a 3-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks for $126 million. Adrian Wojnarowski joins the show to discuss the contract as well as Khris Middleton coming to terms with the Milwaukee Bucks of a 3-year/$102 million deal.
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I love how there is no mention of Nico Harrison. The man drafted Hardy, did great in this years draft, signed ky while keeping the mle. The man deserves way more praise than what anybody is giving him. And he is not done yet.
Brunson? Do we give him praise for that too?
We don't know if he did good in this draft yet. He took what was there
@@halfstream1461that wasn’t really his fault tbh. The previous front office didn’t give Brunson a option on the last year of his contract. Literally every draft pick gets it, idk why we didn’t give Brunson one. That would of put him in restricted free agency and the Mavs get the chance to match any offer he would of gotten. He wouldn’t have been able to leave unless he played out the new contract or request a trade.
@@halfstream1461 pretty sure that wasn't on Nico. Cuban even said he dropped the ball on that. I mean really that's not that hard to read into with Rick brunson.
@@bartholomew1608 ok #1 got off the bertans contract, picked up the best center in the draft and a kid who pretty much shut down the best players he played against in college. Also picked up a vet center. All that with the 10th pick.
Bringing him back was honestly the best decision for the mavs.
Only decision
Dude was amazing with the Mavs last season on offense.
They were doing better without him .
@@GGonzalez-um2ew I agree. I don't expect the Mavs to contend again next season. Look what happened to the Celtics when Kyrie was there. I'm not gullible enough to know next season will be another failure for the Mavs. Bad fit by all means having Luka and Kyrie together.
@@GGonzalez-um2ew Jalen Brunson was a much better fit alongside Luka. The Mavs need another Jalen Brunson type player who has a solid IQ and can play a traditional PG that Kyrie is not.
My reaction is happy cuz ESPN is gonna be crying all summer cuz the he ain’t going to the Lakers.
The Lakers got to the conference finals and get more heat for losing to the champs than Dallas who couldn’t even make the play in.
The Lebron meat riders didnt get their way lol😂
@@juanthompson8016 No real LeBron or Lakers fans want Kyrie lol. The Lakers are better when Bron and AD are surrounded with quality role players instead of a third star.
Looking ahead dallas is in much better condition,if they add another solid big or 3 and D.Should trade THJ for solid defender.
“played pretty well”?? Kyrie looked amazing with the Mavs. Dominant offensive performances nightly.
Played pretty well 🤔 is about winning and with him they were losing.
@@GGonzalez-um2ewThey can’t win with no defenders individually Kyrie did his part
Luka looked ordinary next to Kyrie!
"Kyrie looked amazing"
Yeah but the Mavs didn't! They went from comfortably having a winning record without Kyrie on the team to a losing record with him! I don't even want to hear the excuses. The jarring contrast in the Mavs record before and after Kyrie says it all! They had one of the better records in the west before he arrived and then had one of the worst records in the entire league after.
He's a terrible fit. He always was. Even with him playing very well on the offensive end, the team is simply worse with him than without him. He's a defensive liability, and having him in the starting lineup takes the ball away from Luka. I can see if he was a 6th man coming in for Luka to add an added attacking punch off the bench. But the team doesn't seem to work when they're both on the court. It's as simple as that. Kyrie is like Russel Westbrook. Skillful, flashy, can put up numbers....But he doesn't make his teams better or put them over the top. He's an individualist player. And just like Westbrook, his presence actually shackles the potential of his teams. It's happened in Boston, then Brooklyn, and now it's happening in Dallas. That's not a coincidence.
He just need to learn to feed the other guys. Kyrie playing without Luka and he had No assists that game, Luka without kyrie, Luka would have 10 assist in the first quarter 😂
Just gotta share instead of stupid shots. Kyrie gotta play thru Luka. Not no solo dolo NY ball kyrie always tries to play
When she mentioned "over a billion dollars in contracts already"
The others were probably thinking "oh god please dont bring up the WNBA"
There's no way the Mavs were gonna just let Kyrie walk after only half a season with him. $126 million is pretty high for only 3 years, but good on them. They got it done. Let's see what they do with the rest of the roster.
$126 is not high. Kyrie could have gotten 5 years $272 from Dallas who was not stupid enough to give it to him being that no other team wanted Kyrie.
Hope Luka leaves asap. Kyrie kills his teams.
I think this contract is easier to trade after the first year if it doesn’t work out and someone else want him.
it was 16 games
breaking news lebron getting traded to dallas
they have no choice but to bring him back. you let go of Dinwiddie and Smith and then gonna let Kyrie go? no way
They will trade him before his contract is up imo
@@mcshade5969 and that after 2yrs?
The best situation for both party's. It was a win for both !! Love the way him and Luka play now they have 3 years to figure it out 💯💪🏿
Luka going to an actual contender if it doesnt work out next season similar situation bumbiid
❤ ZTrTRsTrzt;😊😅😮.8 😮
Honestly their offense with just them 2 were top 3 in the league in offensive efficiency. The problem was rim protection and rebounding. An issue they had before the Kyrie trade but was masked because of DFS perimeter defensive skills. I say masked because their defense was still bad with their offense still being stagnant with DFS because Luka had to do everything on offensive as no other point guard could get their own shot up as a 3 level threat. You got that with Kyrie now just find the right perimeter defender and a vet center who can rebound then it helps level out this team. For them to be championship contenders its going to depend on Luka not bringing the ball up but calling for more low post opportunities. While also finding a center who can man the paint because Dwight Powell ain't it. So Dereck Lively development would have to be swift
@@kowaikokoroLuka made the CF
Perk has a job and JVG doesn’t. The craziest thing in sports television 😅
They can’t fire him. The moment they do, he will pull out the race card
I’m amazed Malika didn’t throw shade at Kyrie. Maybe point out a shoplifting incident when he was eleven or something.
Lmao. Gotta be more feminist oriented.
Great take at the end on milditon perk👏
It's a good move. Honestly, it's been mentioned before already, Dallas had Brunson playing with Luka and they found success. This will all boil down to the pieces they have around these two.
If Kyrie isn't a toxic mess wherever he goes.
@@286mic in 20 games with Dallas, he hasn't.
@@adingdingdiiing6740 He was playing for a contract. Now that he has a sense of security, you'll see the real Kyrie Irving.
One thing about Brunson and luka was they played together for years. Brunson wasn’t the guy he ended up being the whole time but he knew how to coexist with luka. Kyrie just needs time
@@286micthe media wants kyrie to he’ll be unwanted so he can go carry lebron, any team will take kyrie , the media makes him seem toxic for his opinion
Thank you 🙏🏾
I like the move! They just need now perimeter snipers and a star center or forward
Yall need defense
Lively and prosper gonna help with that
@@deemarshall1558 yea it looks to be something
@@shaolin6150 That they do!
Easier said then done just because thats what they want and need dont means they are going to get it
ESPN got rid of Jalen Rose on his birthday but they kept Malika smh…..Jalen should go to Undisputed and team up with Skip
He can’t talk football. But he would be good on basketball topics for sure . & yes idk how Malika still has her job. That’s ridiculous
Jalen Rose lost Molly Qerim to SAS, and both of them stayed while Rose was cut adding insult to injury.
@@bns434 because she’s fine asf . Annoying asf for sure . But eye candy no doubt
Im glad for Bruce Brown.Dude has been a hard worker and real pro since he's been in the league.Good things come when you work hard.A ring and a bag!! Congratulations
Happy for Ky! Hope Dallas gonna add to Luka and Kyrie players that compliment them. Gonna be must watch TV
Better get Lebron to make sure Kyrie is playing😂😂. That’s the only concern about Kyrie. If he is on the floor, he is killing it
Just glad it worked out and more glad we didnt trade away picks just for a couple games of service
Am sure luka and irving will find a way to compliment each other's game
I like him with Luka and the MAVS… they need some defensive pieces to mesh with them
Get rid of Malika plz
Not surprised by this actually. I don’t know if NBA players have only played half a season for teams they got traded and then became free agents but I was like why only half a season with a team and then that’s it after being traded to them and why change teams so quickly yet again.
Bringing him back was the best decision for the Mavs
They need to replace the defense they lost and stop letting mark Cuban make basketball decisions and make their offense less Luka dependent.
Dallas need to go for the approach of Half the offense but double the defense like what the 2001 76ers did with Ai but difference here is Ai didn't have a hybrid guard/post threat like Luka is.
Its a 3 year del with a player option he will play 2 years with mavs and opt out that 3rd year get another contract so good move by kyrie
I love when free agency happens and you find out all these guys with inside information and rumours are all BS.
Never thought Cuban really would do that 😮😮 goodbye mavs… Lukas career is on hold for three years
Keep wishing!!!
@@SinaSoh Nah you want Mavs to get rid of Kyrie. Dude will keep ya from winning the chip like he did Cleveland Pre-Lebron returning, Boston, Brooklyn, and Dallas last year. Kyrie should be traded.
@bigballerju07 Still feel that way?
Not mad at it. They have a couple of really cool players now make it work.
At his best Kyrie is a TOP 10 Player in the world. 27ppg on 51% from the field and 40% from 3 point range! THATS all world elite on all levels of offense
He's won 2 play-off series in the last 6 years...."top 10 player"???
He's won exactly one playoff series in his career where his teammate wasn't LeBron James or Kevin Durant. Not to mention his dribble-heavy, shoot-first game has never made a team better (Cleveland pre-LeBron return, Boston, Brooklyn and Dallas last year). He's an indifferent defender, a mediocre passer and has been team chemistry killer at every stop in his career. Not to mention he's always good to miss 20 games because of an injury.
I saw McMahon on The Hoop Collective prior to signing and I thought he nailed it in that he commented (a) no real other market for Kyrie in terms of giving him leverage for a long contract ( b) but Mavericks had created their own leverage against themselves because it would be too embarrasing to lose him ( especially in the eyes of Luka) and if they had to give him enough of a term and money so he would not "sulk" claiming to have been "disrespected " . It does say something that he got less that Van Vliet and that many teams wanted Van Vliet. The Mavericks have now joined the list of teams that have decided to roll the dice on Kyrie being healthy , stable , and mature .Will it work out - Probably not but then again as Lloyd Christmas said " so there is a chance"
Fred van fleet is making more then most star players. The rockets had to spend the money somewhere. Kyrie is an allstar starter. Multiple teams tried to trade for him when he requested a trade. Competitive teams just did not have cap space
😅
Great deal for both sides. Looking forward to seeing the pieces put around Kyrie and Luka.
Yeah....... but why didn't ESPN fire Perkins?
And Luka needs to get faster and STAY in shape!
Trade Request in 6 months. You heard it here first.
LETS FKIN GO! so happy he's back, plus on a great 3 year deal, wat a win for the boys!
I don’t get it where is the standards for espn. You are keeping perk but you released Rachel?
Rebounding, slashing,spot up 3's,defence, size and length are what luka needs to compete for an chip not iso ball players that have an crazy handle while able to hit dribble pullups
Am i missing something? You have 2 ball dominant guards that run the offense. They need to get someone to compliment Luka. KD and Booker couldn't get it done and they play different positions
Add context. Chris Paul was important to that phoenix team. Round 2 goes 7 with Cp3 and I’m not sure I’m taking Denver.
Yep, this is definitely better than the Jump! He said as he tried not to cry. 😢
The media is the one who keeps talking about the drama then this dude says leave the drama out of it 😂
Honestly i expected Kyrie to give up on Dallas once they missed the playoffs but i am proud to say i was wrong. It's good to see Kyrie hasn't given up on Dallas.
Y’all gotta get Perk off TV, his takes are horrible bro. Saying Luka played bad last year is actually insane. Bro is 1st team all nba, & was out a lot of those games toward the end of season & still avg 34 9 & 8 like c’mon.
Luka wasn’t elite. Luka missed too many 3’s despite shooting a ton every game. Luka had too many turnovers, followed by no hustle, and usually bad defense. He got 1st team all-NBA a little bit out of charity. He wasn’t one of the 5 best in the league last season after the first few months. I’m a Mavs fan.
@@blackout07blue you must of bumped your head my boy. 2nd in league scoring, 1st in rebounding among guards, top 10 in assist in the league & prior to the Kyrie trade was playing with nobodies carrying. For God sake he had a 60, 21 & 10 game with a W 😂😂😂. I swear the hate is real
@@blackout07blue32 9 and 9 on 50% man, 🤡🐸🐸
The media brings the drama first off 😂
The downplay of 27 ppg 51 percent shooting and 39 from three to just playing "well" is nuts.
The Mavs went from 4th to 11th with him. Stfu
@286mic 🤣🤣l why so angry my guy? Life can't be that bad for ya.... And yea it was his fault they fel that lowl. 🤦🏾🤦🏾
It's because Kyrie Irving's numbers never have had much positive impact on teams getting better (Cleveland pre-LeBron James return, Boston, Brooklyn, Dallas a year ago. In some cases, the teams got worse with him because his dribble-heavy, shoot-first game never has been conducive to teambuilding and winning. And you can't blame it on his teammates since he left Cleveland, because he's played with All-Star and All-NBA players at his last three stops.
Bringing him back was the best decision for every other team
how we still uploading in 720p in 2023.....
Should've sign and traded for Middleton as it works for both teams.
😂😂😂
It won't lol. Bucks ez benefits
We still got until trade deadline 2024
I was hoping for grant+ nurkic for kyrie and woods. That trade would’ve been perfect, nurkic and luka would have insane chemistry
Shut up mavs balling
So Dallas has both Luka’s and Kyrie’s contracts expiring in the same year? Wow. What could go wrong with that?
Except they don't. Luka has 4 years left, kyrie just signed for 3. You think if you write a comment you should probably get the facts right.
Even with your inaccurate info; as great as Kyrie is, 3 years is perfect. You don’t want to exceed that due to his penchant for dipping, but you get yourself a guarantee of multiple years as a window.
They really need a solid big man though.
No they don’t 😂😂😂😂😂
Luka has 3 plus 1 (player option) not sure why you say that 😅
@@danieltreadwell7266lol. Im not even researching myself. I'm taking your word! Cause you 🤡 this dude!
The Mavs off season workouts are going to make or break them. Kyrie and Seth have played together so that chemistry is there, they just have to build it with the rest of the Mavs.
I don't know, man. that's quite a lot, but as long as he's all-in, no problems.
Hopefully he actually plays the 3 years he's with the Mavs, Mavs are my team & would like to see Luka & kyrie as a dynamic duo. It would be dope to see Cavs kyrie & take basketball seriously again
Don’t sleep on Curry. Not a perfect fit but the open looks he’s going to get 🔥
They got rid of Brunson who would've been cheaper and had more years on his deal for a more expensive injury prone Kyrie. 🤦🏽
Also, Brunson is a more consistent player, he defends and is not a locker room cancer.
@@dragomirmarinov3891 Not to mention Kyrie Irving's style of play is not conductive to teambuilding and in some cases made teams worse than without him.
@@michaeljohnson7945u a casual
@@rodneymacli-ing4074 So I guess what we saw in Cleveland pre-LeBron, Boston, Brooklyn and Dallas last year were isolated incidents? I'm glad you like seeing Kyrie Irving dribble the air out of the ball, but which one of those teams actually got better with adding him? Hint, the answer is none.
@@rodneymacli-ing4074 Well, excuse me, NBA guru. Playing fantasy basketball does not make you anything more than casual.
Mavs will of course start the games with both on the floor, but staggering their minutes/playtime to keep one of the 2 on the floor consistently will be dangerous.
Surround the Luka lineup with solid shooters and a board chaser while the Kyrie lineup should have 1 primary secondary shooter, defensive players, and board chasers.
If they can pull that trigger, they’ll be a serious threat.
Suns much better..nugget...mavs jus fun team
@@xavierb9061suns have prolly worse chemistry than the mavs lol. We’ll see what the suns do, booker falls apart in big games, Beal booker kd is a weird combo. great 3 on 3 team… we’ll see how far those guys get in 7 game series in may and June brother
@@Flowerz__ yeah 3 guys that can shoot well and score is bad lol
@@Flowerz__ what are you talking about?mavericks didnot even make the play in.luka ang kyrie don't play well together.
@@xavierb9061 3 guys that need to score and look for their own shot before they look for their teammates and none of them being great defenders.
First, we would be remiss not to mention that Malika was expelled from Royce-Head private school in 8th grade. How this is relevant, we have no idea, but we at ESPN pride ourselves on digging up irrelevant information in order to cause drama.
126 million? What are they paying him a million a game he plays over the next 3 seasons?
Don’t nobody work for ESPN no more.
Nick Wright was spot on
42 mil a year to play 60 games in 3 years all to sitting out because of personal reasons”
Get a life
Can't wait for Kyrie to take another sabbatical this year.
worry about your 4th booster , and leave kyrie and his sabbatical alone
Sounds like a girl
@@michaelholman3683and u sound like a sheep
@@Alkiel keep your tin foil hat on
@@Alkiel Kyrie Irving was taking sabbaticals for Jan. 6, another two-week "mental health break" and other things in Brooklyn. That's when he wasn't missing his annual slate for games for injuries.
Oh a 3 year deal... nice.... so I guess he will be somewhere else by the end of next season 😅
Mavs need defenders around Kyrie and Luka .. guys who don’t need the ball to be effective and can defend multiple positions ..
Want to get SAS's take on this
Can someone please explain why the Mavs were able to offer more for Kyrie?
This worked out great for the mavs they gave up a decent amount for kyrie and him signing a 3 year deal is worth it . Once they figure out the rotations they Will definitely be fun to watch and kyrie will fill out the arena
Is Malika and Perkins getting fired too? Wouldn’t feel to bad if they did
ESPN has to eat a humble pie. They were hoping Kyrie would be offered a bad contract.
Happy for Kyrie
You think this is a great contract for him? Lmao
They guy was supposed to get north of the 200 million dollars
Kyrie fans are just as delusional as he is.
Haters. He asked to match Luka’s tenure which is why he asked for a 3yr contract. The Kyrie haters are jealous now. $42M/yr is better than the $5M/yr lakers had left
Can he still ask for a trade next year before trade deadline?
Fred Van Vleet got more $$ this was a great signing its essenya 2 year deal where the Mavs can trade him next off season if need be. Still gotta find a way to get another trade for defense
And they found that trade for defense and look at what happened 👏🏾👏🏾
Not surprised at all. Get that bag.
Luka is Motivated after seeing Jokic win 🏆
Should’ve gone for that 5 year an maxed
I wonder what Boston doing with JT&JB
Honestly felt this was the best thing for'em
Peep how with everybody else it's "contract negotiations", but with Kyrie it's "contract *drama*", lol
It's the subtle things they say and do to perpetuate these narratives that people run with
No defense no power forward no center Smfh
They just drafted Lively but he’s a rookie but they should sign & trade for Grant Williams
@Espn Fire Malika what is wrong with y'all that's what the fans want
Mavericks just lost Luka
Wut
@@blackout07blue
3 years of Kyrie will drive him crazy lol
99% sure they'll trade him before the end of the season.
Smart move pay no state tax
ESPN not extending Jalen Rose and keeping KPerk is a bad move for me. Off season for ESPN in a bad start.
It will still be lights out for Mavs if Powell is the starting center 💀
Wow. I totally forgot, West is too crowded
Can’t trade players without contracts, I expect him to get moved mid season or end of the year when they fail in the playoffs again.
Kyrie is fine I’m Dallas but they need depth and shooting and defense. Defense especially
They have plenty shooters
Im huge mavericks and luka fan ...but im also a huge lebron fan, wanted him to go to LA.
this is expected. Lakers need to decimate their depth to get Kyrie so it will be too top-heavy to do anything
This dude is just an highlight show
Fire perkins and malignant andrews.
Funny you don't want people to get handouts but you want people fired😂😂😂
Why
If Zach Lowe was a post game interviewer Russel Westbrook would tell him, "Next question."
If Luka stays fit and Kyrie stays mentally focused they can be a good playoff team. but not enough to be a contender.
That Kyrie Irving #2 Jersey is going to be worth a lot of money some day now that he’ll be wearing #11 this upcoming season.
"a lot of money"?? highly doubt it
no it wont
Smart for Kyrie, if he’s all in this is good news for the Maverick’s…if he lays down again?
Come on kyrie! We appreciate you👌
40 million a year to play 40 games a year
He played all games last year.
I am shocked Perk didn’t get cut by ESPN
They scared of his loud mouth
Espn loves hosts who stir the spot with regard race. It adds spice and more views to their programs thats why Stephen A Smith is their golden boy.
Malika gotta go ESPN
Keep em rolling through the turnstile. Box-office 🍿
OH NO, I thought he already went to the Lakers a months ago, according to ESPN.. oh well. LOL
Even tho Kyrie himself said he planned to re-sign with Dallas.
Lakers didn't want him and they're better off having a bunch of quality role players with Bron and AD anyway so I dunno why you're listening to these fools.
And now they can trade Kyrie for actual complementing parts for Luka
Im calling it now. In the second half of year 2 the infamous Kyrie antics will start to flare up again 🤣
Tim is best reporter on ESP