The Dallas Mavericks were able to get some help for Luka Doncic in a big way at this season’s trade deadline. Dallas swung a deal with the Brooklyn Nets to acquire star guard Kyrie Irving on February 5. Resigning Irving will undoubtedly be the Mavericks’ number one priority this summer, should he Doncic be able to co-exist for the rest of the year. He reported that ahead of the deadline, the Phoenix Suns, who eventually traded for Irving’s former teammate Kevin Durant, had been calling the Nets about a potential trade. “The Suns approached the Nets about trading for Kyrie Irving once the All-Star point guard asked out of Brooklyn, sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports,” Fischer wrote.
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