Part of the Dallas Maverick's rationale for trading their young superstar Luka Doncic away yesterday was that they felt the deal would help them have a better chance to win now. Whenever you're trading for a considerably older player you'd expect that to be the case. So the Mavs are now counting on Kyrie Irving to be "the guy." The same Kyrie Irving who in the Celtics gentleman’s sweep of Dallas in the Finals this past June shot a whopping 38% in those 4 losses. There's actually a decent sample size of Kyrie as the #1 guy and it has resulted in nothing but failure each stint prior.
After failing as "the man" on every team prior, Mavs bet on Kyrie Irving to lead them to a title
