PHILADELPHIA -- Speaking for the first time publicly since the Dallas Mavericks stunningly dealt Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers over the weekend, Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving said "it's still a grieving process" right now for he and his teammates that Doncic is gone, while also saying he was excited about the prospect of finally getting to play alongside longtime friend Anthony Davis.
"Just really shocked," Irving said after scoring 34 points in 42 minutes in a 118-116 loss to the 76ers at Wells Fargo Center. "You just don't imagine you're going to get ready to go to sleep and then you find out news like that.