NBA Free Agency: 3-Way Trade with Mavs’ Kyrie Irving, 76ers’ James Harden Possible?

If James Harden wants out of the Philadelphia 76ers, and Kyrie Irving has interest in leaving the Dallas Mavericks, this three-way trade with the Los Angeles Clippers could work.

Dalton Trigg | Jun 30, 2023

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As the Dallas Mavericks prepare for a hectic NBA free-agency period, all eyes will be on what happens with star point guard Kyrie Irving, Philadelphia 76ers’ James Harden and others.

Multiple reports state that Harden and the 76ers are working on a trade after he opted into his $35 million player option for the 2023-24 season, and the Los Angeles Clippers are apparently his preferred destination.

Given that ESPN’s Brian Windhorst floated the idea of Irving and the 76ers potentially having mutual interest amid Harden’s exit, could a three-team trade between the Mavs, Clippers and 76ers be feasible? Here’s what we have in mind:

Mavs receive: Tyrese Maxey, Tobias Harris

76ers receive: Kyrie Irving, Marcus Morris Sr., Nicolas Batum

Clippers receive: James Harden

Tobias Harris has been in trade rumors for a while now, and the 76ers reportedly aren’t going to offer Tyrese Maxey a contract extension at this time. So, if Irving does end up wanting to leave the Mavs, and Harden is insistent on choosing the Clippers as his next destination, this could be one of the better opportunities to take advantage of for Dallas.

A lot has to happen for these three teams to find themselves at this point, but the NBA’s free-agency period is always a fluid situation, and you never know what can materialize when stars want to be moved.

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Published Jun 30, 2023

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.