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Mavs Star Kyrie Irving Sits Courtside at Lakers vs. Nuggets; Free Agency Buzz Increasing?

For the second time this postseason, Dallas Mavericks star guard Kyrie Irving was seen sitting courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers home game. This will only increase the speculation surrounding his upcoming free agency.

Dalton Trigg

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As much as Dallas Mavericks fans want to ignore the Los Angeles Lakers free agency smoke that continues to circle around Kyrie Irving, the star guard being seen sitting courtside at Game 4 of L.A.'s Western Conference Finals series against the Denver Nuggets won't help matters any.

Although this kind of thing justifiably rumors, especially since Irving has such a deep history with Lakers star LeBron James, it should be noted that Irving has a mansion in Los Angeles. So there's a chance Irving simply wanted to take in some playoff basketball on his extended vacation.

As we wrote about at DallasBasketball.com earlier today, there was a recent report saying the Mavs and Irving had a "handshake deal" for a four-year max contract before the trade with the Brooklyn Nets actually happened in February.

Given the complexities of the NBA's new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Lakers signing Irving in free agency would be much harder for them to accomplish than most people realize. It would likely require L.A. sacrificing depth on top of Irving taking a discount to get a deal done. Not to mention, the Mavs would have to cooperate in order for a sign-and-trade to occur.

The most likely scenario for Irving is that he re-signs with the Mavs and gives his star pairing with Luka Doncic another shot after having a full offseason to get completely healthy and become more acclimated to each other. Free agency will begin on June 30 at 5 p.m. CT.

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Dalton Trigg
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.

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