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Kyrie Irving Speaks on Eagerness to Win Title with Mavs

On Tuesday, Kyrie Irving fired up his Twitter fingers and expressed his desire to return to the NBA mountain top.

Michael Mulford

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When the Dallas Mavericks made a blockbuster trade for Kyrie Irving last season, they did so while having big plans for the future. When you have a generational talent like Luka Doncic, who is only 24 years old, you want to surround him with as much high-end talent as possible to maximize your championship odds.

On Tuesday morning, Irving took to Twitter, which he frequently does, and responded to a number of tweets about him. One in particular was a highlight reel of his performance in the 2016 NBA Finals with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The tweet wanted to give Irving his flowers and more credit for helping the Cavs win the championship. 

In Irving's response, he's not worried about receiving credit for his past performances, but is more concerned with returning to the NBA Finals to hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy once again … hopefully with the Mavs. "I don’t want any credit or validation, I just want to get back to the STAGE and WIN," Irving tweeted.

But, that wasn't the only reply that Irving hit send on. Another tweet was a reply to an image that showcased how each season of Irving's has ended since he's played with LeBron James, to which the Mavs superstar replied "Pin this tweet and see what happens in the next few years."

Clearly, Irving is motivated to right his wrongs and have the last laugh from his numerous critics in the years to come with the Mavericks following signing his three-year, $126 million contract earlier this offseason. 

For both the Mavs and Irving, if this is the kind of motivation they get from the eight-time All-Star all season long, Dallas could very well be on their way to reach that big stage again.

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MICHAEL MULFORD

Michael Mulford is a writer/editor for Dallas Basketball, where he extensively covers the Dallas Mavericks. He also covers the Chicago Bulls as the Managing Editor for Bulls Wire of USA Today Sports Media Group. Mulford grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and graduated from the University of North Texas in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Event, and Sports Management. He began his pursuit of sports writing in 2017 with Dallas Sports Fanatic, where he covered the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, Texas Legends. He then became the Managing Editor of Dallas Sports Fanatic just one year later and has covered the Mavericks as a credentialed media member since 2018, including covering numerous playoff games between 2021-22 and covering the team at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in 2019. In his time covering the Mavericks, Mulford has conducted numerous interviews for exclusive stories including with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, former Maverick and current VP of Basketball Ops Michael Finley, former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson, and more. You can follow and interact with Mulford on Twitter at @TheMulf.

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