Kyrie Irving Injury Update: Mavs Star Begins ‘Rehabbing Process’ for Return

Kyrie Irving has missed a handful of games due to a heel contusion, but the Dallas Mavericks star is out of a walking boot and is ramping up his “rehabbing process” for a return to action.

Dalton Trigg | Dec 22, 2023

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As the Dallas Mavericks prepare to take on the Houston Rockets tonight with a shell of a roster due to several injuries, there is hope on the horizon that reinforcements are on their way.

According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Kyrie Irving, who will miss his seventh consecutive game due to a heel contusion he suffered in the Mavs’ win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Dec. 8, is out of a walking boot, not using crutches, and has started his “rehabbing process” to get back on the court.

The Mavs have been able to keep their heads above water with Irving out, but the increased workload has started to wear on Doncic, who has averaged more than 40 minutes per game in December. Irving making his return could be just the boost the Mavs need snap their losing streak and get rolling again.

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For the season, Irving is averaging 23.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.2 steals while shooting 47.1 percent overall and 38.4 percent from 3-point range. Although no official update has been provided by the Mavs, it wouldn’t shock us if Irving made his return for Dallas’ Christmas Day game against the Phoenix Suns.

Published Dec 22, 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.