Mavs EXCLUSIVE: Mark Cuban on Kyrie Irving Trade - 'It's Never Easy'

After what was a hectic Sunday afternoon for the Dallas Mavericks, owner Mark Cuban took some time to reflect on his team's blockbuster trade for Kyrie Irving with DallasBasketball.com

When talking about trades, many players are quick to note that the NBA "is a business."

Although that is true, there is still a human element to trades that make them tougher than they seem. Players grow with a certain team and become fan-favorites, and when they suddenly become uprooted, it can be a hard pill to swallow for all parties involved –  even if the trade return for said players could potentially raise the team's ceiling.

That's what the Dallas Mavericks are currently going through, as they traded away two players they really liked in Dorian Finney-Smith and Spencer Dinwidde to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for star point guard Kyrie Irving.

In the aftermath of the deal, Mavs owner Mark Cuban took some time to speak with DallasBasketball.com about how the team will miss Finney-Smith and Dinwiddie, as well as how they're excited for what the future could hold with Irving.

"We are going to really miss Doe and Spencer," Cuban told DBcom. "Doe obviously is a day-1 guy who came in undrafted and worked his way into being an impact player that is loved by Mavs fans everywhere. Spence came in, hit game-winners, was an incredibly impactful player who put his heart into everything he did for us. It's never easy making a trade, and both will be missed by Mavs fans."

"Never easy" indeed, but ... when the tough move you made has a chance to vault your team into title contention by adding a true co-star next to Luka Doncic, that's a move you have to make every single time – especially when your superstar player is in support of the trade.

"Kyrie is an incredible talent that will make life easier for Luka and far more difficult for opposing teams," said Cuban. "I'm truly excited to see them together on the court."

Doncic's game has been compared to LeBron James for years, and it just so happens that Irving experienced the most success he's every had in his career while playing alongside James with the Cleveland Cavaliers and winning a championship in 2016.

The Mavs are hoping that kind of chemistry can materialize in Dallas with 28 games remaining in the 2022-23 season. Dallas is just two games behind the third-place Sacramento Kings with a road back-to-back against them coming up this weekend. Let's see if Cuban and GM Nico Harrison's big move will pay off.

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