{"id":744499,"date":"2026-05-26T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/744499\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:39:17","slug":"this-trade-idea-sends-mavericks-kyrie-irving-to-east-contender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/744499\/","title":{"rendered":"This trade idea sends Mavericks\u2019 Kyrie Irving to East contender"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> have some question marks surrounding Kyrie Irving\u2019s future with the team that should be answered this offseason.<\/p>\n

The Mavs want to keep Irving around as a veteran mentor, but given the change surrounding the organization, Masai Ujiri and Mike Schmitz should be listening to possible trade offers for him. ESPN analyst Zach Kram suggests a trade that would send Irving to the Detroit Pistons for Isaiah Stewart, Caris LeVert, Ron Holland and the No. 21 overall pick in the 2026 NBA draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cost in this deal wouldn\u2019t be too exorbitant, as Stewart, LeVert and Holland were all bench players for Detroit who didn\u2019t contribute much in the postseason. Holland, in particular, is an intriguing trade option: As a recent No. 5 draft pick, he could be attractive for other teams but probably doesn\u2019t fit long term next to Ausar Thompson because of both players\u2019 offensive limitations,\u201d Kram wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mavericks would likely look for a new home for LeVert, as he is on an expiring contract. Stewart could also be traded for more assets. The main assets in the deal are Holland and the first-round pick in this year\u2019s draft. Holland was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft, and he has a lot of potential. The Duncanville native would be returning home, and he could establish himself as the frontcourt partner for Cooper Flagg for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

MM community, do you like this potential trade? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks have some question marks surrounding Kyrie Irving\u2019s future with the team that should be answered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,64135,12249,6],"class_list":["post-744499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-mavericks","tag-mavericks-trade-rumors","tag-mavericks-rumors","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116641396431123269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}