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Players such as Chet Holmgren, Chris Paul, Kyrie Irving and NBPA president Fred VanVleet all provided feedback that helped bring the renovated space together. “I’m excited to be a part of shaping the PLYRS UNTD Performance Center to meet the unique demands of the brotherhood,” said Holmgren, a forward/center for the Oklahoma City Thunder. “As professional athletes, there is so much work and preparation that goes on behind the scenes to perform at our best. Our new LA facility is equipped with the wellness, recovery, and training resources we need in the offseason and beyond.”
MrBuckBuck: Jaylen Brown talks about Kyrie Irving being blackballed after not taking the COVID Vaccine: "During the trial, Fauci pleaded the 5th; it leaves speculation for what was real and what wasn't. Imagine losing hundreds of millions of dollars for what you believe in. Imagine losing endorsements; Nike dropped him" Via @FCHWPO (https://x.com/FCHWPO)
Shams Charania: "My understanding is Kyrie Irving's rehab has gone amazing. There was a sense during last season that, you know, if the Mavericks were playing at a very competitive level, like Kyrie Irving could have potentially come back in December, January, but given the way the season was going, and it obviously didn't make sense for the Mavericks either to rush Kyrie Irving back onto the floor. But from my understanding, he's fully recovered, 100% with that ACL tear from a couple seasons ago. He's been fully entrenched in the Mavericks' plans this offseason. Him and Dusty May, they've spoken, him and Masai Ujiri, the new president, they've spoken, Mike Schmitz, their new general manager, has spoken with Kyrie Irving as well. So they're entering next season, Patrick Dumont, the owner, he really wants to see Kyrie Irving, Cooper Flagg in this team next season and how that duo looks because, you know, Kyrie Irving is the other statesman of this team."
Shams Charania: "The Heat are among several championship contending teams that are monitoring Klay Thompson's situation and have interest in Klay Thompson potentially via trade or a buyout. Klay Thompson is in the final year of his deal. You know he wants to compete for a championship as a four-time title winner. He signed on with the Mavs a couple years ago to play with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. A lot has changed in Dallas."
There has been no change in Kyrie Irving's status in Dallas from what we reported on June 12. The Mavericks have continued to rebuff trade feelers for the 34-year-old who has nine career All-Star nods. The working expectation since our report last month is that Irving should begin next season in Dallas alongside Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg to at last launch his long-awaited comeback from knee surgery in late March 2025.
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League sources said LeBron James had been angling for former teammate Kyrie Irving to join him in Cleveland, but the Dallas Mavericks have had no interest in engaging the Cavaliers in a trade, and Irving is believed to be comfortable where he is.
The popular theory around the league is that LeBron has been slow-playing his decision to see if any of his suitors could find a way to land Irving or Davis. If a team proved capable of acquiring one of his championship teammates, sources say, it might sway him in that direction.
Marc Stein: After trading away Anthony Davis in February, Dallas will again have three No. 1 overall picks on its roster when today's three-team trade agreement is made official: Cooper Flagg, Kyrie Irving and Zaccharie Risacher.
Marc Stein: I reported this on June 14th. Teams calling for Kyrie Irving are being told Kyrie's not available, but Gafford, Klay, and PJ are regarded as the most available of the Mavs vets. It's been more than a month. We've since established that Gafford and Klay are... That's where that list should start. But that doesn't guarantee a trade. Maybe a trade will materialize, but just because the Mavs have shown a willingness on Gafford and Klay especially to listen to offers, it doesn't guarantee a move.
Nick DePaula: Kyrie Irving debuted a new “KAIBRID” prototype sample at his Uncle Drew Circuit tournament today — a hybrid design blending details from his first three ANTA KAI signature shoes together. What colorways would you want to see come to life on a future KAIBRID pair?
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Sergio de Larrea and the first thing he’s going to ask Kyrie Irving: ‘Above all, about leadership. Hw he leads the team on the court. He’s a great leader, not just as a player but as a person. I want to learn how he handles those things in such a complex and competitive environment.’
Ibrahim and Omar Ali were sitting in their home in Minnesota, scrolling on Instagram when they came across Kyrie Irving’s page. The Dallas Mavericks guard had posted a new profile picture back in April: a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank, sitting while holding a book, fenced in by barbed wire. His path to school is impeded. The child is fearfully looking behind him, as three Israeli soldiers approach. Ibrahim and Omar intimately understood the photo. The feelings behind it. The fear. The uncertainty. The fences. The soldiers. The frustration in simply trying to relax. To read. To exist.
The photo epitomized much of what their own upbringing was like in the West Bank before they moved to Minnesota in August 2024 to pursue their basketball dreams in America at the collegiate level and maybe even beyond. The brothers are entering rare territory, paving the way for the next generation of Palestinian hoopers. Ibrahim, 20, is blazing a trail as the only Palestinian-American born in the West Bank competing on a men’s college basketball roster at any level. He’s a 6-foot-6 sophomore at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.) who helped the team make the NCAA Division III Sweet 16 last season as a freshman. Omar, 17, who is 6 feet 9, has a chance to take the mantle even further. He’s a senior at DeLaSalle High (Minneapolis) who helped lead his team to the Class AAA state championship game. He is currently receiving interest from a handful of college programs, including several low-major Division I schools. Omar also has shown promise on the AAU circuit this summer, giving hope to the next generation of Palestinian-American players in the diaspora that competing at the next level is possible.
Tristan Thompson: "If Kyrie Irving was two inches taller, he'd be the best player to ever touch a basketball on planet Earth. Because think about it, first of all, have you ever seen Kyrie Irving get a shot blocked? Never. And he's only what, 6'2, 6'3. But so imagine he was 6'5, what he could do right now. No, it would be other world. Like even if you ask LeBron James, like Kyrie Irving is probably the most talented. If you put Kyrie Irving in a workout, he could do anything. He has no flaws in his game."
