Dallas Mavericks
If you’ve been covering the NBA, chances are, you can type the sentence “Luka Doncic needs a secondary ball-handler” three times with your eyes closed and one hand behind your back in ten seconds. Take it from us.
The Dallas Mavericks made a lot of progress in this department with the emergence of Jalen Brunson. He was integral in their Western Conference Finals run but has since departed to the New York Knicks.
Kyrie Irving, admittedly, is overqualified for the role. He’s a primary playmaker on a quality NBA team. With that said, putting him in a secondary role could be a recipe for an NBA championship.
In fact, we saw Irving in that exact position alongside LeBron James with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The result, predictably, was a championship. By acquiring him, the Mavericks would be pairing him with a similar one-man offensive system in Doncic.
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There will be an adjustment period. Irving has grown accustomed to having the ball in his hands since splitting with James. Meanwhile, Luka has never known another reality.
Regardless, if these two can figure out how to share, it could spell trouble for the rest of the league. If not, it could spell trouble for the Dallas Mavericks.
