Irving, who was sent to the Lone Ranger by the Nets before the trade deadline last season, continued to play a gorgeous stat in Dallas, but did not spark with Doncic, the core. In the 16 games the two have played, the Lone Ranger is only 5-11, a winning percentage of only 31%, and Irving's contract expires this summer, so the outside world is also paying special attention to his whereabouts.
Although Chris Haynes once reported that Irving is expected to meet with the Suns, Rockets and the Lone Ranger after the free market opens, this should be the smoke bomb released by the brokerage team, wanting to take the opportunity to raise the price to Cuban, after all, there were rumors that Irving was going to recruit James to be the Lone Ranger, but in the end there was no follow-up about this matter. And for a shrewd player like Irving, he will certainly not be willing to go to a team like the Suns that already has three cores, and the Rockets, as a rebuilding team, are certainly not to his liking.
Sure enough, in the end, Irving chose to extend the Lone Ranger to a 3-year, $126 million contract and continue to stay in Dallas. AND SHORTLY AFTER THE NEWS OF IRVING'S CONTRACT EXTENSION, CELEBRITY SKIP ALSO EXPRESSED HIS OPINION, SAYING THAT CUBAN HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO GIVE IRVING MONEY, BUT APPARENTLY THE "EASTERN EUROPEAN COMBINATION" DID NOT WORK, AND DONCIC WAS SHAKING HIS HEAD SOMEWHERE.
For the Lone Ranger, keeping Irving this time is indeed a helpless move, after all, in order to get him, the team also lost Dinwiddie, Smith and several draft picks, really let him go for nothing, which is equivalent to the previous efforts have been lost.
Perhaps everyone is questioning that the Lone Ranger has two ball-carrying cores, and it is indeed difficult to play the effect of 1+1 greater than 2, but the Warriors not only sparked but also won two championships in the case of Klay, Curry, and Durant's three offensive cores, so the duo of Doncic and Irving, fans should also give them some patience.
Last season, the reason why these two cores did not call, in large part is also because of the team's lack of 3D and frame rebounder, last season the Lone Ranger's average of only 38.8 rebounds per game was only the bottom 38.8 in the league, and the defensive efficiency of 116.1 was also the 25th in the league.
It is true that last season's "Eastern European combination" combination of the Lone Ranger lost more than a few, but the two have a decent plus-minus on the court, which can reach +3.1, and in the duo with more than 10+ games, they are second only to Irving and Hardaway and Hardaway and Doncic. And just after finalizing Irving's contract extension, the Lone Ranger signed back old Seth Curry, and given that the door to free agency has just opened, Lone Ranger fans can indeed look forward to the next steps from management.