No realistic market for Kyrie Irving other than Dallas?

Brian Windhorst: There’s not much of a market for Kyrie Irving. The teams that have cap space – Orlando, Indiana, Detroit, Houston – these are not realistic landing spaces for Irving. He can take meetings with teams that don’t have cap space and there can be negotiations on a sign and trade but that would imply Dallas wants to say goodbye. They don’t. The only team in this offseason where I thought Kyrie might have a chance to go that would be outside Dallas would be Los Angeles. And Rob Pelinka has taken out a billboard in Los Angeles that says ‘We are not going to be a cap space team. We are re-signing our players.’ There is no open market for Irving. That doesn’t mean he’s not a desired player, there are just not avenues for him to go. I don’t see where he’s going besides Dallas. It comes down to… Kyrie needs Dallas, Dallas needs Kyrie. It just comes down to the terms of the deal.
Source: Twitter @GetUpESPN

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Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard
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Erik Slater @erikslater_
Some Free Agency tidbits on former Nets from @TheSteinLine:
-Kyrie Irving and James Harden expected to re-sign with Dallas and Philadelphia
-Lakers have interest in Bruce Brown but may not be able to land him. Expectation is BB could receive offers above the full MLE ($12.4M) – 11:09 AM
Erik Slater @erikslater_
Some Free Agency tidbits on former Nets from @TheSteinLine:
-Kyrie Irving and James Harden expected to re-sign with Dallas and Philadelphia
-Lakers have interest in Bruce Brown but may not be able to land him. Expectation is BB could receive offers above the $12.4 MLE – 11:06 AM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Kyrie Irving free agency landing spots: Mavericks positioned to retain star, but where else could he go?
(By @JasmynWimbish)
cbssports.com/nba/news/kyrie…10:50 AM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Kyrie wants his next team to be his last team 🧐
Could that still be the Mavericks? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/RBzdlubxFw9:56 AM
Michael Dugat @mdug
Reports of there being no market for Kyrie are worrisome, not because it reminds that Mavs put themselves in a position to have to pay and rely on him, but because it could lead to him signing here b/c he has no choice but instantly wanting out and doing Kyrie things to get out – 9:52 AM
Stephen Noh @StephNoh
Putting on my predictions hat this morning and guessing the salaries/landing spots for Kyrie, Harden, Draymond, VanVleet, and other top names here:
sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nb…9:17 AM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
2023 NBA free agency: James Harden, Draymond Green, Kyrie Irving headline list of 55 possible free agents
cbssports.com/nba/news/2023-…5:17 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Kyrie in Dallas:
27.0 PPG
5.0 RPG
6.0 APG
51/39/95%
The only player not named Luka to average 25+ PPG as a Mav. pic.twitter.com/pL0GUgrWqf3:15 PM
Michael Dugat @mdug
So, did a Mavs source decide not to give Lowe the information he wanted or something?
Rare to see a national guy so butthurt that he decides not to even discuss a team with one of the biggest draws in the league (Luka), one of the most discussed (Kyrie), amidst a huge offseason – 1:07 PM

More on this storyline

The Lakers have been signaling that they intend to match any offer for restricted free agents Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura, with GM Rob Pelinka firm in the belief that continuity offers L.A. its best chance to improve. Whether that extends to D’Angelo Russell is unclear. The Lakers could clear as much as $17 million in cap room by cutting ties with Russell, Malik Beasley (who has a $16.5 million team option) and Mo Bamba (a $10.3 million nonguaranteed deal). That’s not enough to pursue, say, Kyrie Irving, but it would allow L.A. to make a run at one of the many mid-level free agents. -via Sports Illustrated / June 28, 2023

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