According to reports, Mavericks Kyrie Irving’s star is destined to sign a new contract for 3 years of $ 119 million after the drop in the option
Kyrie Irving is attached to the Dallas Maverks.
Irving refused his option of $ 43 million for the next season on Tuesday evening before the deadline, According to Shams Charania by Espn. He intends to sign a new three -year agreement of $ 119 million with franchise in the near future, which will keep him out of the free agency this summer.
Announcement
The new Irving agreement includes a player option for the 2027-28 season. The new agreement will pay Irving about $ 40 million per season.
Although he had the opportunity to leave, Irving would never have foreseen to make a departure from the Maverick this summer. The All-Star nine times is recovering from a torn ACL that he supported in March.
Irving marked on average 24.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 50 games last season with the Maverks. According to reports, the Maverick hope that the 33 -year -old will return to the floor playing again around January. His new agreement, however, allows the Maverick to unlock an average level exception of $ 5.7 to pursue a guard in the free agency to take his place in the meantime, According to the NBA STEIN Insider.
The agreement is the second that the Mavericks did this week. They also concluded a three -year agreement of $ 54 million with the Daniel Gafford Center on Monday to strengthen their frontcourt even more.
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The two new contracts are also in advance of the draft of the NBA on Wednesday, in which the Maverick should select the former Duke Cooper Flagg star with the overall choice n. 1. I Mavericks, who were pushed into turbulence in the wake of their decision to exchange star Luka Dončić with the Los Angeles Lakers in view of the expiry of last season, won the lottery for the first time in the history of franchise despite having entered with a probability of less than 2% to do it.
Although Irving is still a few months after playing again, and it is undoubtedly on the back half of his career, the Maverick blocked the stellar guard for the near future.