DALLAS — As clocks in Dallas ticked toward 2 p.m. Thursday — and those in the Mavericks’ Los Angeles hotel approached noon — all attention temporarily diverted from the hoopla surrounding Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic’s new partnership.
That’s because the Mavericks hoped this week to make at least one more trade post-Irving before the NBA’s Thursday afternoon deadline.
Would streaky shooter Tim Hardaway Jr. land elsewhere on a team willing to pay him the $34.1 million remaining on his long-term deal through 2025?