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The Dallas Mavericks struck gold a few years ago when the team made the trade with the Atlanta Hawks to acquire the pick in the NBA Draft, which would ultimately turn out to be superstar Luka Doncic.
Doncic is a game-changing player for an NBA franchise and someone that could be considered the best player in the league in the very near future.
However, he hasn’t proven to be a winner at this point in his young career, and Joy Taylor of Fox Sports believes he should be shouldering the blame for the team’s struggles this season and not superstar newcomer Kyrie Irving.
.@JoyTaylorTalks: The Mavs don’t have a Kyrie Irving problem.
“If you want to put blame on anybody, you got to put it on Luka. This is Luka’s team, he’s the face of this organization.” pic.twitter.com/rRvE0PY0mF
— Speak (@SpeakOnFS1) March 30, 2023
There’s no question that this season has been a failure for the Mavericks, even though they were able to make the blockbuster trade to put another superstar next to Doncic in Irving.
That said, Doncic hasn’t turned into that dependable superstar in leading the team to wins every night.
Last season, Doncic led the Mavericks to the Western Conference Finals, which was impressive considering his supporting cast and having a new head coach in Jason Kidd.
Taylor has a point that now is the time to start pointing the finger at Doncic, as he is the face of the franchise, and things appear to be getting progressively worse.
Yes, Irving doesn’t appear to be a great fit with Doncic, but the team should still be a force to be reckoned with and hasn’t been all season long with or without their new superstar point guard.
The real question moving forward is what the future holds for Doncic and whether that future will be in Dallas.
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