Irving still grieving Dončić trade from the Mavericks

Kyrie Irving says he's grieving Luka Doncic's trade to the LA Lakers, calling it a tough adjustment.

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00:00I'm just really shocked and you just don't imagine that you're gonna get ready to go

00:07to sleep and then you find out news like that, you know, so it's still a grieving process

00:13right now.

00:14Miss my hermano.

00:15You know, we had a lot of time together, you know, Keith too, and Maxie and, you know,

00:23we just built some bonds that went beyond the basketball court.

00:25So if anybody can understand at home, you know, when someone or a few group of people

00:30or a few people leave in a trade, it's going to be difficult and that's what we're dealing

00:34with right now.

00:35But, you know, this is a business, it's way above my pay grade, you know, and I just got

00:42to adjust and be ready to welcome in my new teammates with open arms and kind of be ready

00:48to go back to Dallas to speak in front of our fans.

00:52I know they're feeling it too.

00:53I'm feeling it too, guys.

00:55So yeah, it's just an adjustment period and, you know, I don't want to downplay this either

01:01or disrespect our new guys.

01:03You know, they're going to help us win and going to help us build towards the championship.

01:08But just like everyone else at home, when you kind of see it from afar, it hurts.