Shams on Kyrie's return to Dallas

Reporting for NBA Countdown on the target return for Dallas Mavericks All-Star Kyrie Irving after his March ACL tear.

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00:00I want to see a healthy roster on the floor before they're even going to be able,

00:04before anyone's even going to be able to need to evaluate what this team even is, Shams.

00:09Kyrie Irving's return, that's the big question now.

00:11And that's something, the expectation around the Dallas Mavericks,

00:15Kyrie Irving is that he will play a good chunk of next season.

00:18And there's optimism that he will be back by January.

00:22And he's got before that a $44 million player option.

00:26And that's the next situation that Nico Harrison, the Mavericks, will have to deal with.

00:31And the goal for the Mavericks has been to rip up his player option

00:35and give him a three-year deal, potentially, to align him with Nico Harrison's three years

00:39and Anthony Davis's three years.

00:41Before his injury, he was playing an all-star level, an all-NBA caliber level, Stephen A.

00:46And with this team, say whatever you want about the Luka Doncic trade,

00:49and obviously there's a lot of feelings on that.

00:52This is a competitive and talented team.

00:55Let me be very, very clear.

00:55When they're on the court.

00:56Let me be very clear.