The Dallas Mavericks have gotten off to a rough start to the 2025 NBA season, currently sitting at 2-4 after a recent loss to the Detroit Pistons. Rookie Cooper Flagg has been up and down so far in the very early portion of his career, and the team recently lost Anthony Davis due to injury.

Joining Davis on the sidelines is star point guard Kyrie Irving , who tore his ACL toward the end of last season and is expected to rejoin the lineup at some point this year.

Recently, Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd hinted that Irving's return could come sooner than some may expect.

“We just can’t wait to get Kai back at some point,” Kidd said recently, per Christian Clark of The Athletic. “Hopefully it’s in the year ’25, not ’26. But we’ll see what happens.”

Irving was tasked with doing

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