Kyrie Irving, a guard for the Dallas Mavericks, will mostly use his offseason to recuperate. According to Joey Mistretta of ClutchPoints, the eight-time All-Star and 2016 NBA champion had surgery on a broken left hand he sustained in July.
For a team and fan base that witnessed Irving flourish last season and lead the Mavericks to their third-ever NBA Finals, this is undoubtedly disheartening news. Thankfully, though, he still has more than three months until the 2024–25 election officially begins.
The 32-year-old is reported to have sustained the injuries during a workout. Irving is one of the best rim finishers and ball handlers in the history of the game, thus it is imperative that he takes all the required steps to fully restore hand function before Dallas plays.
In the Western Conference, a slow start can be expensive, so if the future Hall of Famer is not totally healthy, that becomes a real worry. In 2023–24, he averaged 25.6 points on 49.7 percent shooting, 5.2 assists, and 5.0 rebounds per game, justifying the Mavericks’ offer of a $120 million, three-year contract.
After being viewed as a significant risk at first, both defensively and as a distraction, Kyrie Irving has grown to be a beloved player and an essential component of the team’s recent success. His long-term health appears to be the largest obstacle to Dallas’s continuing success, despite the fact that no one can accurately forecast how this particular talent will respond year to year.
