Kyrie Irving is expected to decline his $42.9 million player option with the Dallas Mavericks for the 2025-26 season. That doesn't mean Irving is headed anywhere else, however. Irving is expected to re-sign with Dallas, according to NBA insider Marc Stein.
"I don’t hear anyone forecasting scenarios where Kyrie Irving is no longer a Maverick. I haven’t heard one scenario presented where he ends up with another team. But I also don’t have a handy projection for how this contract is going to turn out. During the season, the whispers that were going around was that the Mavs would like to do a three-year deal in the $40 (million) a year range. So, a three-year deal that was $120 (million) again," Stein reported.
"But the circumstances have changed in two major ways. On one hand, Kyrie Irving is the only elite proven guard on this roster. And with Luca Dončić no longer here, his value to the Mavericks has theoretically skyrocketed," Stein said. "But on the flip side, of course, as everyone knows, in early March, he sustained an ACL tear... No one can still tell you when we're going to see Kyrie Irving again. Is it January? Is it February?"