According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Dallas Mavericks and Kyrie Irving have come together to agree on a new extension to keep the veteran guard in Dallas for the foreseeable future.

To make this deal work, Irving needed to decline his $43 million player option for next season. This new contract does not include an option.

The 33-year-old signed a three-year, $119 million extension. Many assume this will be one of the last contracts Irving will sign before he retires.

Before suffering his ACL tear, Charania reported that Irving was expected to make around $50-$60 million per season. Unfortunately, the injury has forced Irving into accepting less per year. He’s estimated to make $39.6 million per season.

By opting out and lowering his salary for the following season, this will allow the Mavericks to use their $5.7 million taxpayer midlevel exception.

According to Marc Stein, the Dallas Mavericks are very hopeful that Kyrie Irving will be able to be cleared for this offseason’s training camp.

The 32-year-old is on the right path to getting cleared since having surgery in July. This surgery was to help repair his hand.

While Irving hasn’t been cleared for 5-on-5 action, Stein did shed positive light on this situation:

“At this point, he has not been cleared yet for full 5-on-5 hoop, but basically what I’ve been told is he remains on course to be cleared in time for training camp, so I don’t think there’s any concern there,” said Stein on the DLLS Mavs podcast. 

Players from the Mavericks hosted a mini-camp for themselves, and fifteen of them participated. Irving did show up but was limited throughout the camp.

Per Stein, the mini-camp went very well on and off the court.

“Everything I heard about the mini-camp was that the on-court stuff was great, but maybe the off-court stuff was even better.”

This is excellent news for Dallas and their fanbase heading into training camp and wanting to start strong for the upcoming regular season.

Kyrie Irving Signs His Father To Signature Sneaker Deal

According to multiple reports, Kyrie Irving has done something no professional athlete has ever done, and that is signing their father to a signature sneaker deal. Drederick Irving has the official endorsement by his son.

Drederick will be signed to ANTA Sports and will get his own signature shoe; ANTA is Irving’s brand, where Kyrie is chief creative officer.

This historic moment took the NBA World by storm, with the 32-year-old and the Dallas Mavericks heading into Game 1 of the NBA Finals this Thursday.