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 have declined the New York Knicks formal request to speak to their head coach about their open position in New York.

Dallas wants to retain Jason Kidd for the upcoming season, so that a brilliant coach can develop Cooper Flagg and gel together the rest of team for a potential postseason run.

Over the past couple of days, New York’s front office compiled a list of head coaches they wanted to speak with, and Kidd’s name was top on the list. Other names were along the lines of Ime Udoka and Chris Finch.

Like the Mavericks, the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves shot down their attempt to talk to their head coach. It is unclear what direction New York will trend in after getting denied.

They will most likely stop sending in formal requests to other teams, and rather go in the direction of head coach free agency.

Top coaches available would be Mike Malone, Taylor Jenkins, James Borrego, and Mike Brown.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania and Jonathan Givony, the Dallas Mavericks have no intentions of working out any player, not named Cooper Flagg, ahead of the NBA draft.

The soon-to-be superstar sensation out of Duke will be the only prospect scheduled to meet with the Mavericks. Dallas has made it very clear since The Lottery of who they’ll be selecting with the first overall pick.

They’ve also made it clear that they have no desire to trade the pick or to select someone else. This draft is highly regarded as the “Cooper Flagg Sweepstakes.” Very similar to the situation back when Victor Wembanyama was entering the league.

His meeting with the team is set for June 17th, which is eight days away from the 2025 NBA Draft.