{"id":827105,"date":"2026-07-27T14:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827105\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:33:18","slug":"new-nba-trade-rumors-on-kyrie-irving-klay-thompson-after-lebrons-decision-on-76ers-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827105\/","title":{"rendered":"New NBA Trade Rumors on Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson After LeBron&#8217;s Decision on 76ers Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After star forward LeBron James signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, teams around the NBA are searching for alternatives, and the Dallas Mavericks have a pair of veterans who are garnering interest in point guard Kyrie Irving and shooting guard Klay Thompson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">However, NBA insider <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/the-latest-late-night-nba-intel?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=392205&amp;post_id=208633790&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=10980&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Stein<\/a> reported that the Mavs &#8220;have continued to rebuff trade feelers&#8221; for Irving. They also reportedly &#8220;have indicated that they prefer to trade&#8221; Thompson, despite other teams like the Miami Heat &#8220;certainly hoping&#8221; that he becomes a free agent via a contract buyout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Irving missed the entire 2025-26 season while recovering from a torn ACL, but the Mavs have maintained their commitment to the nine-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;The working expectation since our report last month is that Irving should begin next season in Dallas alongside Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg to at last launch his long-awaited comeback from knee surgery in late March 2025,&#8221; Stein stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">First-year head coach Dusty May\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25447949-dusty-may-explains-signing-mavs-contract-kyrie-irvings-impact-his-1st-year-nba-hc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">declared<\/a>\u00a0during his introductory press conference last month that he expects to rely on Irving&#8217;s veteran presence to lead a young Mavs team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Kyrie knows what it takes to win a championship, so as a first-time NBA coach, I&#8217;m gonna lean on him in a lot of areas,&#8221; May\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dallasmavs\/status\/2071659371063325099\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Thompson&#8217;s case is different, as he has one season and $17.5 million left on his original three-year contract with Dallas. The 36-year-old averaged a career-low 11.7 points in 69 games last season, and he&#8217;s unlikely to see much playing time as the Mavs try to develop their young players. The Mavs would undoubtedly prefer to recoup assets rather than lose him for nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Still, there&#8217;s a chance that Irving is uninterested in being part of a rebuild at this stage in his career. The Mavs may have to open themselves up to the possibility of also trading the 34-year-old if he decides he wants to play for a title contender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After star forward LeBron James signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, teams around the NBA are searching for alternatives,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-827105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}