Irving was named the MVP of the 2014 All-Star Game in New Orleans. There are five other former All-Star MVPs on Team Shaq, including LeBron James, Curry, Tatum, Lillard and Durant. The team will play against the Rising Stars squad in the first semifinal game of the newly-revamped tournament format.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is responsible for choosing injury replacements, and he selected Kyrie Irving to take Anthony Davis' place as a representative of the Western Conference for this year's All-Star Game. So the Mavericks will have a representative in San Francisco either way.

Don't look now, but the Dallas Mavericks are two last-second shots from having won six straight games in the post-Luka Doncic era. They lost to the 76ers when Naji Marshall's pote

With the fallout from Saturday's shocking trade that Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks, per ESPN's

Irving’s whatever-it-takes mentality has trickled down to the rest of the team, winners of four of its last five games.

Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving is not afraid to criticize the NBA when he feels it’s right. When asked about what he would want the NBA to change, he gave a simple yet insightful answer. “Probably a shortened season and a longer break during All-Star,

NBA Insider Marc Stein revealed that the Dallas Mavericks tried to sign a three-time All-Star to pair Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving.