According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski the Brooklyn Nets agreed to trade Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. The report said that the Mavs are sending Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, an unprotected 2029 first-round pick and second-round picks in 2027 and 2029 to the Nets in exchange for Irving and Markieff Morris.

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Many experts seem to believe Brooklyn will greatly benefit from the trade, so how does Kyrie heading to Dallas and sinking Mark Cuban's ship help the New York Knicks? In a cool article by Stefan Bondy of nydailynews.com, he explains how Dallas is sending its first-round draft pick to the Knicks in 2023. It is the final piece of the Kristaps Porzingis trade to Dallas in 2019.

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As Bondy points out, if Kyrie Irving brings his briefcase full of distractions and dysfunction, the New York Knicks could end up with a better draft pick this year. The more chaos Irving creates for his new superstar teammate, Luka Doncic, the better player may end up with the Knicks in the draft.

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Is it surprising that a team would want to bring Irving and all of his issues to town? ESPN says that Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison and Kyrie Irving have a history together with Nike. Mavericks coach Jason Kidd, who is certainly familiar with abandoning the Nets as a player, was in favor of the trade, as was All-NBA star Luka Doncic, who gave it a nod, a source told ESPN. Now the New York Knicks can only wait and hope that the Kyrie Irving that left Brooklyn stays true to himself in Dallas.

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