Erving “grieving” Luke Trade: “Miss My Hermano” – ESPN

Philadelphia – Speaking for the first time publicly, as Dallas Mavericks stunningly dealing with Los Angeles Lakers on the weekend, Maurix Kiri Erving’s guard said he is still a grieving process as he and his teammates, that Donchic is still, it is still a grieving process “right now for him and his teammates, that Doncic is not, that he is currently grieving”, since he and his teammates, that Doncic is gone, is currently grieving “because he is And his teammates that Doncic is gone, he is currently grieving. ” While he also said that he was excited about the perspective to finally play with her longtime friend Anthony Davis.

“Just really shocked,” Irving said after scoring 34 points in 42 minutes with a loss of 118-116 for 76ers in Wells Fargo Center. “You just don’t imagine that you will get ready to fall asleep and then you will understand such news.

“It’s still a grieving process right now. I miss my Hermano.”

In what continues to be a surreal scene around Mavericks after the Doncic trade, which continues to reflect in the NBA, Irving has not been asked about the game on Tuesday that saw Dallas get a chance to tie or win the game in the game the last seconds.

Instead, each question was focused on Irving’s reaction to the trade, which sent Doncic to Lakers to Anthony Davis and his previous relationships with the game with Davis. And in a few points, Irving made it clear that he was still sorting his emotions to see Doncic leaving after the two brought Dallas to the Finals of the NBA less than a calendar a year ago.

“This is a business, it’s over my pay rating and I just have to adapt and be ready to welcome to my new teammates with open arms and be ready to go back to Dallas to speak in front of our fans said Irving. “I know they feel it too. And I feel it, guys. So to help us win and help us build in a championship, but just like everyone else at home when you see it from afar, it hurts.”

“It’s a strange case in the history of NBA to be part of,” Irving said later, “but at the same time it’s the nature of our business and it’s a ruthless business. So you have to be willing to choose to choose the pieces And run to the championship.

“But at the same time, we still have to admit that our small Slovenian president is no longer here and we must adapt.”

This correction will now include playing with Davis, someone with whom Irving has been connected for years. Already in the 2018-19 season, while Irving was in Boston, Davis was often connected to join him with the Celtic at a time.

EVENTUALLY, THREGH, THAT 2018-19 CELTICS TEAM FELL APART, DESPITE HAVING AN IMMENSELY TALINED ROSTER, AND IRVING WOUND LEAVING TO DEVES o pair Him with LeBron James.

Irving, however, gave a long answer about how the plan is not only he and Durant to play together, but also for him, Durant, Davis and Jason Tatum to play together in Boston – just so that it doesn’t turn out to the end He received this way.

“Yes. It also does not foretell anything, boys. It just informs you right now,” Irving said with a laugh, citing commercial speculation, spinning around Durant, now with Phoenix Sun, before the trade period on Thursday at 3 pm. “We discussed in 2018, only for everyone at home they watch because I know all these words will be addressed.

“But yes, in 2018 it was a dream for Cyri, ad, kd to be in one team and still to hold JT and let him grow and then see how it goes. But then these young guys weren’t ready to be in trade rumors, man [Jaylen Brown] Or JT, but our dressing room split after the rumors of trade began to come up with our season and our season began to go in a completely different way. “

While this Celtics team fell apart for various reasons, including Irving repeatedly calling the younger team players at the time, Irving’s focus now is to try to bring Davis and bring the Dallas to the NBA Championship.

Mavericks are already heading to Boston for a rematch of the NBA finals on Thursday night – playing literally no one would imagine when the schedule came out this past summer, there would be no Doncic as part of the Dallas list.

But this is exactly the situation in which Irring and the males turn out to be. And, Irving said, now that the shock of trade begins to wear out, he believes that the pieces are in place – even without Doncic – for Dallas to make another deep playoff running this spring.

“We put the pieces together,” he said. “We put the pieces. And the tone is improving just because they all had questions, a little confusion and that’s about it. We just talk to each other, making sure we are all good and put playing first and in the capacity we can be in which we can be We prepare and then outside the court of practices and some evenings that we will have, make sure we connect and make sure we do all things to have the qualities of the championship team.

“So, the same vision, just guys in the dressing room are a little different. We’ll have to adapt, but we’ll be fine.”