The Dallas Mavericks turned out to be beneficiaries of Kyrie Irving‘s trade request from the Brooklyn Nets. They were able to capitalize on the controversy and land him in a blockbuster deal ...

Superstars are not always operating under the same parameters, and trade requests make clear when they deviate from them entirely. Where Irving seems to part ways with Durant is the notion that ...

Dallas Mavericks superstar Kyrie Irving talked about his Brooklyn Nets exit and pushed back on the notion that NBA trade requests are bad for the league at large. After spending four years with ...

After both players requested trades from the Nets ahead of the NBA trade deadline, Durant and Irving said such requests stoke interest in the NBA and further player empowerment. “I don’t think ...

Durant requested a trade first during this past offseason but retracted it after talking to ownership, agreeing to play this season with the goal of winning a championship. Then Irving ...

In accommodating trade requests from Irving and Durant earlier this month, Brooklyn shocked the league and set off a fresh wave of complaints about power dynamics between players and teams.

Brooklyn found a willing trade partner in the Dallas Mavericks in a matter of days and made the deal to send Irving out. Durant, who was in the midst of a four-year, $198 million contract with the ...