The Dallas Mavericks hosted the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night in NBA Cup action, hoping to avoid a second loss to the Pelicans this year. New Orleans only has three wins this year, and one of them was against the Mavericks, which is when many fans started to realize this team is just going to struggle.

Kyrie Irving will be 34 years old in March. He tore his ACL eight months ago. If the post-Nico Harrison Dallas Mavericks are open to trading Anthony Davis, who is one year younger than Irving, then presumably they would be just as open to an Irving deal... right? Instead, the team is reportedly still fully committed to keeping Irving around.