Mavericks to pursue a point guard

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“Whether that’s in the trade market, or in free agency. That’s a big priority for them. Kyrie Irving is targeting sometime in January to make his return. We’ll see which point guard they can have as a plug and play for them.”

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Again, everything in the playoffs is about who stays healthy and who gets hot. You know, are you playing well at the right time? Do you have multiple guys step up in key games, make shots, and do you have good health? You see it every year in every series. So, there’s a little bit of luck involved, and like I said, we’ve been on both sides of that, and that’s just part of it.”

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“And with Jimmy these last two games, do you think it was the illness he was dealing with that kind of impacted him? DRAYMOND GREEN: Well, I think, number one, their defense just kind of started loading up on him. It made it a little tougher, but I know he was definitely under the weather. But you know, we’re not a group that’s going to make excuses. Give those guys credit—they defended well. They did a good job. Go back to the drawing board, figure out what we need to figure out, and come back next year. But the credit goes to them.” “It’s not going to sit here and say, ‘Oh man, he was sick,’ or, ‘He would have played better if he wasn’t sick,’ or, ‘We would have played better if Steph was out there.’ Got to give them guys a lot of credit. They’re moving on to the Western Conference Finals, and they put the work in to get there regardless of who didn’t score, who was out there. They’re moving on, and kudos, congratulations to them. They played a hell of a series.”

Tyrese Haliburton: “You know, there’s just people in every sport who are like, ‘If my team’s not doing well, I’ve got to talk negative about somebody else,’ or, ‘Hey, he’s doing well against my team—I’ve got to talk negative about him.’ That’s just how sports and competition work. I mean, we all—everybody has critics. You have critics on your show. I have critics in what I do. Jesus had critics. We all got critics.”