Bleacher Report suggests a surprising trade sending Kyrie Irving to Miami for Herro and Jaquez, impacting the future of the Mavericks, as well as Cooper Flagg.
The Dallas Mavericks' season so far has not quite been what they thought it would be when they heard they would be able to draft Duke superstar Cooper Flagg with the first overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
But the 19-year-old has not gotten the chance to play with the team's veteran point guard, Kyrie Irving.
And if a recent article by Bleacher Report came true, he would never get to.
In a piece by BR's Andy Bailey, he outlines one trade he thinks every NBA team wishes it could make right now. For the ailing Mavs, he thinks they would move on from Irving and make a trade with the Miami Heat.
The deal would send Kyrie to the Heat in exchange for Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and a 2031 first-round pick swap.
"The Dallas Mavericks likely want to see how Kyrie Irving will play alongside Cooper Flagg... but turning a 34-year-old coming off a torn ACL into a 26-year-old, perennial 20-point-per-game scorer, a 25-year-old with potentially starting-caliber point forward chops and a first-round pick would be mighty tempting," Bailey writes. "There's a lot of skill overlap between Flagg and Jaime Jaquez Jr., but the latter already has plenty of experience coming off the bench... And Herro, with his catch-and-shoot prowess and secondary playmaking ability, could make life easier for both."
A lot of people - including the Mavs - would like to see Flagg play with a talent like Irving, who has been around the block a time or two. And if all goes according to plan, they will share the floor.
But it's hard not to take a look at the aging Kyrie and think that it may be time for a full reset centering around the former Duke Blue Devil that is a bit younger than 33 years old.
Herro's name has appeared in a number of hypothetical trade packages, as All-Star Bam Adebayo seems to be the centerpiece of the Heat. If they decide to deal him, there would be more than a few teams willing to take on the former Kentucky Wildcat.
He has been sidelined a good portion of the season with a rib injury, but was averaging a very solid 21 points per game on 49 percent shooting from the field when he was on the court.
And that isn't even mentioning the other pieces the Mavericks would get in this make-believe trade.
Dallas will most likely see how Flagg and Irving work together, but making a trade involving the veteran point guard could be something for the team to at least consider.