Kyrie Irving free agency: Newly acquired Mavericks star says he won't discuss long-term future
Kyrie Irving does not want to talk about a potential future with the Dallas Mavericks after this season. During his introductory press conference on Monday alongside Mavericks president and general manager Nico Harrison and Markieff Morris, Irving was asked what he would need to see from the organization to sign a long-term deal with the club. He declined to answer directly and instead asked the media to refrain from further questions on the topic. His response in full: "I would love to just have the respect of you guys and everybody the rest of the season of just -- continuously asking me that just puts unwarranted distractions on us and our team. I've dealt with it before and it's very emotionally draining to ask questions like 'what's the long term? What's the long term? What is it?' "I will say, from the start of when I came here, there's been nothing but a warm embrace...