Irving averaged a league-high 39.3 minutes over his last 10 games entering Monday’s loss to the Sacramento Kings.

Kidd strongly pushed back against the notion that a heavy workload contributed to Irving suffering a season-ending ACL tear

Jason Kidd knows that NBA teams aren't going to let up against the Dallas Mavericks just because of their circumstances. After star point guard Kyrie Irving suffered a season-ending torn ACL, the Mavs head coach expressed that Dallas will have to work with who it has to win games.

Kyrie Irving—the Mavs’ lone superstar left standing after Luka Doncic was traded away and Anthony Davis was injured in his first game with Dallas—had to be helped off the court on Monday night after he injured his knee in the first quarter of his team’s game against the Sacramento Kings.

Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving will miss the rest of the season because of a torn ACL in his left knee suffered in Monday night’s loss to the Sacramento Kings, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Tuesday. It’s another blow for a team that controversially traded away superstar Luka Doncic last month.