The Dallas Mavericks’ postseason hopes are on life support, but star point guard Kyrie Irving is ‘at peace’ and looking forward to the future with his new team.

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant said he asked for a trade from the Brooklyn Nets once Kyrie Irving left the team in a trade to the Dallas Mavericks. "Once

Kyrie Irving demanded a trade on Feb. 3, at which point the Brooklyn Nets were 31-20 despite Kevin Durant having been one of the lineup for several weeks. They'd won 18 of 20 games when the team announced Durant had sprained his MCL in January,

Not only that, but there was a good amount of drama surrounding the team as well from reports saying that Durant and Irving did not want to play for Kenny Atkinson (which possibly led to his firing) to Irving having his controversial views on certain topics.

With how poorly the Kyrie Irving experiment has gone, this sign-and-trade would end it and send Kyrie Irving to the New York Knicks in a trade.

Kyrie Irving did not seem optimistic with his NSFW assessment of the Dallas Mavericks' playoff hopes after they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday.

Kyrie Irving said being outside of the play-in spots in the Western Conference wasn't a position he expected to be in when he arrived in Dallas, which fell to 37-40 with Wednesday's loss.