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The Dallas Mavericks star guard Kyrie Irving talked about what he needs to see to sign a long-term deal with the team:

“I would love to – just out of respect of you guys and everybody else the rest of this season continuously asking me that, it just puts unwarranted distractions on us and our team.

I’ve dealt with it before and it’s very emotionally draining to ask questions, ‘what’s the long-term?’ … I will say that from the start, it’s been nothing but a warm embrace, genuine love, and a familiarity of relationships I can lean into… “