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MacMahonAnd, you know, Masai did not want to have any discussions about Kyrie trades this year. What I can tell you right now is Kyrie is fully on board and excited about coming back to play with the Mavericks. He just organized this kind of unofficial mini camp that they had out here in L.A.

MacMahonwith the beach yoga in Santa Monica and the runs. He's been hooping all summer long.

MacMahonLooks like himself on Instagram. And the people I know or I've talked to that have been in the gyms with him say, dude,

MacMahonKyrie is Kyrie. You know, Kyrie, they expect him to come back and be the dude that he was a year and a half ago when he got hurt, which he was playing at an all NBA level at that time.

MacMahonNow, what is the goal of the organization? It is to build a sustainable contender around a 19 year old prodigy.

MacMahonYou know, Kyrie's in his mid 30s. You know, I think we all understand the math. And so I do think this is something I know a lot of other teams are monitoring this. I think let's just keep an eye on it from a transaction cycle to transaction cycle basis.

MacMahonAnd so I like, would I be stunned if Kyrie ends up getting traded at the deadline? No, I would not be stunned by that.