Mavericks' Controversial Trade, Kyrie's Injury

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Kyrie Irving instant reaction: Brutal injury is latest blow for a completely lost Mavericks franchise

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The Dallas Mavericks are closing in on completing a season from hell.

The Mavs traded Luka Doni , a top-five player in his prime, to the Los Angeles Lakers .

Fans were removed from games for voicing their displeasure at the Doni trade.

The Mavericks also moved Quentin Grimes , a player clearly trending in the right direction, to Philadelphia for Caleb Martin .

But even so, any plan that required Doni and Grimes to be traded should be dead on arrival, and the fact that ownership signed off on these decisions is even more egregious. Irving getting injured is outside of the franchise's control, at least from a transactional perspective. But playing the almost 33-year-old over 39 minutes per game over the past 12 contests because trade-deadline acquisitions weren't available certainly didn't help matters. Poor decisions, even worse judgment and brutal injury luck have doomed the Mavericks this season . And it's hard to see things improving in the future..

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