Trade Radar · open rumor · Saturday, October 31 · 5 d ago

Mavs Notes: Irving, Flagg, Risacher, Martin, Aldama, Lively

Reported by Mike CurtisRead the original report ↗

Guard Kyrie Irving and forward Cooper Flagg combined for 68 points as the Mavericks handed the division rival Rockets their first loss of the season on Friday, writes Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News. According to Curtis, 27 of those 68 combined points came in the fourth quarter. Irving and Flagg also dished out […]

Confidence

53%

Reporter starting tier	50	editorial tier, not a measured record
Corroboration	+8	1 other reporter on the same player within 7 days
Age	−5	5 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Kyrie Irving

Mavericks · G

Cap hit 2026-27: $39.49M · next season $42.42M

Cooper Flagg

Mavericks · F · 21.0 pts · 6.7 reb · 4.5 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $14.52M · next season $15.21M

Dallas Mavericks

$197.9M · over the cap · 18 contracts · cap sheet

Houston Rockets

$200.4M · over the cap · 14 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

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Kyrie Irving → Rockets

Send out at least $31.39M

The Rockets are over the cap, so to take on $39.49M they need to send out $31.39M or more under the 125% + $250k rule.

Cooper Flagg → Rockets

Send out at least $7.13M

The Rockets are over the cap, so to take on $14.52M they need to send out $7.13M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

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