What have you thought about the way Luka has been spoken about by upper management? Kyrie Irving: You know, part of our job every day is to deal with the public space. But there were real

Kyrie Irving, Luka Doncic's former Mavericks teammate, was asked what he expects when Doncic's new team, the Lakers, host the Mavs on Tuesday.

Ahead of Monday's Mavericks-Lakers tilt in Los Angeles, Mavericks lead guard Kyrie Irving had some interesting thoughts about facing off against his former teammate, Luka Doncic, in a game that will draw eyes from across the basketball-watching landscape due to the intrigue of the story.