Irving suffered the injury on Monday against the Sacramento Kings. The initial diagnosis was that the nine-time All-Star suffered a sprained left knee. It is clear that the actual injury is much worse than initially anticipated.

Kyrie Irving scored 18 of his 25 points in the second half and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 103-96 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night.

Moses Brown’s first double-double in Dallas helps the Mavericks avoid disaster against cellar-dwelling Charlotte.

The Mavericks guard, who won a gold medal with Team USA in 2016, is in the “process” of potentially switching his allegiance.

MELBOURNE - Kyrie Irving's bid to switch allegiance ... "Hopefully he can hang onto that for a few more years (and) pull on a green and gold jersey, and we as a country can get a gold medal around our necks." Irving considered playing for Australia at ...