NBA trade rumor: Miami Heat are 'actively monitoring' $119 million Dallas Mavericks veteran to pair with Giannis Antetokounmpo
ESPN’s Shams Charania said Oct. 28 on The Pat McAfee Show the Miami Heat will monitor Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving, 34, who earns $39.5 million. Miami is 0-4 and, per Charania, has one first-round pick left to trade after paying three first-round picks and a swap for Giannis Antetokounmpo . Dallas, 2-2, has shown no interest in a deal. The trade deadline is Feb. 11.
Kyrie Irving is on the Miami Heat’s radar. ESPN’s Shams Charania said Wednesday on The Pat McAfee Show the Heat will be “monitoring Kyrie Irving,” and added several other teams are doing the same. Miami is 0-4 to open the 2026-27 season, with the fourth loss coming against Dallas, 113-109 on Oct. 26. Heavy’s Joey Haverford sees point guard as a major flaw next to Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The sticking point is the price. Charania doubts Miami has enough to get a deal done, and BasketNews reports Dallas has shown no interest in trading its 34-year-old guard. The Mavericks are 2-2 with 19-year-old Cooper Flagg, and the Feb. 11 trade deadline is more than three months away. Irving missed the entire 2025-26 season with a torn ACL and has played three games since.
What Shams Charania said about Kyrie Irving and the Heat
Charania put the Heat’s problem in terms of inventory. His question for Miami was “what can you give?” Antetokounmpo already cost three first-round picks, a swap and other assets, and Charania believes only one first-round pick is eligible to move. His sense on whether that buys Irving: “probably not.” He expects the price to run higher.
Irving earns $39.5 million this season and has a $42.4 million player option for 2027-28, per Bleacher Report. He signed a three-year, $119 million deal with Dallas. Miami entered Wednesday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks without a win.
How Miami could build a package for IrvingHeavy’s Joey Haverford offered a blueprint. Davion Mitchell, Miami’s current starting point guard, goes to Dallas as the younger option, Andrew Wiggins matches the salary, and Pelle Larsson or Nikola Jovic supplies a prospect the Mavericks might want. Haverford rates Mitchell as the lesser return in upside, which is why a prospect has to be in the deal. It is Heavy’s proposal, not a reported offer.
His case for Miami is relationships and nerve. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Klay Thompson and Bam Adebayo have known Irving for years, and Pat Riley has a record of striking at the right time. Haverford sees a Kyrie, Giannis and Bam trio as a threat in any series.
Dallas is the bigger variable. Irving does not fit the timeline of a Flagg-led roster, per Bleacher Report, and Dallas could listen to offers if it falls out of the Western Conference playoff picture. Heavy adds many pundits expect him to be moved by the deadline.
Kyrie Irving’s stats and NBA résumé Cleveland drafted Irving first overall in 2011. He won Rookie of the Year in 2011-12 and the NBA title in 2016, and he is a nine-time All-Star. His three All-NBA nods came in 2015 (Third Team), 2019 (Second Team) and 2021 (Third Team). He has scored 18,490 points over 782 games, with a career high of 60, and he has hit 1,884 threes at 39.3 percent. Basketball-Reference had him listed as questionable with a knee issue for Wednesday’s game against the Thunder.
Kyrie Irving is on the Miami Heat’s radar. ESPN’s Shams Charania said Wednesday on The Pat McAfee Show the Heat will be “monitoring Kyrie Irving,” and added several other teams are doing the same. Miami is 0-4 to open the 2026-27 season, with the fourth loss coming against Dallas, 113-109 on Oct. 26. Heavy’s Joey Haverford sees point guard as a major flaw next to Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The sticking point is the price. Charania doubts Miami has enough to get a deal done, and BasketNews reports Dallas has shown no interest in trading its 34-year-old guard. The Mavericks are 2-2 with 19-year-old Cooper Flagg, and the Feb. 11 trade deadline is more than three months away. Irving missed the entire 2025-26 season with a torn ACL and has played three games since.
What Shams Charania said about Kyrie Irving and the Heat
Irving earns $39.5 million this season and has a $42.4 million player option for 2027-28, per Bleacher Report. He signed a three-year, $119 million deal with Dallas. Miami entered Wednesday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks without a win.
How Miami could build a package for IrvingHeavy’s Joey Haverford offered a blueprint. Davion Mitchell, Miami’s current starting point guard, goes to Dallas as the younger option, Andrew Wiggins matches the salary, and Pelle Larsson or Nikola Jovic supplies a prospect the Mavericks might want. Haverford rates Mitchell as the lesser return in upside, which is why a prospect has to be in the deal. It is Heavy’s proposal, not a reported offer.
His case for Miami is relationships and nerve. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Klay Thompson and Bam Adebayo have known Irving for years, and Pat Riley has a record of striking at the right time. Haverford sees a Kyrie, Giannis and Bam trio as a threat in any series.
Dallas is the bigger variable. Irving does not fit the timeline of a Flagg-led roster, per Bleacher Report, and Dallas could listen to offers if it falls out of the Western Conference playoff picture. Heavy adds many pundits expect him to be moved by the deadline.
Kyrie Irving’s stats and NBA résumé Cleveland drafted Irving first overall in 2011. He won Rookie of the Year in 2011-12 and the NBA title in 2016, and he is a nine-time All-Star. His three All-NBA nods came in 2015 (Third Team), 2019 (Second Team) and 2021 (Third Team). He has scored 18,490 points over 782 games, with a career high of 60, and he has hit 1,884 threes at 39.3 percent. Basketball-Reference had him listed as questionable with a knee issue for Wednesday’s game against the Thunder.
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