Irving’s whatever-it-takes mentality has trickled down to the rest of the team, winners of four of its last five games.

The Dallas Mavericks are entering uncharted waters after one of the most seismic trades in franchise history—sending Luka Doncic to the Lakers for Anthony Davis and Max Christie.

Jimmy Butler didn’t solve all the Warriors’ problems, after all. After winning the first two games of the Butler era, the Warriors dropped one of their worst losses of the season. In Dallas, in front of a crowd still reeling from the Luka Doncic trade aftershocks,