Recently, the Dallas Mavericks acquired Kyrie Irving from the Brooklyn Nets in a blockbuster trade. However, it was also worth noting that the Mavs decided to hold on to one of Luka Doncic‘s teammates past the deadline. Recently, he breathed a great sigh of relief after acknowledging online that he was not being traded to another franchise. In light of this, he flexed about not being scapegoated.
This, in turn, grabbed the attention of NBA fans who reacted to this on social media.?The Dallas Mavericks star, Christian Wood, was relieved that he was staying.
Christain Wood stays with the Mavs
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Apparently, the 6’10” star had a feeling that he might have gotten traded to any other franchises in the league. However, perhaps surprisingly, that didn’t happen, and he made it past the deadline.? As a result, he took to Twitter to flex and share his happiness. The Mavs center wrote, “Beat y?all trade rumors …”
Interestingly, with his tweet, he seemingly took a jab at those who believed that he was going to be traded away ahead of the trade deadline.
NBA fans reflect on Wood’s tweet
Meanwhile, shortly after Wood tweeted, his post garnered a lot of attention from the fans. They immediately swarmed into the comments section of the post to express their opinions. Most of the fans expressed that as he was staying, he should now sign an extension. While other users commented that now it was time to go back to work and win a ring. A few even stated that the Mavs center was not traded because no one wanted him.
Here are some of the reactions from NBA Twitter:
They offered us LeBron for you straight up & we said no those were the trade talks 🤝
— MavsMuse (@MavsMuse) February 9, 2023
Cause nobody wanted to trade for you
— Eli 🚀 (@Astro_Goat2) February 9, 2023
Yes sir. Let’s get it! You gonna hit 5 open 3s a gm now with those 2 guards passing ability!
— MavCow disease (@ccall727) February 9, 2023
Signing that extension?! 👀👀
— Jodie Lee (@JoeDeeJeezy) February 9, 2023
Glad! Didn’t want you go gone. Lets do this!
— jobetcha🇵🇷 (@JoelBak68105570) February 9, 2023
No one wanted you gone?
— Graham Stevens (@gstevens0) February 9, 2023
Heck I wanted you to come Portland but good job buddy 😂
— Timothy Steinhoefel (@SteinhoefelONE) February 10, 2023
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Let’s go get that ring now!
— Zach Faucheux (@Faucheux52) February 9, 2023
The Dallas Mavericks, currently the 4th seed in the Western Conference with a 30-26 record, now have a major chance at going all the way this season, after adding Kyrie Irving to the offensive force alongside Luka Doncic.
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