Shams talked about why Irving signed a new contract and said: "I last night...

Shams talked about why Irving signed a new contract and said:

"I talked to Kyrie Irving very late last night and he told me that he had three reasons for this decision. First, he wanted to express his promise to Dallas, and he felt that the Mavericks had always been sincere to him; second, he wanted to build his own legend in Dallas. We all know what happened to him in Brooklyn—it was a turbulent departure. Now, he felt that he finally found the feeling of ‘home’; the third core reason was that he really believed that the team was capable of winning the championship—you can hear that firm belief in his tone when he got back to health…”