Is Kyrie Part of the Mavericks' Future & Are the Thunder Vulnerable?

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Dallas Mavericks face a pivotal offseason as Kyrie Irving’s season-ending knee surgery throws their future into question. Can Cooper Flagg and Kyrie form a championship core, or is a trade inevitable? Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore, and Haize debate Dallas’ rebuilding strategy and trade scenarios involving a top-10 draft pick. Franz Wagner’s indefinite injury shakes up the Orlando Magic’s playoff hopes, sparking questions about long-term roster changes.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Locked-on NBA Daily.
0:04.4	Kyrie Irving is officially done for the season, raising questions about the Maverick's future.
0:08.4	Meanwhile, is health the only thing that the Thunder need to repeat his champions, or are they more vulnerable than we think?
0:13.8	Plus, we end the show by asking which NBA legend would you want on your team in 2026?
0:19.0	Locked-on NBA Daily starts now.
0:27.0	You are Locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:31.8	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:38.2	Hello and welcome back to Locked on NBA Daily, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network,
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0:44.5	However you're tuning in on YouTube or on your podcast app, thanks for making us
0:47.3	your first listen every day.
0:49.4	I'm Wes Goldberg, and today we're talking about Kyrie Irving being rolled out for the rest
0:52.7	of the season, the Thunder's chances of repeating his champions in a special game of Would You Rather, and we're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. I have two of the best with me as always from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's the senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt more. We haven't talked about it because like honestly, like we can't confirm anything about it, but I just want to state someone, if you go to Reddit, our MBA, you can find somebody has collected and created a website to specifically find and search out search terms on the Kevin Durant Burner Files.
1:22.8	At it is listed at kD files.com.
1:27.1	And I just, this is the kind of internet that I want us to return to.
1:31.8	Return to this kind of age of internet.
1:34.3	This is what Bill Gates envisioned.
1:35.8	I am not going to, I spent 20 minutes this morning looking at that website, Matt.
1:40.2	From the Locked on Bulls podcast, he's also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleach Report.
1:43.6	It's Hayes.
1:45.1	This is the time of year where I'm really, I'm appreciative because the pettiness is an all-time high right now.
1:51.2	And I'm going to continue that. Before we jump into today's top stories, just really quick.
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