Irving trade official as Mavs essentially start season over

NEW DUO: Kyrie Irving has joined Luka Doncic at the Mavs. Pic: Dustin Satloff/Getty Images

Luka Doncic has his co-star, and the Dallas Mavericks are set for their season essentially to start over after trading for Kyrie Irving.

The blockbuster deal with Brooklyn sending the mercurial Irving to the Mavericks became official Monday, two days before what figures to be his Dallas debut at the Los Angeles Clippers.