Irving, Durant trades bolster West teams before NBA deadline


              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving smiles as he warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
            
              FILE - Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden (13), forward Kevin Durant (7) and guard Kyrie Irving celebrate during the first half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Saturday, May 22, 2021, in New York. Durant has been traded to the Phoenix Sun early Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023,, just days after the team traded Kyrie Irving to Dallas, a stunningly fast end to the superstar era in Brooklyn. Harden was traded at last year's deadline to the Philadelphia 76ers, leaving the Nets with little to show for the brief time they had the Big Three together. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin, File)
            
              Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, center, looks on from the bench during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
Irving, Durant trades bolster West teams before NBA deadline