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American basketball player (born 1992)
Kyrie Andrew Irving is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. A nine-time All-Star and three-time member of the All-NBA Team, Irving won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.
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The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in North America composed of 15 teams, scheduled to expand to 18 by 2030. The WNBA is one of the professional women's sports leagues in North America. The league is headquartered in New York City.
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Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving has declared his allegiance to a WNBA team that is not linked to any of the markets he has previously played in. Athletes usually gravitate towards supporting other teams in their local market if they don’t have any pre-existing allegiances.