Dallas Mavericks Stars

At every turn, the NBA’s history is packed with breathtaking backcourt tandems whose traits never quite coalesced into team success. In showing the proper way to become the NBA’s highest-scoring duo with a 50-win season to match, Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving have provided both an instructional tape and a highlight reel for the ages. Already Mount Rushmore-like in their ability to make basketball’s most difficult movements look like an average day’s work, the two have paired it with an efficiency that borders on absurdity. Invaluable in his role in changing the Dallas Mavericks’ trajectory in just one full season, Irving, proven in his big-game pedigree, turned in yet another storybook offensive season, his fifth-consecutive averaging at least 25 points per game (25.6 in 2023-24) on a near 50-40-90 percentage line. Dončić was business as usual, cementing himself into the Most Valuable Player conversation by putting together a never-before-seen mixture of points (33.9), rebounds (9.2), and assists (9.8). Together, they’ve turned the Mavericks into one of the NBA’s hottest teams, as well as a sleeper contender during the 2024 NBA Playoffs. This Fandom 'Stars' Redemption can be crafted into either a Luka Dončić or Kyrie Irving Moment after each round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs.