An ACL tear on average can take 10-12 months to heal after surgery, though it's already been reported that the Mavericks are optimistic Irving could return by January of next season, which would be 10 months from when he sustained the injury. Mavs coach Jason Kidd echoed that report Monday while appearing on the DLLS Mavericks podcast, too.

Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd reveals how his relationship is going with general manager Nico Harrison.

Mavs head coach Jason Kidd is joining DLLS Sports live on WFAA+ to break it all down and talk about what happens next.

Will Mavericks general manager, Nico Harrison opt to make minimal (or no) changes and simply make Flagg the top pick in next month's draft and allow him to potentially develop int