Kyrie Irving Returns to Mavericks in China After Injury Layoff

Kyrie Irving will return to the court when the Dallas Mavericks take on the Houston Rockets in China this weekend, more than 19 months after a torn left ACL put him on the shelf — and some 10 months after suffering a previously undisclosed calf strain that the nine-time All-Star says derailed his efforts to come back during the 2025-26 NBA season. New Mavericks head coach Dusty May told reporters in Macao that Irving will play in one of the two games scheduled as part of the NBA’s preseason exhibition trip to China, though he wasn’t sure yet whether it…