Former NBA player J.R. Smith — who previously played alongside Kyrie Irving on the Cleveland Cavaliers — thinks the Dallas Mavericks star has an MVP award in his future. If Smith is talking about the upcoming season, perhaps Irving will have extra motivation to put together a great campaign after how he fared against the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Finals. Against his former team and with a title on the line, Irving wasn’t his usual dominant self from a scoring standpoint.