The Mavericks are currently 20-15 as they have dropped to the seventh seed in the Western Conference. It will be on Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson to keep the team afloat until Doncic's return and give them a shot at making a deep playoff run this season.

The Dallas Mavericks will be without star guard Kyrie Irving for the next few weeks. NBA insider Shams Charania reported the news.

The Dallas Mavericks are already without one superstar guard, and now they are set to be without the other. Shams Charania of ESPN reported Monday that Mavs guard Kyrie Irving has been diagnosed with a bulging disc in his back and will miss at least the next one-to-two weeks as a result.

Luka Doncic went down on Christmas Day with a calf strain in the first half against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Dallas Mavericks feared he'd miss extended time, then later announced he'd be out for at least a month before he'd be re-evaluated,