Dallas Mavericks Articles - Page 174

The Los Angeles Lakers took multiple hits during NBA Opening Night on Tuesday. The Lakers were defeated by the crosstown rival Clippers after failing to overcome a 22-point deficit, and LeBron James rolled his ankle late in the game trying to block a Serge Ibaka layup. However, James is intent on playing Christmas Day against […]

Luke Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks fell short of defeating the Phoenix Suns in their regular-season opener on Wednesday night. Despite leading all players in the game with 32 points, the Mavs star admitted that he needs to improve his shot selection moving forward, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Luka Doncic on clutch shot selection: "I've […]

Three things that take a long time: Finding love, waiting for the food to heat in the microwave, and Josh Richardson’s basket in their game against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. The Dallas Mavericks sniper clearly defied the laws of physics in the middle of the third quarter as his shot took its sweet, sweet […]

In the duel between two of the fastest rising stars in the NBA today, Phoenix Suns guard  Devin Booker outshined Dallas Mavericks stud Luka Doncic by going on a scoring tear in the opening quarter. Booker dropped 11 points in the opening frame, which is the most in the franchise since Stephon Marbury’s 14 points […]

Dallas Mavericks teammates Boban Marjanovic and Luka Doncic have formed a unique bond. They’ve become extremely close ever since the 7-foot-4 big man joined the Mavs last summer. So much so, that Boban recently likened his relationship to ’90’s cult classic movie “Dumb and Dumber.” Boban recently faced reporters in a Mavs media availability event, […]

Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis has resumed basketball activities as the Mavs prepare for the start of the season. Rick Carlisle is watching this situation closely. Porzingis underwent surgery in October to repair a torn lateral meniscus suffered during Dallas’ first-round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. However, the team had been optimistic he […]

The Dallas Mavericks are apparently not a serious candidate to land James Harden. Marc Stein of The New York Times inquired as to the legitimacy of the Mavs trading for the disgruntled Houston Rockets star amid recent linkage. The reply: “No chance.” The Mavs have been in the market for another player to take pressure off Luka […]

It’s not every day that Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic is left hanging on a botched fist-bump attempt. Well, this is exactly what happened on Thursday in the Mavs’ 129-127 overtime defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The king of being left hanging, New Orleans Pelicans swingman Josh Hart, caught wind of Doncic’s […]

Aside from owning the Dallas Mavericks backcourt, Luka Doncic apparently also now owns the rights to being his teammate Jalen Brunson’s father. The birth of Doncic’s new son in Brunson came about after the two made a bet earlier this year in a fun game of FIFA to pass the time during quarantine. The wager […]

Turns out, Paul Pierce was almost a member of the Dallas Mavericks. During an appearance on “Heavy Live with Scoop B Show” Mavericks owner Mark Cuban revealed that his team almost had a three-team deal in place to acquire the Boston Celtics star in 2013, only for the third team, the Atlanta Hawks, to back […]

The Dallas Mavericks were one of the the more inactive teams of the 2020 NBA offseason. Dallas had initially stated its intentions to add toughness and defense to the roster. Ultimately, however, the Mavs merely re-upped with Willie Cauley-Stein and traded Seth Curry for Josh Richardson. Why were Donnie Nelson and Co. so cautious? As […]

Many fans on Twitter noticed Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic’s added heft when he appeared in the team’s second preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks. The 21-year-old admitted that he isn’t in the best shape right now, but he also took the social media comments rather lightly. He insists he’ll be just fine as he […]

In their preseason duel against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic unveiled his best Dirk Nowitzki impression with his own one-legged fadeaway. While the shot went in, the Mavs youngster wasn’t necessarily too impressed. On Twitter, Doncic described his Nowitzki-esque one-legged fadeaway jumper against the Bucks, suggesting that he wanted his […]

The Dallas Mavericks got a gem in Luka Doncic when he slid to them with the No.3 pick in the 2018 draft. Since then, he’s been putting on a repetitive show with the Mavs that usually has the same grand finale game after game. While he entered MVP conversation last season with some noteworthy names, […]

For all the concern over how the coronavirus will impact the start of the NBA season, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban sounded highly optimistic that the forthcoming vaccine will ensure the league’s final months will proceed uninhibited–with fans in attendance. Appearing on the SiriusXM NBA Radio show with Frank Isola and Brian Scalabrine, the Mavs […]

The 2020-21 NBA season is right around the corner, which means the fantasy basketball season is upon us as well. With a little more than a week to go before the regular season tips off, most fantasy basketball leagues will have their drafts within the next week. Team owners are studying who to draft, what strategy […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks faced the Dallas Mavericks in their preseason opener on Saturday night, only for Giannis to suffer an injured eye just two minutes into the game. Despite the injury, Antetokounmpo played a team-high 24 minutes in Milwaukee’s loss to Dallas. The play that led to Antetokounmpo getting his eye cut […]

Now that it’s official that Dallas Mavericks veteran point guard JJ Barea will be waived by the front office prior to the 2020-21 NBA season, the Mavs have an open roster spot and it seems that they’ve found their guy. Per Tim MacMahon of ESPN, Dallas is poised to re-sign another vet in Courtney Lee for […]

The Dallas Mavericks reportedly plan to release veteran point guard JJ Barea, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN. The Mavs anticipated making the move when they signed Barea to a one-year deal worth $2.6 million last month. Sources said Dallas owner Mark Cuban wanted to reward JJ Barea, a key role player on the 2010-11 […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told 96.7 The Ticket he expects to lose more than $100 million before the NBA gets back to normal. It’s still unknown if the Mavs will have fans in their arena when the NBA starts in a couple of weeks, but with the expected limited capacity and the threat of […]

Dallas Mavericks power forward Kristaps Porzingis met with the Mavs media on Thursday and talked about how he initially thought he was going to be ready for the start of the 2020-21 season when he underwent surgery to address a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee. However, things changed for Porzingis when the NBA […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is pretty pumped that Luka Doncic and the Mavs will take on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas. The NBA only puts the best players and teams on the Christmas schedule. Doncic, who has taken the league by storm, will get to face one of the players […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James had some big plans for Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic and Nike. On the latest episode of Road Trippin’, James told Allie Clifton and Richard Jefferson that he wanted to start “Team LeBron” at Nike and have Doncic as his first signee. Here is the LeBron brand, […]

The NBA has released its 2020 Christmas Day schedule with five games planned for the holiday. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted out the slate of games to be broadcast on ESPN and ABC. ESPN Sources: Tentative Christmas Day Schedule pic.twitter.com/MId025HKvB — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 2, 2020 A loaded schedule with marquee matchups, the NBA plans […]

The Dallas Mavericks tipped off a virtual Media Week with none other than superstar Luka Doncic. There were more than a few topics of discussion, but one of the subjects that stood out was Doncic teasing about a potential future team-up on the Mavs with current Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic. Doncic was jokingly asked to […]

Jae Crowder turned down more money from the Dallas Mavericks to sign with the Phoenix Suns because he wanted to play with All-Star shooting guard Devin Booker. One of the better 3-and-D players in the NBA, Crowder signed a three-year, $29.2 million contract with the Suns. The versatile swingman told Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo […]

The 2020-2021 NBA season is scheduled to tip off on December 22, with the league starting in time to conduct games on Christmas Day. With Christmas Day just a few weeks away, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski released the tentative slate of games. ESPN Sources: Tentative Christmas Day Schedule pic.twitter.com/MId025HKvB — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 2, 2020 […]

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic has always been a man of few words, and he was trite yet again when asked about the team’s future entering the 2020-21 season. The former Rookie of the Year said health will be imperative over the course of a long season for the Mavs and others in the NBA, […]

Every year dreams are fulfilled in the NBA Draft. It’s a perfect moment where all the hard work and sacrifice pay off for a player because they have proven they deserve to be in the league. That moment can become even sweeter if that player has proven doubters wrong along the way, which is exactly […]

Stephen Curry wants to spend his entire NBA career with the Golden State Warriors, just like Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki and Tim Duncan did with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs, respectively. During an interview with Zach Frydenlund of Complex, Curry talked about following in Bryant, Nowitzki and Duncan’s footsteps. “1,000 […]

The Dallas Mavericks made a big jump up the standings in 2019-20 behind MVP candidate Luka Doncic and sidekick Kristaps Porzingis. The Mavs gave the Los Angeles Clippers a run for their money in the first round of the playoffs, but they ultimately bowed out in six games and Porzingis needed knee surgery. Dallas entered […]

Dallas Mavericks fans collectedly gasped when Kristaps Porzingis suffered a lateral meniscus injury in his right knee in the 2020 playoffs. However, in a rather positive update for the Mavs, the Latvian big man was spotted putting up some shots in the gym. Porzingis, who underwent surgery last October, didn’t go full throttle in his […]

Dallas Mavericks stars Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis have reacted with heavy hearts following the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona. Having played for Real Madrid’s basketball team for a number of years before coming over to the NBA, Doncic is a huge fan of soccer and the Mavs superstar expressed his feelings to Maradona’s […]

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic could not help but take a quick stroll down memory lane once he saw the Mavs’ new City jerseys. The All-Star guard found that Dallas’ new unis look a lot like his old jersey from his days with Spanish outfit Real Madrid. Doncic posted a side-by-side photo of himself on […]

The Mavs got reinforcements: Center Willie Cauley-Stein has agreed to return to the Mavericks on a two-year deal, valued at $8.2 million, per The Athletics’ Shams Charania. Free agent center Willie Cauley-Stein has agreed to a two-year, $8.2M deal to return to the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 22, […]

Marc Gasol will be playing for either the Toronto Raptors or Los Angeles Lakers next season, according to Sham Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Gasol was considering the Dallas Mavericks in recent days as well before narrowing his choices down to two. The Raptors are making a hard press to retain Gasol in efforts […]

JJ Barea has spent 11 of his 14 NBA seasons so far with the Dallas Mavericks. Now, Mark Cuban and Co. reportedly want to bring the fan favorite back for a 12th, per Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News. A source tells me that despite recent-day guard additions, the Mavs plan for fan-favorite @jjbareapr […]

The Dallas Mavericks are nearing a deal with small forward Wes Iwundu, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. Iwundu played for the Orlando Magic in 2019-20. He was selected with the 33rd overall pick in the 2017 draft out of Kansas State and averaged 3.7 points as a rookie. In 2019-20, he put up 5.8 […]

The Dallas Mavericks acquired veteran forward James Johnson on Monday after agreeing on a three-team deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Detroit Pistons. The swap was initially intended to be a regular deal between the Mavs and OKC, up until Detroit joined in to shore up the contracts. As reported by ESPN’s Adrian […]