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Steve Nash revolutionized the way the game is played from the point guard position after landing with the Phoenix Suns in 2004, but after shooting a .490/.428/.904 line for his career, the former Dallas Mavs point guard could have been a shot-hoisting prodigy in retrospect. Nash will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of […]

Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, and Don Nelson were a force with the Dallas Mavericks. The Nash and Nowitzki duo playing in Nelson’s uptempo style was a match made in heaven with the Mavs, but it appears that the trio’s cohesion was partially built off the court. Dwain Price of Mavs.com spoke with Nelson, who said of Nash […]

Dallas Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle wasn’t coaching the team when Steve Nash made the move to the Phoenix Suns, but he still remembers the drastic change he had in that team, revolutionizing what it meant to have an efficient NBA offense after many years of individual dominance. Only three days away from his induction […]

LeBron James has only good things to say about one of his fiercest rivals throughout the years, Dirk Nowitzki. The German big man for the Dallas Mavericks is entering what may be the final year of his career and reporters asked LeBron about the legendary Maverick. “He’s amazing. One of my favorite players ever to […]

Dallas Mavericks legend Jason Kidd has been proven battle-tested throughout a 19-year career in the league, but even the former champion with the Mavs admits to nearly surrendering to Gary Payton’s suffocating defense. Both Bay Area natives, Kidd had run into Payton, a somewhat unheralded up-and-coming player that was five years his elder, but without […]

Being two of the best point guards of their time, Gary Payton and former Dallas Mavericks star Jason Kidd were fierce competitors. However, despite their on-court rivalry, the mutual respect they had for each other was undeniable. Payton holds Kidd in such high regard that in a recent interview with ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk, the 50-year-old […]

Former Dallas Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd had a Hall of Fame NBA career, but even he couldn’t completely stay away from all the drama. In 1996, the Mavs had Kidd, Jim Jackson, and Jamal Mashburn, and they looked like a young core that could be built around for years to come. Kidd ended up being traded […]

Former NBA player and head coach Jason Kidd will be inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this September, a deserving honor for the legendary point guard. In the twilight of his career, Kidd won his first and only championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. In an article by Sports Day’s Brad Townsend, Kidd […]

Jason Kidd is heading to the Hall of Fame and the former Dallas Maverick is reflecting on his career. His career started with the Mavericks, but he later returned to win the franchise’s first and only championship. Kidd spoke with Brad Townsend of Dallas Morning News to discuss his time with the Mavericks. Kidd said: […]

Dirk Nowitzki is an all-time great. There is no debating that fact. He is a first-ballot Hall of Famer and will go down as the greatest player in Dallas Mavericks history. He hasn’t definitively stated that this will be his last season, but it’s clear that his career is winding down. Now, in what could […]

Luka Doncic is preparing for the biggest season in his professional career as the Slovenian is making the difficult jump from Europe to the NBA. According to Antonis Stroggylakis of Eurohoops.net, the Dallas Mavericks rookie is skipping his country’s World Cup Qualifiers in order to prepare for his rookie season in the United States. The […]

Dallas Mavericks prized rookie Luka Doncic just added another reason for Mavs fans to get excited to finally watch him play. Doncic posted a photo of himself working out with none other than the Los Angeles Lakers legend himself, Kobe Bryant. The 19-year-old playmaker proudly shared this photo on his Twitter account: 🐍 #mambamentality pic.twitter.com/iKlKEjHv3Q […]

Dirk Nowitzki isn’t messing around this offseason. Actually, it looks like the Dallas Mavericks big man is messing around a little bit. Nowitzki was caught on video by Mavs teammate J.J. Barea still throwing it down at 40 years of age. That’s something that Dirk doesn’t do very often anymore. 20 seasons in and Dirk's […]

According to the trainer of Stephen Curry, Dennis Smith Jr. of the Dallas Mavericks is a future All-Star and could be the next big thing. As reported by Dalton Trigg of 247Sports, Brandon Payne — who has trained with two-time MVP and three-time world champion Curry since 2011 — believes Smith will be a future All-Star. […]

Stephen Curry’s trainer, Brandon Payne, has confirmed that 2018 first-round pick Luka Doncic worked out with Accelerate Basketball Training on Sunday night. Brandon Payne confirms that @luka7doncic worked out with the @acceleratebball guys on Sunday night. Payne also tells me, “We will be discussing future work (with Luka) in the near future.” pic.twitter.com/MesF5KKjsT — Dalton […]

Manu Ginobili’s retirement on Monday shook the NBA. The San Antonio Spurs legend is calling it a career after an incredibly successful 16-year run in the NBA. One of his fiercest rivals took to Twitter to wish him well. Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks had their fair share of grudge matches against Ginobili and […]

Many consider Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Dončić to be the front-runner for this season’s Rookie of the Year Award. The fact that the expectations are already this massive for the newest member of the Mavs, despite the fact that he has yet to play a single minute of basketball in U.S. soil, proves that Dončić is […]

Dallas Mavs forward Harrison Barnes’ wedding story involves determination, rides from a former teammate who is now in the NBA, and ice cream, yeah… lots of ice cream. The Dallas Mavericks star was at the peak of his collegiate career in North Carolina, when he met Brittany, a cheerleader for the Tar Heels. Despite an […]

The disparity of pay between the NBA and its sister, the WNBA, has gone to astronomical levels. Only a short oversight into the vast gap in compensation between NBA athletes and WNBA players will give the impression that these two eerily similar homegrown basketball leagues are completely different when it comes down to money. Dallas […]

Luka Doncic is one of the most promising young players in the 2018 draft class. But apparently, fellow rookies Dallas Mavericks’ European star don’t envision him as the best player to emerge from the 2018 NBA Draft. In the NBA’s rookie survey, players were asked who they believe will have the best career of the […]

The Dallas Mavericks went all in on European wonder kid Luka Doncic at the 2018 NBA draft, as they look build a foundation in the hopes of again challenging for an NBA championship in the future. With the acquisition of Doncic, the 19-year-old will now team up with explosive guard Dennis Smith Jr. in the […]

The investigation of the Dallas Mavericks’ reportedly hostile workplace is nearing its conclusion and the results are hoped to be made public by next week. While residing within the confine of the Mavs and the NBA, the impact of those results could potentially be felt all over. As reported by Eddie Sefko of Sportsday, the […]

Dennis Smith Jr. of the Dallas Mavericks had an impressive rookie season. His next mission would be to top his first-year performance. Will he be a victim of the sophomore slump? As reported by Mavs.com’s Dwain Price, Smith Jr. is not worried about the slump. If he gets into one, Smith Jr. won’t panic. Instead, […]

A new basketball app looks to take the world of hoops by storm. HomeCourt, a phone/tablet application developed by Silicon Valley-based technology company NEX Team, is aimed to help improve the user’s basketball aptitude through the help of artificial intelligence. This app is so promising that the likes of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, former […]

Back in 2013, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban suggested that the Los Angeles Lakers amnesty Kobe Bryant. He might have heard Cuban’s suggestion and responded the most classic Black Mamba manner. Bryant exploded for 38 points against Cubans’ very own team. It was clear that there’s no way Bryant would let the Lakers amnesty him. […]

Deandre Ayton and Luka Doncic — the first and second overall picks of this year’s draft seem to be growing a liking to each other. Recently, the Dallas Mavericks guard said that the Phoenix Suns big man will win this year’s award for the best rookie. Speaking with ESPN’s Chris Forsberg, Doncic was asked who he […]

The much-hyped Slovenian wonder kid Luka Doncic will finally be making his NBA debut with the Dallas Mavericks this upcoming 2018-19 season. His all-around brilliance and outstanding playmaking will create headaches for opposing defenses. In a recent ESPN roundtable discussion with his fellow top rookies, Doncic to LeBron James as the person he is most […]

Dennis Smith Jr. is a name that most NBA fans are becoming increasingly familiar with — for good reason. The Dallas Mavericks point guard has a wide variety of tricks in his proverbial bag, crossovers, step-back jumpers, crafty layups, and extraordinary hops. Smith’s leaping ability was on full display at a practice run earlier this […]

Rap icon J. Cole looks to be on his way to follow in the footsteps of Jay-Z in terms of owning a stake in an NBA team. However, Cole has set a higher bar, with the rapper claiming his desire to acquire the Dallas Mavericks some time in the future. In his latest freestyle release, […]

Denver Nuggets Center Nikola Jokic and Dallas Mavericks legendary power forward Dirk Nowitzki are two of the more talented big men in the NBA that simply don’t dunk the ball as much as we would anticipate. Both standing genuinely over 6-foot-11, Jokic and Nowitzki prefer to use their finesse around the basket instead of throwing […]

Really good basketball organizations do not magically appear in the NBA. They are a result of hard work, foresight, good decision making, and sometimes a little bit of gambling. Some reap the rewards while others the disaster. There is no exemption to this rule. Even some of the best and most successful organizations had a […]

With a chapter of NBA basketball now over, teams look forward to a fresh slate this season. New and old faces with their respective teams are going to be out there carving out a legacy to be remembered. With the wild free agency nearly over, we already have a picture of what to expect this […]

It seems like former Los Angeles Lakers star forward Lamar Odom is already moving on from a tumultuous string of events after he dropped out of the NBA five years ago. A Redditor by the name of BuckChartowski posted a video of a Storage Wars family winning Odom’s old storage unit in an auction, which contained […]

Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic will break into the NBA hardwood as the most accomplished European prospect the league has ever seen, having conquered multiple titles with Real Madrid on his way to becoming the Euroleague’s youngest MVP at a mere 19 years of age. European legend Milos Teodosic compared the Slovenian wonderboy’s talent to […]

Denver Nuggets rookie Michael Porter Jr. made some waves when he liked an Instagram post calling fellow rookie Luka Doncic overrated. Doncic’s former teammate in Europe, Dino Radoncic, responded by throwing shade at Porter and saying the Nuggets rookie is the one who’s overrated. Porter and the Dallas Mavericks rookie were together at the NBA Rookie […]

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic has a future Hall of Fame teammate in Dirk Nowitzki and a future Hall of Famer’s signed jersey in Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s. It’s fun to be the Mavs guard these days. The Slovenian hotshot, who was selected third overall by the Atlanta Hawks in June’s NBA Draft […]

Unlike in 2015, the Dallas Mavericks can print out promotional items with DeAndre Jordan’s face on them these days. After all, the Mavs did not just get the word from the big man. They also got his signature on a contract, inking the center to a one-year, $22.9 million deal earlier this summer. And just […]

The NBA is showcasing two rookies this season that come from the former Yugoslavia and add to the area’s rich basketball history. Luka Doncic, Slovenia, and Dzanan Musa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, are set to star in the documentary “There’s Something in the Water” about the lead up to the NBA draft for the young stars. […]

There’s no official indication, but this could be Dirk Nowitzki’s final season. The German big man is 40-years old and clearly on the downslope of his historic career. The possibility that this would be Dirk’s last season is all the more interesting after hearing that his final game could come in San Antonio. According to […]