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Dallas Mavs guard Luka Doncic has already established himself as a great basketball player in Europe. Now, though, the 19-year-old Slovenian will be looking to make waves in the NBA, and his former teammate at Real Madrid, Sergio Llull, thinks the league is in trouble. Via Euro Hoops: “It will go well. He’s a very […]

Phoenix Suns big man Deandre Ayton and Dallas Mavericks stud Luka Doncic are arguably the top two contenders for this season’s Rookie of the Year award. There appears to be a lot of mutual respect between these two highly touted rookies, with Ayton having nothing but good things to say about Doncic. Ayton was quoted […]

Dennis Smith Jr. had his third-year team option picked up by the Dallas Mavericks, according to Dwain Price of Mavs.com. The North Carolina native will make $3.82 million this season and $4.46 million in 2019-20 as a result. Smith had a shining debut season in the NBA, putting up 15.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists […]

The Dallas Mavericks open the 2018-19 regular season against the Phoenix Suns, and they will be without a top offensive option as small forward Harrison Barnes will not play due to a strained right hamstring. Harrison Barnes will miss at least the first game of the season Wednesday in Phoenix with a strained right hamstring. […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is considered by many as the best player in the game today. The 33-year-old has accomplished pretty much everything throughout his illustrious career. But just recently, James surprisingly claimed that his 2011 Finals loss at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks is actually what he considers to be his […]

Mavs big man Dirk Nowitzki has been dealing with a sore left ankle for the past few weeks. The Big German has already been ruled out of Dallas’ regular season opener, but now it sounds like he might be out of commission for a few more games. Dirk Nowitzki is weeks away from playing, Rick […]

The NBA is a strange place where a superstar player can just show up at a practice, team up with scrubs, and lead them into beating the rest of the starting unit. It’s also a place where players suddenly break out in synchronized – and completely unscripted – motions. It’s a phenomenon that’s eluded a […]

Dennis Smith Jr. and Luka Doncic are the future of the Dallas Mavericks. Smith is coming off an impressive rookie year and Doncic is showing signs of a potential superstar in the preseason. The two Mavs are playing well together on the court, but that doesn’t mean Doncic won’t roast his point guard from time […]

Dallas Mavs forward/center Dirk Nowitzki confirmed he will miss the 2018-19 season-opener against the Phoenix Suns, according to Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News. Nowitzki was already expected to “miss weeks, not months” after a slow recovering from last season’s ankle surgery, one which he underwent early, missing the last four games of 2017-18 […]

Harrison Barnes is doubtful for the Dallas Mavericks’ season opener against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, Oct. 17 according to Tim Cato of The Athletic. Rick Carlisle told Cato that Barnes would not play until he had some “significant practice time.” The swingman is returning from a hamstring injury. Harrison Barnes hasn’t had “significant practice […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker is still hopeful to make his fourth-season debut in the team’s season-opener against the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 17, according to Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. A return against the Mavs would signify the Suns’ talisman beating his previous recovery timeline of six weeks stemming from surgery in […]

NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming has a knack of dwarfing tall people when standing next to him. That will happen when you’re 7 feet 6 inches tall. Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic recently posted a photo of himself posing with the former Houston Rockets star, along with Mavs legend and teammate Dirk Nowitzki. The Slovenian […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has once again proven his unconventional approach to the game by hiring a former professional sports gambler as the newest member of the Mavs’ front office. As detailed by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe, the Mavs have hired Bob Voulgaris as the team’s director of quantitative research and development. Apparently, […]

While the Dallas Mavericks appear to be addressing the whole sexual misconduct debacle within its organization in a rightful and stern manner, the NBA remains steadfast in monitoring the highly-sensitive situation. Fresh allegations have recently surfaced involving one of the team’s photographers. According to Emily Caron of Sports Illustrated, league commissioner Adam Silver is well aware […]

Dirk Nowitzki has spent his entire NBA career with the Mavs. This season will be his 21st with the franchise, making him the longest-tenured player for any one team since Kobe Bryant’s 20-year stint with the Los Angeles Lakers. Whether or not Dirk will retire after this season remains to be seen, but he says […]

Per HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy, Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons says that Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki is his favorite NBA player. Who's your favorite international player? Ben Simmons: "Dirk. First of all, he's in Like Mike – one of my favorite movies! Plus, he's a freak. The fact that he's still playing and getting […]

Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki sat out his second preseason game in a 120-114 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, the first of likely many games that he will miss with the impending recovery from the ankle surgery he underwent late last season. The German international admitted his foot will still need some time to […]

Dallas Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki was presented with the first of many gifts during his farewell tour when he was given a commemorative electric guitar by former NBA player and teammate Wang Zhizhi during Friday’s game between the Mavs and the Philadelphia 76ers in Shanghai. Dirk was presented a guitar at the game. #RetirementTourFlow pic.twitter.com/7QCfEjPgJB […]

The Philadelphia Sixers continued their strong preseason by taking on the Dallas Mavs at the Mercedes Benz-Arena in Shanghai, with marksman J.J. Redick and rookie Landry Shamet firing in all cylinders in the first half, combining for 37 points in a near-perfect 12-of-13 from the floor. Redick, who made his move to the bench after […]

NBA general managers came together to make their annual season predictions for NBA.com. Amid their prognostications, the GMs chose Mavs guard/forward Luka Doncic as their favorite to win the Rookie of the Year award. Doncic earned 43 percent of the votes for ROTY in the GMs predictions. Sacramento’s Marvin Bagley III and Chicago’s Wendell Carter Jr. tied […]

Dallas Mavs coach Rick Carlisle won’t commit to a timeline of return for franchise icon Dirk Nowitzki, as he is yet to practice with the team due to his recovery from ankle surgery. Carlisle had mentioned it would be a matter or weeks, not months to get the 7-footer back on the court for his NBA-record […]

Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki is still weeks away from playing in a game. The Mavs forward underwent ankle surgery in April and his recovery has been going slowly. Weeks, not days, before Dirk Nowitzki will return, both Dirk and Rick Carlisle say. — Eddie Sefko (@ESefko) October 3, 2018 This year will be Nowitzki’s 21st season with the Mavs, […]

The Dallas Mavericks were without two of their starters during their trip to China, as Harrison Barnes and DeAndre Jordan didn’t fly with the team, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Jordan did not fly with the team as he attended to a death in the family, while Barnes is out for the preseason after tweaking his hamstring […]

Former Atlanta Hawks guard Malcolm Delaney plays in China now, but he took to Twitter to defend Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic. Doncic was selected by the Hawks with the No. 3 overall in the 2018 NBA Draft before a trade to the Mavs on draft night. Doncic is the most accomplished teen to ever […]

The 2018 NBA Draft class is dripping with talent, but no draftee is ready to hit the ground running quite like Luka Doncic. Though it’s somewhat less prominent, he still faces the inevitable skepticism that most overseas prospects endure. The Slovenian is viewed by many as one of the best international prospects to ever come […]

The Dallas Mavericks made quite the investment to acquire forward Luka Doncic in the 2018 NBA Draft. Fortunately, the rookie has already started to show signs of why the Mavs felt so confident in making the trade with the Atlanta Hawks. Doncic kicked the preseason off in style with a number of flashy plays. He […]

The Dallas Mavericks have ushered in a bit of a youth movement in recent years. They added to that group with the drafting of point guard Jalen Brunson. It appears Brunson has already made quite the impression on head coach Rick Carlisle. According to Dwain Price of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Carlisle is pleased with what […]

On his “Open Floor” Podcast for Sports Illustrated, NBA analyst Andrew Sharp recently compared Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic to a 7-11 employee. Sharp picked on the 19-year-old Mavs guard’s “non-NBA” physique, and used a pretty funny metaphor to belabor his point. As expected, Reddit had a feast day from this unusual comparison, courtesy of a […]

The Dallas Mavs suffered a pair of injuries during Thursday’s practice session, as both Harrison Barnes and J.J. Barea went down with hamstring issues. Barnes will be out of commission for roughly 10 days with a right hamstring, but Barea (left hamstring) has been listed as day-to-day. “Harrison tweaked his hamstring yesterday, so he’s going […]

Three years after DeAndre Jordan bailed on the Dallas Mavericks, Jordan will finally now have a chance to play with his childhood idol, Dirk Nowitzki. Jordan spoke on DAC (Dennis & Cowlishaw) on 103.3 FM ESPN about how he once wanted to be like Dirk: “Dirk was obviously a player that I looked up to. […]

It appears DeAndre Jordan is fitting in nicely with the Dallas Mavericks, and head coach Rick Carlisle is thrilled to have the high-flyer on board. Jordan signed a one-year, $22.9 million deal with the Mavs in July after spending the first 10 years of his NBA career with the L.A. Clippers. Jordan, of course, agreed to […]

The Dallas Mavs received a huge blow early in training camp, as forward Harrison Barnes tweaked his hamstring during Thursday’s practice, expected to be “out for a while,” according to head coach Rick Carlisle, per Tim Cato of The Athletic. Barnes is expected to miss all of the preseason, but he has yet to have […]

Former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt thinks the Dallas Mavericks got the steal of the 2018 NBA Draft when they traded for Luka Doncic during the 2018 NBA Draft. “My opinion the biggest miss in the NBA draft. He was the No. 1 pick no question,” Blatt said to Eurohoops TV. “In my mind, […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver explained why Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was not banned, despite the multiple sexual harassment charges that have arisen from within the Mavs organization. Silver said that through investigation, he discovered that Cuban was not directly implicated in the conduct. Therefore, suspending him wasn’t necessary. From Ian Begley of ESPN: “That […]

When the Dallas Mavericks tried to sign DeAndre Jordan three years ago, they were almost successful before things suddenly took a turn. Jordan agreed on a four-year, $80 million deal with the Mavs to have him play alongside Dirk Nowitzki, but they couldn’t sign the big man formally until the moratorium ended. Jordan had second […]

The writing was on the wall for Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki when he found out that center DeAndre Jordan signed with the team in the offseason: he would be in a bench role for the first time since his rookie year. The future Hall of Famer chimed in his thoughts on coming off the […]

At 40 years of age, every minor injury for Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki becomes a relevant cause for concern. Thankfully, it appears that the Mavs veteran is going to be ready for opening night despite suffering a “minor setback.” Nowitzki reportedly sustained a tendon-related injury while taking part in a pickup game. He has […]

Dallas Mavericks second-year guard Dennis Smith Jr. has no plans to redeem himself in this year’s NBA Slam Dunk Contest, which will be held in Charlotte. The high-flying Mavs guard was asked by Tim MacMahon of ESPN whether he would be returning to this year’s contest, and said this: Dennis Smith Jr. “I’m not doing the […]

When you think about NBA big men who have a similar style of play, the last duo you’d probably ever come up with is DeAndre Jordan and Dirk Nowitzki. Well, apparently Jordan feels he and his new Mavs teammate are more alike than we thought. DeAndre Jordan's first words to the Dallas media: "The black Dirk […]