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Lofty expectations were set for the Oklahoma City Thunder after the team acquired Paul George and Carmelo Anthony in the offseason to flank reigning MVP Russell Westbrook. The plan was for this new “Big Three” to challenge the defending champion Golden State Warriors for Western Conference supremacy, but with more than one fourth of the […]

Aside from the stellar play of shooting guard Victor Oladipo, the Indiana Pacers have also enjoyed the emergence of center Myles Turner into becoming one of the most promising young bigs in the league. Not only has he become a versatile scorer, but his prowess as a rim protector has helped the Pacers become arguably […]

There is no timetable for Dallas Mavericks rookie point guard Dennis Smith Jr. to return from the left hip strain which has kept him out for the team’s last two games. Per Mavs.com’s Earl K. Sneed: Rick Carlisle says there’s no timetable for Dennis Smith Jr. (left hip strain) to return: “Him getting 100 percent […]

Despite being much more competitive in recent games, the Dallas Mavericks are still not winning enough to be considered good. They are currently 7-19, the worst record in the Western Conference, and third-worst in the entire NBA. Mavs owner Mark Cuban eventually wants to get his team back to winning and being competitive in fairly […]

One month is an entire epoch in internet years, but things of the past can still be pretty fascinating. Just take for example this video from just a little over a month ago, showing Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki doing his own version of “The Shammgod” during a shoot-around before a road game against the Washington […]

Life after basketball is a journey – like literally for former NBA players and ex-Phoenix Suns Cedric Ceballos and Shawn Marion. Some years after deciding to step away from the NBA, Ceballos and Marion now find themselves in another form of competition, as they are now partnering with each other in an attempt to win […]

Dallas Mavericks rookie point guard Dennis Smith Jr. will miss at least the next two games due to a strained hip, according to Bobby Karalla. Smith suffered the injury after falling on a cameraman in the Mavs’ loss to the Celtics in Boston. He will miss the Mavericks’ road games against the Milwaukee Bucks on […]

Not many people are called a freak of nature and many less are named The Greek Freak, a nickname Giannis Antetokounmpo has lived up to through the last few seasons of his NBA career. For Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, Antetokounmpo getting into the paint is a sure shot recipe for trouble, or as […]

Dallas Mavericks rookie Dennis Smith Jr. and Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving got into a bit of an altercation after Smith took offense to a sly elbow Irving landed on the rookie. The two had to be separated by teammates and were each assessed technical fouls. Smith didn’t make a big deal out of the […]

The Dallas Mavericks are set to be without big man Nerlens Noel for 4-6 weeks as he’s set to have surgery to repair a torn ligament on his left thumb. It’s not as if the Mavs will miss Noel, who has not featured a single minute in the team’s last six games. Nevertheless, the team […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban loves to speak his mind. He continued that tradition recently when he gave an interview to the Boston Herald while his team was in town to play the Celtics. His main centered around the state of basketball itself compared to the NFL. Cuban feels basketball is a sport better suited […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban really seems to prefer the NBA to the NFL. Like, a lot. In a wide-reaching interview with Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald, Cuban explained why he feels the NBA is in better shape than the NFL in terms of ratings, implications for future generations, and possibly most important of […]

The Dallas Mavericks could do with a superstar these days. With Dirk Nowitzki’s career winding down and rookie Dennis Smith Jr. still some time away from reaching his true potential, they unsurprisingly find themselves at the bottom of the Western Conference because of their lack of star power. One such superstar that they could target […]

On Wednesday, Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens talked about 19-year-old rookie forward Jayson Tatum’s standout first season in the NBA when he was a guest on CBS Boston’s 98.5 “The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand.” “He’s doing a great job for us of just making the right basketball play, and that’s really all we […]

It is no secret that Boston Celtics superstar point guard Kyrie Irving is really, really good. However, as tweeted by sports anchor Adam Kaufman of WBZ NewsRadio, Irving has put up some shooting statistics over the last 10 games that are out of this world for a point guard. According to Kaufman’s tweet, Irving has […]

Dallas Mavericks big man Maxi Kleber may not be a household name yet, but there is no doubt that he is a talented player who deserves his roster spot with the team. He particularly excels in rebounding and defending the rim, and the latter was in full display during their game against the Boston Celtics. […]

Things got a little heated in the first quarter of Wednesday’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics at TD Garden, when Dennis Smith Jr. and Kyrie Irving were both assessed technical fouls. This started when Smith tried to muscle his way through Irving’s defense for a layup attempt, but the veteran point […]

The Dallas Mavericks will be without center Nerlens Noel for “several weeks” slated to undergo surgery on his left thumb to repair a torn ligament, according to Bobby Karalla of Mavs.com. Noel will head to Cleveland to have his procedure done after being listed as questionable in previous pre-game reports and was told it could […]

Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki has one of the better unknown nicknames in the league in “The Big Mummy,” which Mavs assistant coach Darrell Armstrong calls him. However, Dirk has a sick nickname of his own for J.J. Barea, whom he calls “Papa Smurf.” Nowitzki revealed his term of endearment for his long-time teammate in […]

With one Curry currently on the mend from an ankle injury, another Curry is inching closer to a return. Dallas Mavericks guard Seth Curry, who has been out of the lineup since before the season started with a stress reaction in his left tibia, has taken the road with the Mavs on their upcoming road […]

Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel hasn’t played in any of his team’s last four games, but he got some attention last Saturday during halftime of a 108-82 win over the L.A. Clippers when he stopped by the media center and coolly grabbed a hotdog. Again, it was in the media center, so Noel won’t get […]

The situation surrounding the Dallas Mavericks and Nerlens Noel is obviously not good. Noel hasn’t been able to crack the Mavs’ rotation this season, and hasn’t even featured at all in five of the team’s last six games. Reports coming out of the team have pointed toward Noel’s work ethic as the reason he’s been […]

What has happened to Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel as of late? According to sports anchor Newy Scruggs of NBC 5 Dallas-Forth Worth, he believes that Noel is not getting any playing time over the past month due to his work ethic. “My sources tell me that Nerlens Noel is not known as a hard […]

While the Dallas Mavericks won’t go places this season, they’re going to compete hard because head coach Rick Carlisle will see to it that they do. For a no-nonsense mentor like Carlisle, having someone like Dwight Powell on the team is a plus. And like Carlisle, Mavs guard J.J. Barea shares the same admiration for […]

Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle has put together a highly successful NBA coaching career that has spanned 16 seasons. Following Saturday’s win over the L.A. Clippers, it put Carlisle in some exclusive company by reaching his 700th career win as an NBA head coach. Rick Carlisle gets his 700th win, becoming the 18th coach in […]

The Dallas Mavericks have not had much to hang their 10-gallon hats on so far in the 2017-18 NBA season with a 5-17 win-loss record. Fortunately, the emergence of rookie phenom Dennis Smith Jr. has helped shine a light on their potential rebuild while superstar Dirk Nowitzki enjoys what could be his last days in Dallas. […]

Heading into his second season with the Dallas Mavericks, center Nerlens Noel had high hopes of cementing a prominent role with the team. That hasn’t exactly been the case through the first few weeks of the season as he’s played in a limited role off the bench and is dealing with a nagging left thumb […]

The Dallas Mavericks seem to be en route to yet another subpar season, sitting dead last in the Western Conference with a 5-16 record to start the first quarter of this NBA season. Fans still await the impending return of shooting guard Seth Curry, who has missed the start of the season with a stress […]

Dennis Smith Jr. has been turning a lot of heads since the start of the season with his solid play for the Dallas Mavericks. His high-flying ways have also made him one of the most exciting rookies to watch this year, as he leaves a lot of people in awe with his highlight-worthy plays. Proof […]

Following a slow start to the season, the Dallas Mavericks have begun to show some encouraging signs toward turning things around. A part of that has been the improvement in the play of veteran forward Dirk Nowitzki over the last four games that have created a sense of optimism for the Mavs about him picking it […]

In the 2016 NBA playoffs, Tony Parker suffered a ruptured quad against the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals. After undergoing surgery, the return timetable was 4-5 months, which would be in January 2018. 19 games into the 2017-18 NBA season, the San Antonio Spurs guard announced on Facebook he will be returning against […]

It has been a struggle out of the gate for the Dallas Mavericks, who are currently sitting at the bottom of the standings in the Western Conference through the first 19 games played. Dallas has been playing a bit short-handed in the backcourt without one of their key contributors from last season in point guard […]

The bright spots for the Dallas Mavericks have been few and far in-between so far in the 2017-18 NBA season. Fortunately, fans have at least been able to relish in what could be the final games of superstar Dirk Nowitzki. Although Nowitzki’s future in the NBA is still uncertain, it is safe to assume that is days […]

The Dallas Mavericks have not had much to celebrate so far in the 2017-18 NBA season. However, they can take solace in the fact that they finally may have started to acquire the right pieces in recent years. Among them was signing promising, young forward Harrison Barnes, who continues to make strides as the team’s […]

President Donald Trump has had his fair share of banter with sports figures this year although his beefs were mostly with the NFL. He also tweeted comments regarding Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, uninviting him to the White House once he realized the 2016-17 NBA champs were not planning a visit to the nation’s […]

The Dallas Mavericks have been rolling with a center-by-committee situation this season. Salah Mejri and (until recently) Nerlens Noel have also spent time in the middle in place of Dirk Nowitzki, and Dwight Powell was the latest addition to the carousel during their big win over the Milwaukee Bucks. According to the Dallas Morning News’ […]

It almost looked as if the Boston Celtics’ impressive 15-game win streak was going to come to an end versus the lowly Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. However, in typical Celtics fashion, they managed to pull out the victory in overtime thanks to the late-game heroics of superstar Kyrie Irving. Boston has made a habit […]

The Dallas Mavericks let a big win slip away against the Boston Celtics. Up by as many as 13 points in the fourth quarter, the Mavs squandered their chance to score one of the biggest upsets of the season as they eventually lost to the Celtics in overtime. After the game, Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki […]

When it comes to game planning for Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving, you’re simply going to have your work cut out for you. Before the Celtics’ Monday night matchup against the lowly Dallas Mavericks, Irving received plenty of praise from Mavs longtime head coach Rick Carlisle. In a tweet posted by Earl K. Sneed […]