Rick Carlisle’s announcement that Dirk Nowitzki would start at center instead of Nerlens Noel was easily the biggest revelation from Mavs Media Day. That statement may be spun in several different directions which all led to new questions. How does it affect Nerlens Noel’s future? Who will start instead of him? Will the Mavs be […]
DALLAS – From a logistical standpoint, there were a lot of important moving parts that occurred in order for Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea to make his humanitarian trip to Puerto Rico this past Tuesday. For starters, a bevy of Mavs’ employees were heavily involved in the process of executing a journey of this magnitude. […]
The Mavericks officially opened training camp on Tuesday morning, but one player wasn’t in attendance because some things are bigger than basketball. While his teammates were learning the ins and outs of transition defense, point guard J.J. Barea spent all day on Tuesday delivering much-needed supplies to his native Puerto Rico, which was devastated by […]
DALLAS – Time and time again, Norma Nelson took stock of the computers and chairs in the Computer Lab at Readers 2 Leaders reading instruction school and knew some changes desperately needed to be made. The computers were outdated, the software was slow and the chairs were falling apart. And those three components at the […]
We need to see some games before making any declarations, of course, but this could be one of the best point guard rookie classes to arrive to the NBA in a long, long time. For reference, Dennis Smith Jr. was the fifth point guard selected, and not many people thought it was all that crazy, […]
DALLAS – When Seth Curry thought about developing a summer basketball camp for kids, he knew he wanted to challenge them to tap into their mental capacity, not just into their athletic abilities. Thus, in order to become one of the 100 kids chosen to participate in the free one-day Seth Curry Jr. NBA Camp, […]
DALLAS – Jaylee Bradford now knows the value of being an entrepreneur. Once the Venture Entrepreneurial Expedition program was explained to Bradford, the light bulb seemingly lit-up in the head of the KIPP Destiny Middle School student. The path to financial freedom became much clearer. Thus, it didn’t take long for Bradford to map out […]
DALLAS – As the principal of Dallas Skyline High School, Dr. Janice Lombardi is all about tone-setting for her thousands of students. Especially the tone that’s set on the first day of school. And for Dr. Lombardi and the approximately 5,000 students who recently started the 2017-18 school year at Skyline, no tone was better […]