You have to respect the smart people who run the NBA. Through the years, they have turned what should be the league’s deadest of periods into the most wonderful time of the year. The Toronto Raptors probably haven’t stopped celebrating their championship yet, but the league charges on to the second season, which is comprised […]
Several players with NBA experience, plus second-round draft pick Isaiah Roby, highlight the Mavericks’ summer roster that will take part in the MGM Resorts Summer League starting July 5 in Las Vegas. Kostas Antetokounmpo and Daryl Macon, both of whom spent 2018-19 on two-way contracts with the Mavericks, will be joined by former Mav Antonius […]
DALLAS – The Dallas Mavericks announced their roster and schedule for MGM Resorts NBA Summer League 2019 today, which will tip-off on Friday, July 5 in Las Vegas. The 11-day, 83-game event will feature all 30 NBA teams, along with the Chinese and Croatian National Teams. See their full schedule here. Dallas’ summer league roster […]
The long-awaited and much-anticipated NBA free agency period starts Sunday at 5 p.m., Dallas time. But the drop the mic moment for the 30 NBA teams won’t really begin until the free agency moratorium period ends on July 6 at 11 a.m. That’s when teams finally get to officially sign those coveted free agents and […]
DALLAS—The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have acquired the draft rights to the 45th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, Isaiah Roby, and two future second round picks from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for the draft rights to 37th overall pick Deividas Sirvydis. Roby (6-8, 230) was an early-entry candidate to this […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Not long after he was finished being the host at the NBA Awards Show on Monday night, Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal made a bold prediction that should make every follower of the Dallas Mavericks jump up and shout. Now an analyst for TNT, O’Neal was asked his opinion […]
ALLEN – The hardest part about waiting for Luka Doncic to officially be named the NBA’s rookie of the year was exactly that. The waiting. Just 75 days after the regular season ended, Doncic won the honor during the league’s made-for-TV award show Monday night. “Finally, it’s official,” Maxi Kleber said Tuesday. “We had to […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – In the waning minutes and seconds leading up to Monday night’s NBA Awards Show, Luka Doncic was admittedly extremely nervous. After all, the Dallas Mavericks’ phenom was in what he thought was a tight race with Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young in the battle to win the coveted NBA Rookie of […]
DALLAS – The NBA announced today during its annual awards show that Mavericks guard/forward Luka Dončić was named the 2018-19 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year. He joins Jason Kidd as the only Mavericks ever to garner the award (Kidd shared the honor with Detroit’s Grant Hill in 1994-95), and also becomes the first international […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – In some circles, there’s a debate over whether Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic will hold off Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and capture Rookie of the Year honors at the NBA Awards Show Monday at 8 p.m. (Dallas time) at the Barker Hangar. Mavs center Salah Mejri has heard the chatter, […]