[Editor’s Note: Written by Jade Scipioni, CNBC] Amid protests across the country against the treatment of black Americans, police brutality and the killing of George Floyd, and as some U.S. cities impose curfews due to incidents of looting and violence, Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall is urging business leaders across America to speak up. And […]
Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall sat down virtually with CNBC Co-Anchor Jon Fortt to talk diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Marshall shares how she transformed the Dallas Mavericks culture to become a culture full of opportunity for everyone. To learn more about this NBA turnaround and watch the full interview, visit CNBC here.
If the Mavericks hope to move up in the Western Conference standings when the NBA restarts its 2019-20 season, they certainly should have the opportunity. The league announced Friday evening that most teams, the Mavericks included, will pick up their schedule essentially where it left off on March 11 before the shutdown because of the […]
Regular seasons will always mean something – even the one that will resume in the NBA on July 30. No, doing well in it won’t get you a home-court advantage in the playoffs. In the so-called “bubble” in Orlando, it’ll be a level playing field for all teams. Neutral sites with no fans mean no […]
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth wants to have conversations with people about what they are seeing unfold in our country in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the call for change. Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall joined NBC 5’s Deborah Ferguson this week to discuss a new initiative the Mavs will introduce soon to address racial […]
Courtney Lee, who had become a part-time starter for the Mavericks after the season-ending injury to Jalen Brunson, will be lost for the restart of the season next month after suffering a calf injury. Several reports indicated that the fluke injury required surgery, although the Mavericks made no mention of any procedure. Regardless, the loss […]
A young boy named Leonardo Araujo is alone in his driveway, hoisting up sweet, lefthanded jump shots that nestle into the basket time and again. But he is not really alone. Through the miracles of technology and the ingenuity of the Mavericks Academy youth coaches, Araujo and a growing group of youngsters are able to […]
There’s no debate on how much impact Mark Aguirre had when he played for the Dallas Mavericks. And perhaps no person can eloquently explain Aguirre’s dominance better than one of his former teammates – Rolando Blackman. “The defense knew Mark was coming every night and they couldn’t do a damn thing about it,” Blackman told […]
His quintessential status as one of the greatest dribblers in the history of the NBA has paid off handsomely for God Shammgod. So much so that on Monday, Shammgod will have a sneaker named after him that’s called the Legacy Shammgod. The sneaker is made by PUMA and pays homage to the way he changed […]
As America slowly reopens for business and recreation, it’s natural for people to take a close look at what the new normal really looks like. For Mark Cuban, that also means taking stock about what has gotten us to this point. And while some people remain angry about what we’ve been through during the past […]