The No. 1 thing for Tim Hardaway Jr. right now is feeling good about going into the offseason knowing that his health is going to be just fine. Surgery fixed the broken bone in his left foot. He’s done 4½ months of rehab and training to get the foot right again. And he should be […]
How much fun did the Mavericks have this season? It was enough to spill over into their postseason locker-cleanout day, when they had moments of laughter with the media members, of all people. Theo Pinson and Tim Hardaway Jr. emerged from exit interviews with management and decided to give their opinions on some things. Specifically, […]
Getting the Dallas Mavericks to the next level in the NBA landscape is a bit more scientific than just stacking a few more All-Star players alongside point guard Luka Doncic and rolling them onto the court. So said Nico Harrison, the Mavs’ general manager and president of basketball operations. “I don’t think it’s just about […]
Mavericks’ general manager Nico Harrison couldn’t help but laugh about the randomness as he came out to address media members on Friday directly after Jalen Brunson finished his session with reporters. One of the key decision-makers in the organization following one of the players that a key decision must be made on this summer. Brunson […]
The Mavericks woke up Friday, or perhaps just stayed up for their overnight flight home and a locker clean-out afternoon, knowing that they gave MFFLs something that has been missing for a while. Hope. And not just a little bit of hope. But genuine championship-caliber hope after the run to the Western Conference finals ended […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Before Thursday’s season-ending 120-110 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals at Chase Center, Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd talked about Luka Doncic learning some of the finer points of the game on the fly this season. Despite Doncic earning first-time all-NBA for the third […]
When it was over – and, honestly, it was gone in the second quarter, left in the dust of a gale-force Golden State offensive thrust – the Mavericks didn’t need to hang their heads, curse their luck or shed a tear. This was simply the end of a wildly successful step forward in a process […]
GAME 5: DALLAS MAVERICKS (1-3) at GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (3-1). Time: 8 p.m., Thursday. Place: Chase Center, San Francisco. TV: TNT. Radio: The Eagle 97.1 FM; Univision Zona MX 99.1 FM (Spanish) Format: Best-of-Seven. About the Mavericks: Cue the disco music. Preferably Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees. That’s the Mavericks mission in Game 5 […]
The Dallas Mavericks made sure the Golden State Warriors kept their brooms in the closet, and only to be used perhaps another day and against another franchise. Shooting 50 percent from the field and making 20 of their 43 shots from three-point land, the Mavs defeated the Warriors, 119-109, Tuesday at American Airlines Center, thus […]
Some people will look at the Mavericks’ Game 4 win in the Western Conference finals as merely delaying the inevitable. Maybe so. But there’s a significant faction that includes those in the Mavericks’ locker room who look at it in another way: Extending the ecstasy. The Mavericks still have head firmly attached to snake. And […]