If Jason Kidd has any hats with rabbits in them or some other trick up one of his sleeves, now would be a good time to pull out all the stops. The Mavericks probably need four wins in their final five games to give themselves a serious shot at the play-in tournament. Win three times […]
As she stood on a pristine new basketball court in Oak Cliff, Nancy Lieberman had a lot of memories rushing back to her. The hall of famer got to Dallas in 1980 and has made her home here for most of the last 40-odd years. Her first home was not far from the former Zumwalt […]
If there’s any athlete in North Texas who knows about second chances, it’s new Dallas Wings standout Diamond DeShields. Last summer she was nominated for an ESPY award in the Best Comeback Athlete category after enduring a surgery that threatened her life. In 2020, doctors found a grape-sized benign tumor in her spinal cord and […]
Jaden Hardy had eight points, four assists and a blocked shot in 18 minutes on Wednesday at Philadelphia. The Mavericks lost, 116-108. What needs to be asked – OK, there are a lot of things that need to be asked – but one of them is whether Hardy should be receiving more minutes? Also, is […]
There was only one game that impacted the Western Conference playoff standings on Thursday, but it was a costly one for the Mavericks. The New Orleans Pelicans won at Denver against a Nuggets’ team playing without likely MVP Nikola Jokic. The 107-88 blowout not only showed how ordinary the Nuggets can look without their superstar […]
A tough road game that was there for the taking once again slipped through the Mavericks’ fingers on Wednesday night. Getting outscored 18-7 in the final eight minutes, the Mavericks dropped a 116-108 decision to the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. It was the Mavericks’ fifth loss in the past six games. […]
Recruited to rescue the Mavericks from a culture crisis, Dallas Mavs CEO Cynthia Marshall has used her personal life and world experiences to forge a model of fairness and inclusiveness. This week, Sports Business Journal reporter Bill King published a profile on Marshall, detailing the transformation of the Dallas Mavs since Marshall took the reins. The […]
The Dallas Mavs joined other NBA teams around the league this March to celebrate the 17th annual Noches Éne•Bé•A Latin Nights program at the American Airlines Center. The Mavs hosted Festival de Los Mavs, presented by Ford, and rolled out the blue carpet for fans on the South Plaza ahead of the Mavs game against the Charlotte Hornets […]
PHILADELPHIA – The NBA scoring title won’t exactly be on the line Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. when the Dallas Mavericks face the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center. However, the league’s top two scorers will be on the court, thus intriguing fans as they try to one-up each other in the race to capture the […]
At least we know now that the Charlotte Hornets are equal-opportunity tormentors. They visited Oklahoma City on Tuesday and knocked off the Thunder 137-134 as the Hornets ran up 80 points in the second half. That was Charlotte’s third win in a row after beating the Mavericks twice. What that game did was drop the […]