A day after he turned 20 years old, Melvin Ajinca celebrated by becoming the newest member of the Dallas Mavericks. A product of Saint-Quentin in France’s top league, Ajinca was chosen Thursday by the New York Knicks in the second round of the NBA Draft with the 51st overall pick. The Mavs then acquired his […]
As the first round of the NBA draft began with a thick French accent, then weaved its way through 30 picks Wednesday night, the Mavericks watched and waited. The first half of the two-day event came and went with the Mavericks knowing that their heavy lifting regarding tweaks to the roster for the 2024-25 season […]
The Mavericks go into Wednesday’s first round of the NBA draft without a selection. Their only pick in the 2024 draft is No. 58 – the last pick of the second round, thanks to Phoenix and Philadelphia forfeiting their choices in the second round for violating league rules. Since the NBA changed the draft to […]
When Nico Harrison breaks down the season the Mavericks just had – and more importantly game-plans for the future – he has a clear vision of what’s needed for this team. Keep them together. And keep them growing. The demands of the general manager have changed in one relatively short year. Last summer, he was […]
In wrapping a nice little bow around the 2023-24 season, Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving is convinced that what transpired over the past year is only the beginning of something beautiful for a team that defied the odds and advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in 13 years. The Mavs lost to […]
BOSTON – The Boston Celtics finally got over the hump. But unfortunately, it was against the Dallas Mavericks. The Celtics lost in the 2017 and ’18 Eastern Conference Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers, in the 2020 and 2023 conference finals to the Miami Heat, and in the 2022 NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors. […]
The Mavericks will look back at their two-month run in the NBA playoffs and realize it was packed with moments that they will never forget. And we’re not even talking about the woman who clearly was in the throes of passion somewhere near the interview room in Oklahoma City when Luka Dončić started his postgame […]
BOSTON – The Mavericks have been cultivating the game of rookie Dereck Lively II behind the scenes throughout this season. He’s been working on the corner three-pointer in practices, individual workout sessions and elsewhere, far from the cameras and snooping reporters. He finally unveiled it in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, when he made […]
BOSTON – The Celtics were tough enough on the defensive end in the NBA Finals to make the Marlboro Man look like Tinkerbell. As the clock ticked down on their season, with the Celtics and their passionate crowd ready to celebrate, the Mavericks couldn’t think about their grand showing in 2023-24, the way they overachieved or […]
BOSTON – In the aftermath of losing Game 5 to the Boston Celtics on Monday night at TD Garden, 106-88, thus losing the NBA Finals, Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd reminded his listeners that this is just the beginning of a journey for his young team. Kidd also paid homage to the Celtics, who now […]