SAN FRANCISCO – Not long after Sunday’s NBA All-Star game at Chase Center, Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving said he’s in the process of putting things in play so he can possibly represent Australia in the 2028 Olympics, which will be in Los Angeles. “I’m just trying to figure out what’s going to be the […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving walked into the postgame interview room proudly clutching the NBA All-Star game championship trophy Sunday night at Chase Center. No, Irving didn’t win the game’s Most Valuable Player award. That honor went to Golden State guard Stephen Curry after Shaq’s OGs defeated Chuck’s Global Stars, 41-25. However, […]
OAKLAND – As Kyrie Irving stepped onto the Oracle Arena court for the NBA All-Star game practice session on Saturday morning, he couldn’t help but be reminded of the three battles he had in the 2015-17 NBA Finals with the Golden State Warriors when he was playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors defeated Cleveland […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Golden State’s Steve Kerr is the one opposing NBA coach who knows how dynamic Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving can be on a game-by-game basis on a big stage. When Irving was playing for Cleveland, the Cavilers faced the Warriors three consecutive seasons – from 2015-17 — in the NBA Finals. And […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Because Rick Welts had a vision, the NBA All-Star Weekend is practically on every sports fan’s calendar. Before 1984, on the weekend of the NBA All-Star game, there was no Rising Stars Challenge, no Slam Dunk contest, no Skills Challenge and certainly no Three-Point Contest. There were, in fact, no events at […]
For some odd and unfortunate reasons, the injuries just keep on coming for the Dallas Mavericks. One game after losing forwards Anthony Davis and P. J. Washington to injuries during Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets, the Mavs lost center Daniel Gafford to an injury during Monday’s game against the Sacramento Kings. In other words, […]
Another game, another unfortunate injury for the Dallas Mavericks. This time it was center Daniel Gafford, who departed for good with 10:46 remaining in the second quarter Monday against Sacramento after he sustained a right knee sprain when he collided with Kings guard Malik Monk. With the Mavs having no veteran big men left to […]
The Twin Tower concept has been tried before many times in the NBA with great success. The Houston Rockets used it in the 1980s with Hakeem Olajuwon (7-0) and Ralph Sampson (7-4). The Boston Celtics perfected about the same time with Kevin McHale (6-10) and Robert Parish (7-0). The San Antonio Spurs became a force […]
There have been tons of discussions locally and nationally about the Dallas Mavericks receiving Anthony Davis in last week’s blockbuster trade which sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. But what about Max Christie – the other player the Mavs received in the deal? It’s obviously very early to analyze the trade in its […]
Jason Kidd was the toast of the Dallas Mavericks. And the toast of North Texas. That was in the mid-1990’s. Kidd was approximately two months into his third season with the Mavs after being the No. 2 overall draft pick by in 1994 behind Grant Hill. And Kidd was coming off a season when he […]