P.J. Washington could have been speaking for the entire Mavericks’ organization on Monday. “I’ve never been a part of a season like this,” he said. “(All you can do is) stay positive about it. We’re here in postseason play and a lot of teams don’t even get this opportunity. I tell everybody to make the […]

MEMPHIS – Now that the regular season has come to a close, the Dallas Mavericks can turn their undivided attention to their first trip to the NBA’s play-in tournament. The Mavs will face the Kings in Sacramento on Wednesday at 9 p.m. with the winner moving on to play the loser of Tuesday’s game between […]

MEMPHIS – With four starters sitting out, the Dallas Mavericks were mere shells of their former selves during Sunday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. With no Dereck Lively II, Anthony Davis, P. J. Washington or Klay Thompson to help jump-start the offense and defense, the Mavs struggled mightily in losing to the Grizzlies, 132-97, at […]

MEMPHIS – The one thing Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd wanted not to happen Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies, actually happened. Before losing to the Grizzlies at FedEx Forum, 132-97, Kidd went on and on about his desire to make sure the Mavs got out of this game without any injuries. Well, the injury bug […]

MEMPHIS — Since he joined the NBA in 2021 as an undrafted rookie out of Arizona, point guard Brandon Williams has been paying his bills by signing a bunch of 10-day and two-way contracts. In other words, he’s been playing for peanuts — by NBA standards. That all came to an abrupt end on Thursday […]

The Mavericks certainly would like to be sitting among the top six teams of the Western Conference, assured of a playoff berth. It’s something that looked plausible when they were 31-26 after winning their first game after the All-Star break. Just 10 days later, Kyrie Irving went down with a season-ending knee injury and the […]

Ja’Kobe Walter was probably destined to be in the NBA. After all, his parents named him after Michael Jordan AND Kobe Bryant — arguably the top two players of all-time. But Walter, who is a rookie with the Toronto Raptors, didn’t know about his connection to Jordan and Bryant until he was a teenager and […]

A bit of normalcy returned on Friday night at American Airlines Center. Gone were the one-timers, those overflow media members who crammed into the building for Luka Doncic’s Wednesday return to Dallas. And the Los Angeles Lakers fans, too. Replacing them was a business-as-usual approach from the Mavericks, who are trying to put together an […]

For the first time in franchise history, the Mavericks will experience the play-in tournament. What that means is they weren’t good enough in the regular season to prove they are playoff worthy. But they weren’t bad enough to be serious contenders in the Cooper Flagg Sweepstakes. Somewhere in between. That’s where the Mavericks are. “Hope […]

The prodigal son returned “home” Wednesday night and promptly did his thing. Los Angeles Lakers point guard Luka Dončić started Wednesday off by crying when a tribute video for him was shown on the American Airlines Center Jumbotron. By the time the night was over, Dončić had poured in 45 points, collected eight rebounds, dispensed […]

A sentimental journey through Luka Doncic’s six-plus seasons with the Mavericks did exactly what it was intended to do on Wednesday night. There was celebration, healing, maybe a little closure and most certainly a tribute that was befitting of the occasion. The tribute video played before the superstar was announced as the last starter in […]

Luka Dončić put on a dominant performance against his former team Wednesday night. But the Dallas Mavericks still were able to celebrate a bit. In his first game at American Airlines Center since the Mavs traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 2, Dončić looked like Superman as he flew through the sky […]

In his own way of simply keeping it real, Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd believes Mavs fans deserve the right to pay homage and show their appreciation for Luka Dončić when he and the Los Angeles Lakers visit American Airlines Center on Wednesday night. Dončić played for the Mavs from 2018 until they traded him, […]

Anthony Davis had just scored seven points in the first five minutes against the Los Angeles Clippers and was clearly in a nice comfort zone. The Clippers couldn’t slow him down early in the game. It was a chance for the Mavericks to milk a hot hand. And then, Davis walked to the sideline – […]

As he stood at his locker in the visitors’ dressing room at the fancy Intuit Dome, which might be AI generated from the ground up given the crazy gizmos and electronics it has, Naji Marshall didn’t waste two seconds thinking about where the Mavericks will have their first game in the SoFi play-in tournament. “Doesn’t […]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The Mavericks arrived in Los Angeles full of hope, riding a stretch of five wins in seven games and talking playoffs. The LA Clippers put those talks on hold, at least for the moment. While Anthony Davis returned to the court and kept the Mavericks in the game for a half, the […]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Jason Kidd is heading to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for the second time. Already enshrined in Springfield, Mass., for his legendary career that landed him in the top three on the all-time assists and steals lists, Kidd on Saturday joined the other members of the 2008 U.S. men’s Olympic […]

On March 28, the Dallas Mavericks traveled about 600 miles south to Monterrey, Mexico— Dallas’ sister city— to unveil two refurbished basketball courts as a gift to the city’s MFFLs. For decades, the Mavs and Mavs Foundation have worked to grow the game of basketball through dozens of court donations across North Texas. And with […]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Other than getting a key player or two back, there’s a couple of easy fixes for the Mavericks in their rematch with the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. Make more shots, which won’t be hard considering they didn’t make any three-pointers in the first half of Friday’s 23-point loss to the […]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Kawhi Leonard may never be the same player he was when he was a two-time MVP of the NBA Finals as he helped San Antonio (2014) and Toronto (2019) win championships. But he hasn’t been bad for the Los Angeles Clippers this season, even in a limited capacity. And he certainly reminded […]