DETROIT – Apparently, ranking among the NBA’s best in scoring and three-point shooting while keeping your team afloat during a gauntlet of injuries isn’t enough to make the All-Star Game. Kyrie Irving was snubbed on Thursday when the All-Star reserves were announced for the Western and Eastern conferences. The coaches in each conference did the […]

NEW ORLEANS – Daniel Gafford said he felt like earlier in this season he was letting down his running mate at center, Dereck Lively II. Make no mistake. Gafford, who is creeping up on the one-year anniversary of his arrival to the Mavericks, has let down nobody this season. But he couldn’t help the way […]

NEW ORLEANS – Dante Exum said it was “something I’ve done a thousand times.” Except that this time, in training camp at a routine practice, when he went up for a dunk, it went haywire. Exum, the Mavericks’ guard who hasn’t yet played this season because of the injury suffered on that dunk try that […]

NEW ORLEANS – All-Star reserves will be announced on Thursday and the Mavericks are hopeful that Kyrie Irving is included on the Western Conference squad. They also would like to see Luka Dončić be named to the team, but given that he’s played just 22 of the Mavericks’ 48 games, that may be asking a […]

NEW ORLEANS – After months of hearing about “next man up,” the Mavericks have evolved into living proof that the concept works. Especially when your next men were pretty darn good to begin with. Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington have leveled up with so many injuries opening up opportunities for them and that was never […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, his 13-year old daughter, Gigi, and seven others died in a horrific helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles five years ago this week. As someone who grew up admiring Bryant, Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson said he often thinks about that day that rocked the NBA world. “I […]

NEW ORLEANS – The Mavericks’ longest trip of the season starts Wednesday, a five-game, 10-day journey. And we will know so much more about this team when the marathon ends next month. For instance, we’ll know who the new Maverick(s) will be since the trade deadline coincides with the Feb. 6 game at Boston that […]

As frigid temperatures sweep across North Texas, the Dallas Mavericks called on MFFLs to donate new and gently used coats throughout January to benefit community members in need. With over 800 coats collected, Mavs fans proved giving back is a team effort! At the receiving end of this year’s Winter Warm Up donation were guests […]

Klay Thompson experienced a déjà vu moment early during Monday’s 130-108 victory over the Washington Wizards. After he knocked down an incredible seven three-pointers in the first quarter, the Dallas Mavericks’ guard said that amazing accomplishment reminded him of another great moment in his illustrious 14-year career. On Jan. 23, 2015, against the Sacramento Kings […]

As he’s done so many times, Klay Thompson put on a very impressive three-point shooting clinic Monday night, helping propel the Dallas Mavericks to a convincing 130-108 triumph over the Washington Wizards at American Airlines Center. With the win, the Mavs moved to 25-22 headed into a five-game road trip starting Wednesday in New Orleans. […]

Kylor Kelley has played basketball in a lot of remote basketball outposts. London for the British Basketball League Lions, Mississauga outside of Toronto for the Raptors 905 G League team. Maine for another G League gig. He even played in Austin, but not for the University of Texas. It was with the Austin Spurs, San […]

After a four-day period this past week when they played three of the four teams they met in last year’s playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks will finally catch a break of sorts on Monday when they host a Washington Wizards’ team that has the worst record in the NBA. The Mavs lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves […]

While all the centers around him unfortunately have been falling like dominoes this season, Daniel Gafford has been that one stabilizing force in the middle for the Dallas Mavericks. Not only has Gafford (along with guard Spencer Dinwiddie) played in a team-high 44 of the Mavs’ 46 games this season. But Gafford also is averaging […]

It had been a long time since Kristaps Porzingis took the floor at American Airlines Center as a visitor – more than seven years ago, to be exact, Jan. 7, 2018. When he finally got back on the court, he did so in triumphant fashion, in more ways than one, but he also had a […]

In this rematch between last season’s NBA finalists, Kyrie Irving knew exactly what the Dallas Mavericks were in for after the world champion Boston Celtics were embarrassed by 21 points to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. “Well, they lost a couple of games and (Celtics coach) Joe Mazzulla got into their (rear ends) a […]

 Saturday afternoon’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics is not just another regular-season contest. No one would buy that description anyway since it was the Celtics who defeated the Mavs in five games in last season’s NBA Finals. But Mavs forward P. J. Washington did say: “We know what happened last year. But […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – The hot question after what everybody agreed was the Mavericks’ best game of the season was just how they have developed a mastery of the team with the best record in the Western Conference. Spencer Dinwiddie had the best answer – P.J. Washington. “We talk about P.J. a lot in terms of […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – When All-Star starters were announced Thursday night, there weren’t any real surprises, even if people in San Antonio howl that Victor Wembanyama wasn’t among them. As was expected, neither Luka Dončić nor Kyrie Irving made the Western Conference starters. Irving will wait until the reserves are announced on Feb. 1. Dončić probably […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – There’s something about playing on the other side of the Red River that agrees with the Mavericks, no matter how many players they might be missing. For the second time this season, they went into Paycom Center and took down the mighty Oklahoma City Thunder, beating them 121-115 Thursday night as the […]

One of the positives that emerged from this injury crisis the Dallas Mavericks have been experiencing this season is the development of forward P. J. Washington as a playmaker. With guards Luka Dončić (left calf strain), and Jaden Hardy (right ankle sprain) missing games recently, Washington has found himself more often than not assisting guard […]