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 […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – So the big question on Thursday is who the NBA’s All-Star starters will be when they are announced during TNT’s telecast. The more local uncertainty is whether Luka Dončić and/or Kyrie Irving deserve to be included either in the starting lineup or as a reserve. When healthy, there is no doubt that […]

Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II will be sidelined at least four weeks with a right ankle stress fracture. The Mavs announced Wednesday that the promising young second-year player will be re-evaluated in four weeks. If everything comes out clean for Lively in four weeks, he could possibly return in time to play in the […]

The good news is that no member of the Dallas Mavericks got injured during Wednesday’s game against Minnesota. The bad news is that the Mavs came up a point short and lost to the Timberwolves, 115-114, at American Airlines Center. It was the 10th loss in the last 13 games for the Mavs as they […]

The teams that met in the Western Conference finals last season are limping through the middle of the season more disappointed than a teenager without TikTok for a weekend. But just like the social media time-waster came back, both the Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves expect to push these lagging times behind them, preferably sooner […]

CHARLOTTE, N. C. – From a competitive and pride standpoint, the Dallas Mavericks won’t fully admit that their plethora of injuries have compromised their ability to win games on a consistent basis. Their DNA won’t allow for such a confession. But the proof is in the pudding. The Mavs were without Luka Dončić (left calf […]

Club Mavericks Members filed into the lower bowl at American Airlines Center last Monday, Jan. 13, not for a scheduled game but a night full of games, nonetheless. The entire Mavericks roster, DJ Shippy, and MavsTV’s Mark Followill and Jeff “Skin” Wade teamed up on an off day to host an evening of entertainment for […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Before playing against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday afternoon for the first time in his NBA career, Josh Green reflected on how much fun he had playing for the Mavs over the previous four seasons. “It was amazing to play for the Mavericks,” Green told Mavs.com. “It’s the first place I kind […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Center Daniel Gafford produced one of those games every NBA player dreams of. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to prevent the Dallas Mavericks from suffering a 110-105 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Monday afternoon at Spectrum Center. Gafford scored a career-high 31 points, grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds, handed out three assists, […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Following Tuesday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets, Kyrie Irving’s exuberance probably got the best of him. Not long after that game, the Dallas Mavericks’ guard talked about his excitement to be playing the next night in New Orleans against the Pelicans. But there was only one problem. “I was speaking from an […]

As far as his pro basketball career is concern, Theo Pinson has decided to  put a big bow on it and wrap it tight. Basketball is in his rearview mirror, so the former Dallas Maverick has transitioned into a career as a TV color analyst for ESPN. He also has a pair of podcasts — […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are a lot like the Mavericks. Take away their MVP candidate and they’re still capable of winning any game. But like the Mavericks without Luka Dončić, the Thunder without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander aren’t the same beast. In a way, the Mavericks’ 106-98 victory on Friday night at American Airlines Center was poetic […]

The next time the Dallas Mavericks step on the basketball court, they’ll play on the road on Monday against the Charlotte Hornets. And that game will be played on the day America celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all of the historic things he accomplished for this country. It’s a game Mavs guard Klay […]

Maybe you’ve heard this one before. An NBA team is missing its superstar and can’t completely figure out how to cope, losing to a team they were expected to defeat handily. Yep, it happened to the Oklahoma City Thunder Friday night at American Airlines Center. They played for the first time this season without high-scoring […]

Halfway through the regular season and hopefully much further than that through a really difficult stretch, the Mavericks are getting nothing handed to them these days. They have lost three in a row and eight of 10 and not only haven’t been able to find much success during Luka Dončić’s time out with a left […]

NEW ORLEANS – The first half of the 2024-25 NBA season ended with a thud for the Dallas Mavericks. A thud in a sense that in the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report which was released Thursday, the league admitted that goaltending should have been whistled against New Orleans forward Trey Murphy III when he “blocked” […]