Another anticipated NBA season starts in less than two months. And former NBA player Brendan Haywood steadfastly believes the Dallas Mavericks will be a force — again — in the Western Conference during the 2024-25 campaign. “When you talk about the best teams in the Western Conference, I have the Dallas Mavericks right there in […]
Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving has become the chief visionary officer and an investor in a new venture called PlayersTV. A Dallas-based sports media company, Players TV involves content produced by over 70 professional athletes across various sports. In addition to Irving, some of the players involved with PlayersTV include current and former NBA players […]
The Mavericks on Friday released their 2024-25 preseason schedule. Training camp will begin Oct. 1 in Las Vegas after media-day obligations in Dallas on Sept. 30. The team will train on the UNLV campus from Oct. 1 through 4, then return to Dallas where they will play Memphis in the preseason opener on Oct. 7. […]
The release of the NBA schedule is equal parts thrilling and ho-hum. On one hand, you know there are going to be 82 games. And you know all the opponents. On the other hand, it’s exciting like a movie you love to watch, even though you’ve seen it many times. You still love it. That’s […]
School is officially back in session for students across the Dallas Independent School District! Monday morning, the Dallas Mavericks welcomed the Adelle Turner Elementary Tigers back to campus with an all-out celebration to get students, faculty, and staff excited for the upcoming school year. For the fourth consecutive year, the Mavericks have sponsored Adelle Turner […]
Who won the offseason in the Western Conference? Who will be the top contenders to unseat the Mavericks’ from their throne ruling the West? It’s an unscientific job trying to break that down, probably doomed to failure. But we’re going to try anyway. On Monday, we looked at the Mavericks’ busy summer — and by […]
Over the past 11 months, 100 small, diverse businesses in North Texas advanced through the Dallas Mavericks’ Mavs Business Assist (MBA) program, presented by ZenBusiness. After six educational sessions spanning the course of the 2023-24 MBA experience and a fast pitch competition that saw $30,000 in prize money distributed, the program culminated in a final […]
As we continue our three-part series on offseason moves in the Western Conference, we move to the four teams in the Southwest Division that the Mavericks must be better than if they hope to make a return to the NBA Finals. New Orleans, San Antonio, Houston and Memphis are not championship contenders in most people’s […]
It’s time to size up the NBA’s Western Conference. We’ve reached that point in the offseason when most teams, if not all, have reshaped their roster through the draft, free agency, trades and other means. Not all the dust has settled. But it appears most of the heavy lifting for teams is done, including for […]
PLANO – It has been a unique summer for the Mavs Academy Hoop Camps. Considering that one of the goals of the camps at various locations around the Metroplex is to cultivate the next generation of Maverick fans, this year’s camps have been wildly successful for a very specific reason. “Anytime we have summer camps […]
PLANO — With Klay Thompson as one of the newest members of the Dallas Mavericks, forward P. J. Washington believes opponents will be in a “pick their poison” mode. Especially when Mavs guards Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving are added to the equation. The combination of Thompson, Doncic and Irving gives the Mavs arguably the […]
LAS VEGAS – The Oklahoma City Thunder overcame an 11-point deficit and went on defeat the Dallas Mavericks, 88-79, Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in the NBA 2K25 Summer League. For the Mavs, the summer league ended with them posting a 1-4 record after going 4-1 during summer league play last summer. […]
LAS VEGAS – On June 17, the Boston Celtics won their 18th NBA title by closing out the championship series in five games against the Mavericks. On Friday, the names may have changed, but the jerseys remained the same. And Mavs forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper all but said he has the memory of an elephant. “I […]
Players who reach the NBA figure out quickly how blessed they are – and ways to extend those blessings to others in their communities. Quentin Grimes learned that lesson a lot earlier in life. As a high-school senior in the north Houston area, Grimes used his platform to award a Play It Forward grant to […]
LAS VEGAS – Because of an injury to Dallas Mavericks point guard Brandon Williams, backup playmaker Jazian Gortman got to start in Wednesday’s NBA 2K25 Summer League game against the Miami Heat. And what an indelible impression he made. Gortman collected 19 points, three assists and two steals, and was 7-of-15 from the field, including […]
LAS VEGAS – Kel’el Ware showed Wednesday why the Miami Heat chose him with the 15th overall pick in last month’s NBA Draft. The 7-foot, 242-pound center produced game highs of 24 points and 10 rebounds in leading the Heat to a 92-79 win over the Dallas Mavericks at the Thomas & Mack Center in […]
LAS VEGAS – Although he obviously wanted a winning outcome, Dallas Mavericks summer league coach Jared Dudley can accept Saturday’s 90-89 loss to the Utah Jazz. However, in analyzing Monday’s 108-88 blowout loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Dudley said that was unacceptable. And that’s why Dudley took his team through a film session and then […]
LAS VEGAS – Almost before the Dallas Mavericks even had any designs on winning their first game at the NBA 2k25 Summer League, the Memphis Grizzlies quickly took those chances away. The Grizzlies put up a ferocious defensive front in forcing a whopping 27 turnovers en route to defeating the Mavs, 108-88, Monday night at […]
LAS VEGAS – Jamarion Sharp probably have one of the most intriguing recruiting stories of all time. While Sharp was a high school junior in Hopkinsville, Ky., Western Kentucky coach Rick Stansbury was attending one of Sharp’s game, but was only there to scout another player. Sharp, however, got the attention of Stansbury during pregame […]
LAS VEGAS – The Dallas Mavericks seemingly had control of Saturday’s NBA 2K25 Summer League opener against the Utah Jazz. The Mavs led, 59-48, early in the third quarter. But the Jazz went on a furious 30-11 run and proceeded to edge the Mavs, 90-89, at Cox Pavilion. That pivotal run bridging the third and […]