Most teams have some sort of ‘X’ factor. For the Mavericks, it might be Tim Hardaway Jr. Then again, judging from his impressive play so far in training camp, he might not be any sort of question mark at all going into the season. To refresh your memory, it was just over eight months ago […]

Five-hundred hours. It may not seem like a long time until you think of it in terms of a 40-hour work week, times 12½ weeks. Or in terms of nearly 200 people bonding together for three hours of teamwork at Bonton Farms in southeast Dallas. The Mavericks’ front-office staff spent Thursday doing an assortment of […]

Although his Blue team lost to the White team, 86-85, in overtime, in a Saturday afternoon scrimmage at American Airlines Center, assistant coach Jared Dudley couldn’t help but sing the praises of rookie guard Jaden Hardy. Playing like a wily veteran, Hardy tallied 15 of his 18 points in the second half while looking very […]

As the longest-tenured Maverick player, Dwight Powell has gotten the most out of his abilities. He’s also earned a measure of respect with the way he’s grown from a second-round draft pick into being a key cog on a team that went to the Western Conference finals last season. That’s why he was added to […]

For those Dallas Mavericks’ fans who lost sleep when guard Jalen Brunson left this past summer to sign a four-year, $104 million free agent contract with the New York Knicks, they should remember that that Spencer Dinwiddie is on this team. The same Spencer Dinwiddie who averaged 20.6 points and 6.8 assists with the Brooklyn […]

Josh Green has been one of the standouts in the Mavericks’ first week of training camp. It’s not by accident. The third-year swingman has set himself for this to be a major leap year for him. Gone is the specter of COVID-19, which hung over his first two seasons and kept him from a lot […]

Just based on what he was able to accomplish last season while playing against pro players, Jaden Hardy has proven that he is no ordinary NBA rookie. After his first season out of high school, Hardy bypassed  a chance to play college basketball and signed with the NBA G League Ignite. And he more than […]

DALLAS —When the Dallas Mavericks hit the hardwood for the first time over 40 years ago, it was a pivotal moment for the city of Dallas and forever changed the sports landscape in the region. Norm Sonju co-founded the organization with the late Don Carter during an economic downturn where investors got nervous about the […]

After the Fletcher’s corny dog and the rest of the deep-fried marathon that everybody runs at the State Fair of Texas, you will need a place to cool off, relax and take a trip down memory lane. The Mavs Vault is your perfect stop. On Wednesday, several hundred lucky fans and dignitaries got a sneak […]

In a way, JaVale McGee was almost apologetic for the way he performed with the Dallas Mavericks seven years ago. But at least he had a legitimate excuse. McGee signed a free agent contract with the Mavs on Aug. 13, 2015, but ultimately missed the first 13 games of the 2015-16 season because of a […]

The Mavericks’ practice on Wednesday was enough to make the players feel like they were back on their college campuses. School colors were everywhere. On hand at the Biosteel practice facility were coaches and/or staff members from numerous universities, including head coach Rob Lanier from SMU and Todd Bozeman, who coached Jason Kidd at Cal […]

Christian Wood gets it. When you went undrafted, have been cut not once or twice but four times, played for a lot of bad teams and lost 153 of the 222 NBA games you have been in, you get it. That’s why when Mavericks’ coach Jason Kidd said the new big man on the scene […]

When he held his first training camp as the coach of the Dallas Mavericks last year, Jason Kidd expressed the need for his players to develop a defensive mindset, have some fun, and communicate with each other on both ends of the court. That’s the same message Kidd conveyed to his players on Tuesday when […]

The start of training camp is always full of question marks, although the health and fitness of players is less concerning than back in the old days. I remember in the early ’90s covering the Houston Rockets when a player showed up for training camp and the coach said he was in his second trimester. […]

For the third straight season, Luka Doncic has opened training camp as the favorite by the Las Vegas oddsmakers to win the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award. This year, the Dallas Mavericks’ superstar point guard hopes the third time is indeed the charm. Denver’s Nikola Jokic captured the league’s MVP award the past two seasons. […]

Between photo shoots and interview sessions at Mavericks’ media day on Monday, coach Jason Kidd acknowledged the obvious – that expectations for the surprise Western Conference finalists of 2022 will be revved past the red line as training camp opens Tuesday. “I understand that,” Kidd said. “It’s the expectations that any coach or any sports […]

As he reflects on helping the Dallas Mavericks advance to the Western Conference Finals last season, there’s one thing that jumps off the table at coach Jason Kidd as he approaches the 2022-23 season. Things will be different for the Mavs. How much different remains to be seen. Gone is guard Jalen Brunson, who left […]

From his perspective, Dirk Nowitzki has no doubt that Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd will be able to pick up where he left off last season. Not only did the Mavs defeat the Utah Jazz in the first round of last year’s playoffs after Luka Doncic missed the first three games of that best-of-seven series […]

The day after the Dallas Mavericks negotiated a draft day trade with the Sacramento Kings to secure the rights to guard Jaden Hardy in June, Hardy and his camp strategically started putting the wheels in motion to host a basketball camp in North Texas. That strategy came to fruition Saturday when the rookie from the […]

The Mavericks on Wednesday officially signed five additions to their training camp roster. Guards McKinley Wright IV, Tyler Hall and D.J. Stewart Jr. joined two forwards, Mouhamadou Gueye and Marcus Bingham Jr. All five will be competing for potentially two open spots on the Mavericks’ roster: one open contract spot and one two-way contract. Training […]