PHILADELPHIA – Despite current appearances, the Mavericks fully expect to be a force when the playoffs roll around. And they took a step Tuesday to bolster their postseason swagger. The Mavericks traded for Caleb Martin, who has been a capable rotation player for the Philadelphia 76ers this season but made his mark as a playoff […]

Willie Davis is always in a charitable mood. As the president of the Dallas Chapter of the National Basketball Retired Players Association, Davis heads up a group of players who live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area who go around town making life a bit easier for others. The NBRPA puts on several free basketball camps […]

CLEVELAND – If you are wondering just how Anthony Davis will fit in with the Mavericks, all you had to do was watch the way the Cleveland Cavaliers played on Sunday. They routed the Mavericks, but that’s not the point. How they did it – and how they’ve done it all season in building a […]

PHILADELPHIA – If Max Christie can have this kind of impact on the Mavericks, we can only wait with great anticipation about what Anthony Davis might deliver. It didn’t take long for the new Maverick swingman to prove his worth as he provided a major boost off the bench in the first half Tuesday in […]

PHILADELPHIA – Anthony Davis knows how to make a good first impression. The new Mavericks superstar was first off the team bus as it pulled into Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday morning. He walked at the head of the line of Mavericks as they filed to the court for their morning shootaround before playing the […]

PHILADELPHIA – Say what you will about the NBA, and the Mavericks in particular, but one claim you cannot make it’s boring around these parts. Maybe the most stunning trade in NBA history made sure of that when the Mavericks acquired Anthony Davis for Luka Dončić over the weekend. And knowing the way things go […]

CLEVELAND – The Mavericks’ transition to a new normal will not happen overnight. But you have to start somewhere and they began by coming to grips with the fact that Luka Dončić no longer is the face of the franchise and that building a new brand behind Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving is the Mavericks’ […]

CLEVELAND – Mavericks fans went through an initial shock after the blockbuster trade of Luka Dončić, and they weren’t the only ones. Players said after they got shelled by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday that the trade to acquire Anthony Davis and Max Christie for Dončić, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris caught them by surprise, […]

CLEVELAND – The Mavericks made it official on Sunday morning, announcing the trade of franchise icon Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers and welcoming veteran superstar Anthony Davis to Dallas. It’s a move that shocked the basketball world and left fans wondering why a 25-year-old superstar point guard would be traded just eight months […]

DALLAS – The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they acquired 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis, guard Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for guard Luka Dončić, forward/center Maxi Kleber and forward/center Markieff Morris. As part of the three-team deal, the Utah Jazz acquires guard Jalen Hood-Schifino and a […]

CLEVELAND – One of the silver linings from all the injuries the Mavericks have endured is that a lot of players who may not have planned on playing big roles are getting valuable experience on how to handle meaningful minutes on the court. That’s a good thing. But it also comes with a price, because […]

DETROIT – The kneejerk reaction is to bid adieu to January and, from a Mavericks’ perspective, say: goodbye and good riddance. They played 16 games in the month and went 6-10. They went oh-for-Luka as Dončić missed the entire month with a left calf strain. Dereck Lively II missed the last half of the month […]

DETROIT – The fallout from the selection of All-Star reserves was still being felt on Friday as Kyrie Irving was not included on the Western Conference squad by the coaches. On the other side of the coin, Detroit’s Cade Cunningham, an Arlington native who was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2021, will be […]

DETROIT – The Mavericks ran into an All-Star buzzsaw from Detroit’s Cade Cunningham Friday night. Fresh off the news that he was named an All-Star for the first time when reserves were announced Thursday, the Arlington native celebrated with a 40-piece against the Mavericks as the Pistons overran the Mavericks in the second half for […]

The Dallas Mavericks recently hosted an impactful event for students at the Young Women’s STEAM Academy in Balch Springs focused on topics surrounding mental health. As part of the Girls Empowered by Mavericks (GEM) program, the event featured fun and games with Mavs mascot Champ and a conversation with guests from UT Southwestern and the Dallas Wings, […]

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 […]