Naji Marshall has been on a tear lately. Over the last four games, the Dallas Mavericks’ forward has averaged 25.8 points and 10.5 rebounds while shooting 52.6 percent from the field. Indeed, he’s been putting on a show during that span while a lot of the other players in the Mavs’ rotation have been mired […]
With four starters now on the injury list, Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd acknowledged that at the moment he doesn’t have a clear-cut number one offensive option on his team. The situation at this point just doesn’t call for that. “No, there’s no number one option,” Kidd said following Friday’s disappointing 122-111 loss to the […]
The Dallas Mavericks gave updates on Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford on Friday, and all three players are trending in the right direction in recovery from their injuries. Davis has missed the last 11 games because of a strained left adductor and is improving daily to the point that the Mavs have […]
For three quarters Friday night at American Airlines Center, the Dallas Mavericks were racing up and down the court at a breakneck pace. They had 94 points at that juncture, and proudly took a five-point lead into the fourth quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies following a long buzzer-beating bank shot three-pointer by Dante Exum. Then […]
MILWAUKEE – With guard Kyrie Irving out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, the major question is: does that mean the other prime-time player on the Dallas Mavericks’ roster – Klay Thompson – will have his minutes increased? “I think someone asked me are we going to have […]
MILWAUKEE – Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd took exception to any perceived connections that the reason guard Kyrie Irving tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Monday’s game against Sacramento is because Kidd had been playing him too many minutes lately. “The truth to that question is so far false or being […]
MILWAUKEE – Forward Klay Thompson didn’t mince words when asked how tough was it to try and defeat the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night when the Dallas Mavericks had a whopping nine players on the injury list. “We’re human,” Thompson said after the 137-107 loss to the Bucks at Fiserv Forum. “It’s very hard. You […]
MILWAUKEE – As the injuries unfortunately stack up for the Dallas Mavericks on the front line, so too have the minutes stacked up for Olivier-Maxence Prosper. Previously out of the rotation primarily due to the talent in front of him, Prosper has found himself squarely in the middle of the rotation due to injuries to […]
LOS ANGELES – Part I of the Dallas Mavericks vs. Luka Dončić and the Los Angeles Lakers thriller went to the Lakers, who defeated the Mavs, 107-99, Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena. The sequel will be April 9 at American Airlines Center. And if Tuesday’s game is any indication, the April matchup promises to be […]
LOS ANGELES – Awkward. That’s the word Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving used to describe his first meeting against Luka Dončić since the latter was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 2. Irving has been playing alongside Dončić in the Mavs’ backcourt for the past two years. The two had become fast friends. […]