There were enough fireworks in yesterday’s Mavs win over the Blazers that it felt like Independence Day at American Airlines Center. For one Maverick, it really was. Salah Mejri celebrated his native Tunisia’s Independence Day on Sunday, the 60th anniversary of his country gaining its independence from France. Mejri did it in style, too, by […]
There perhaps hasn’t been a better, more unexpected story in the NBA over the last couple weeks than the emergence of Salah Mejri. The 7-foot-2 Tunisian center burst onto the scene out of relative obscurity to score 17 points and grab nine rebounds against Oklahoma City earlier this month, then scored five quick points and […]
Salah Mejri no es como el resto de rookies a los que estamos acostumbrados a ver en la NBA. Para bien y para mal Mejri tiene 29 años. Para bien porque eso significa que su nivel de madurez es mayor que el de un novato normal. Para mal porque quizás eso signifique que su potencial […]
On a night when Rick Carlisle gave four starters the night off for rest and the fifth to rest a sore Achilles, the coach left the door open for his backups and low-minute guys to stand out with their play. Nights like those are the times when players have the chance to make their case […]
Justin Anderson scored 27 points and Salah Mejri grabbed 12 rebounds on Saturday night in their brief assignment to the Texas Legends. The rookies were assigned on Saturday to the club’s D-League affiliate in Frisco so they could get some extra run. It appears they took full advantage of that opportunity, as Anderson’s 27 points […]
After spending two seasons with Real Madrid, perhaps the best team in the world outside of the NBA, center Salah Mejri has agreed to a contract with the Mavericks. The 7′ 1″, 245 pound 29-year-old is the first Tunisian player in the NBA and was the first Arabic player in general to play in the […]