Seth Curry was in the starting lineup in the last scrimmage Tuesday before the Mavericks get down to serious business with the regular-season restart on Friday. We know that doesn’t always mean a whole lot. But coach Rick Carlisle sounded like he’s comfortable with a smallish lineup to start games as the Mavericks wrapped up […]
If there were doubters, Kristaps Porzingis didn’t waste any time silencing them on Tuesday night. Busting out of the gate looking very focused and determined, Porzingis scored 13 straight points during a five-minute stretch in the first quarter and the Mavs went on to win a nip-and-tuck scrimmage against the Philadelphia 76ers, 118-115, in overtime […]
Dallas Mavericks power forward/center Kristaps Porzingis was apologetic when asked how he inadvertently missed the NBA’s mandatory coronavirus test on Saturday. “It was just a mistake on my part,” Porzingis said following Monday’s practice in Orlando. “It was a day off (on Saturday) and everything kind of threw me off a little bit and I […]
Already short on big men when they entered the NBA bubble, the Dallas Mavericks suddenly found themselves without their second-tallest player during Sunday afternoon’s scrimmage against the Indiana Pacers because of what coach Rick Carlisle described as “an innocent mistake.” Mavs center/forward Kristaps Porzingis was unavailable to play against the Pacers because he failed to […]
The Mavericks and center Kristaps Porzingis got a stern reminder Sunday that even an innocent mistake will be dealt with quickly when it comes to medical protocols in the NBA’s bubble. The 7-3 center was not allowed to play in the scrimmage against Indiana because he missed a mandatory coronavirus test on Saturday, which was […]
When Trey Burke went through some of the practice drills with the Dallas Mavericks on Friday for the first time under the NBA bubble, it was new and exciting for him. And maybe a little uneasy. It’s not that Burke is unaware of Mavs coach Rick Carlisle’s coaching principles. The 6-foot guard played 25 games […]
The NBA has been trending in a smaller direction for several years. Centers are optional, unless of course they can knock down 3-point shots. Mavericks’ coach Rick Carlisle has gone so far to say that he wouldn’t be opposed to playing 6-7 Dorian Finney-Smith at center in some situations. And that he could envision five […]
The Mavericks have the sizzle. Their offense, even when it’s been off for four-plus months, is really potent. What coach Rick Carlisle is waiting to see is if the defense can find a similar degree of success as the NBA season restarts next week. The Mavericks went through their first scrimmage on the Disney campus, […]
For someone who didn’t shoot a basketball for almost two months during the coronavirus pandemic, it didn’t take Seth Curry long to get locked into a zone. During Thursday’s 108-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers at the VISA Athletic Center in a scrimmage at the NBA bubble, Curry showed that he still has the […]
At last. Some 134 days will have passed since the Dallas Mavericks played their last game against the Denver Nuggets when they face the Los Angeles Lakers in a scrimmage on Thursday. Rest assured, the Mavs (40-27) are very eager to get back on the basketball court, against anybody. The NBA suspended play on March […]