Get your bows ready: Mavs wing Wesley Matthews will compete in the 2017 All-Star Three-Point Contest on Feb. 18 in New Orleans, the NBA announced today. Matthews’ 129 made 3-pointers ranks 10th in the NBA this season, and he’s shooting 38.1 percent from beyond the arc. Since Christmas, Matthews has connected on 39.6 percent of […]
In the first half, it was looking like Carmelo Anthony was going to have one of those nights. The Knicks superstar went into halftime with 22 points already to his name, on 9-of-15 shooting, and the Mavs held a narrow 52-51 lead. Already playing without Wesley Matthews, who suffered a right hip strain on Sunday […]
Immediate Impact Ups and downs have been the story of Wesley Matthews’ basketball career, but there has been one constant at every stop: Leadership. Whether it was starring at James Madison Memorial High School, four stellar years at Marquette or his stops in the NBA, Matthews’ leadership has been perpetual. “I don’t know whether it’s […]
The Mavs’ burgeoning 1-2 punch on the defensive end isn’t exactly an odd couple, but Wesley Matthews and Dorian Finney-Smith aren’t cut from the same cloth, either. Matthews is one of the most intense competitors in the NBA. He’ll jaw a bit, too, if the situation calls for it. Every trip down the floor in […]
The only guy unimpressed with Wesley Matthews’ shooting of late is the same guy who wasn’t worried about his slow shooting start to the 2016-17 season: Matthews himself. The second-year Mav’s campaign got off to an inauspicious start on the offensive end, as his shooting splits after seven games were just 28.9 percent from the […]
There has been a lot of talk about Wesley Matthews’ shooting struggles on the offensive end early on — he’s shooting just 31.3 percent from deep on 9.5 attempts per game in four appearances for the Mavs, although he connected on 3 of 5 in his last game — but not much at all about […]
Basketball season is finally here, everyone. Breathe it in. Enjoy it. We made it. This Mavs team is so different from last season’s squad for a variety of reasons. Yes, there are plenty of new faces in the locker room, and yes, the team is much younger. But even the returning players are beginning this […]
What a difference one year has made for Wesley Matthews. Last Friday the Mavs wing visited Academy in Dallas to take 70 local kids from the Boys & Girls Club on a $200 back-to-school shopping spree. It’s the same spree at the same store as he did almost one year ago to date, but it […]
We’ve already taken a look back at the best Mavs dunks and blocks of the 2015-16 season, so now all that’s left is checking out the buzzer-beaters. For this list, we included attempts to beat the shot clock, for two reasons: 1. There’s a buzzer sound when the shot clock expires, and 2. These are […]
The Mavericks continued their late-season reinvention last night with an 88-86 win against the Rockets. Houston became the fifth consecutive opponent Dallas has kept under 90 points, tying the longest such streak by any team this season. Another one bites the dust, and the Mavs have now won five straight contests in the thick of […]