Much has changed since the Mavericks last changed their uniforms (Glenn James/ Getty). The basketball world is lucky enough to be in a fairly acceptable era of NBA jersey style. After the maximalist days of the mid-’90s, the designs of the past decade-plus have tended towards the simple and refined, with franchises opting to represent [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops May 9 The Mavericks’ next order of business is to get ready for the draft lottery and president Donnie Nelson, who will represent the team in New York for the lottery along with longtime assistant GM Keith Grant, has a plan for the lottery. “I’m going to wear the [...]
Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend’s email address. Former Pacers coach Jim O’Brien retired Friday after a 30-year career.(Photo: Michael Conroy, AP) Story Highlights Mavericks assistant Jim O’Brien is retiring after a 30-year coaching career O’Brien served as head coach for the [...]
DALLAS (AP) — Mavericks assistant Jim O’Brien is retiring after a 30-year career that included heading coaching stints in Boston, Philadelphia and Indiana. Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said Friday that O’Brien is being replaced by Kaleb Canales, who was the interim head coach in Portland last year. The 61-year-old O’Brien spent one season with the [...]
Notebook: Mavericks 107, Hornets 89 Posted Apr 14, 2013 9:45 PM Bradley Handwerger, for NBA.com THE FACTS: The Dallas Mavericks kept alive hopes of ending the season with a winning record, moving to .500 with a 107-89 win over the New Orleans Hornets. Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki became only the 17th player in NBA history to surpass [...]
The 2012-13 season hasn’t worked out as Dirk Nowitzki planned, with a preseason knee injury forcing him to miss 27 games and his Dallas Mavericks to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2000. But with three games left in Dallas’ season, Nowitzki still entered Sunday with a milestone in reach and a long-held [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 13 The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed guard Josh Akognon, presumably just for the remainder of the 2012-13 NBA season. Akognon (5-11, 185) originally signed a 10-day contract with Dallas on April 3. He made his NBA regular-season debut against Phoenix on April 10 and [...]
Notebook: Suns 102, Mavericks 91 Posted Apr 11, 2013 12:03 AM Dave Ivey, for NBA.com THE FACTS: The Phoenix Suns halted a 10-game losing streak, ended a six-year drought in Dallas and crushed the Dallas Mavericks’ faint playoff hopes with a 102-91 victory Wednesday at the American Airlines Center. Double-doubles by Goran Dragic (21 points, 13 [...]
Notebook: Mavericks 96, Trail Blazers 91 Posted Apr 8, 2013 2:33 AM Kerry Eggers, for NBA.com THE FACTS: Dallas built a 26-point lead late in the third quarter Sunday night at the Rose Garden, and needed every bit of its cushion to close out a 96-91 victory over Portland. Chris Kaman scored a season-high 26 points [...]
Notebook: Mavericks 117, Kings 108 Posted Apr 6, 2013 1:44 AM By James Ham, for NBA.com THE FACTS: The road weary Dallas Mavericks came into Sleep Train Arena Friday needing a win to stay in the playoff hunt after dropping a heartbreaker last night, and got just what the doctor ordered as the Sacramento Kings gave [...]
By the long view, the Denver Nuggets had a very bad Thursday night. In the second quarter of their game against the Dallas Mavericks, forward Danilo Gallinari went down with a likely ACL tear in his left knee. Along with the absence of Ty Lawson, the loss of Gallinari puts a serious damper on the [...]
Notebook: Nuggets 95, Mavericks 94 Posted Apr 5, 2013 1:09 AM Michael Kelly, for NBA.com THE FACTS: Andre Iguodala scored on a driving layup with 2.8 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Dallas Mavericks 95-94 on Thursday for their 19th straight home win. It was a costly win for the Nuggets after [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 3 Mathematically, they remain alive. But after the Los Angeles Lakers controlled them all night for a 101-81 victory, the Mavericks must face the grim reality that their playoff hopes bit the dust at Staples Center. “We knew we were behind the 8-ball all season,” said Dirk Nowitzki. [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 3 The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed free agent guard Josh Akognon to a 10-day contract. Akognon (5-11, 185) spent the 2012 preseason with the Mavericks before signing with the Liaoning Jiebao Hunters of the Chinese Basketball Association for the 2012-13 season. In 36 games [...]
On a night where all of Lakerdom celebrated the career and past accomplishments of Shaquille O’Neal, the center’s one-time running buddy and rival delivered a performance that kept alive the possibility — however slight — that this year’s dysfunctional and damaged Los Angeles Lakers could get the chance to inflict some damage of their own [...]