You don’t often see an NBA player endear himself to an entire fan base after just one season, especially one in which he didn’t play much toward the beginning of the year. But that’s exactly what happened for Al-Farouq Aminu in the 2014-15 season. After sitting outside the rotation for much of the early parts […]
Down 3-0 and with their backs against the wall, it was going to take an energetic, complete performance for the Mavs to extend the series and push it back to Houston. That’s exactly the type of game Dallas played in Game 4, putting together one of their best games of the season, and just in […]
In what’s becoming almost a nightly ritual, Al-Farouq Aminu’s fingerprints were all over the Mavs’ win against Houston last night. The forward scored a season-high 17 points, grabbed a season-high 12 boards, and blocked two shots in 30 minutes of action, boasting a plus-minus of +12 in an 11-point win. And, as only Aminu can, […]
One of the final pieces the Mavericks added during the busy summer of 2014 was one of the most unassuming players on the team. The signing of forward Al-Farouq Aminu didn’t draw much fanfare, as everyone was still swooning over the additions of Tyson Chandler and Chandler Parsons. Aminu’s first claim to fame came early […]
Perhaps the Mavs’ most unassuming player made one of the biggest impacts in last night’s win against the Jazz. Al-Farouq Aminu finished with 16 points and a team-high 10 rebounds in just 20 minutes off the bench against Utah, the fewest its ever taken the fifth-year forward to reach either mark in a single game. […]
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Donnie Nelson and Mark Cuban have made it their mission for the past decade to surround Dirk Nowitzki with a capable supporting cast full of players who can fit in with the system and complement Nowitzki’s own strengths. The 2011 title team was an example of their finest work, as the front office gave Rick […]
Defense and depth were toward the top of the Mavs’ wish list heading into the summer, and the signing of Al-Farouq Aminu answers both needs. The 23-year-old small forward is the best rebounder at his position in the NBA by percentage — over the last two seasons, Aminu has snagged more than 23 percent of […]