Area teens set to showcase skills at Dallas Mavericks Youth Combine

DALLAS – Some of the area’s top boys and girls middle school basketball players from a variety of school districts across North Texas will showcase their skills Friday night at the Dallas Mavericks Youth Combine, presented by Scottish Rite Hospital. Forty athletes from North Texas earned a coveted invite to the Mavs Basketball Elite Combine […]



Dallas youth team set to represent the South Region at the Jr. NBA Global Championship

The big stage is set in Orlando as 32 youth teams from around the world, representing 75 countries, will tip off on Tuesday at the 2019 Jr. NBA Global Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports. For the first time a Dallas team will compete in the tournament after Drive Nation won the South […]



Mavericks become first NBA team to host pro-style combine for elite teens

DALLAS – A new era for youth basketball across the Metroplex is under way with the Dallas Mavericks and the Mavs Basketball Academy implementing a new elite basketball development program aimed at some of the top student-athletes in the area. The movement, which will alter the culture of youth basketball in north Texas, follows the […]



Mavs one of 13 NBA teams hosting Jr. NBA Global Championship Qualifiers

DALLAS – The Dallas Mavericks and Mavs Basketball Academy will host the inaugural 2019 Mavs Spring Shootout, a Jr. NBA Global Championship Regional Qualifier, from Friday, March 22 through Sunday, March 24that Dallas Sportsplex. The Mavericks are just one of 13 NBA teams to put on a Jr. NBA-sanctioned local competition this year. “The Mavericks […]



Dallas Mavericks select Muhammad Shabazz as its first-ever Jr. NBA Coach of the Year

DALLAS – Former professional basketball player and current North Texas-area youth coach, Muhammad Shabazz (Belief Basketball Sharpshooters), was caught by surprise when he learned the Dallas Mavericks selected him as its 2018-19 Jr. NBA Coach of the Year. “I showed up for a coaching event before a game one night and (former NBA champion) Shawn […]



Salah Mejri on Luka Dončić: “I’m like a proud father”; the duo teams up to host recent Jr. NBA Clinic

]DALLAS – Dallas Mavericks veteran Salah Mejri and rookie Luka Dončić have a long history together, one that first ignited back in 2015 when they were teammates with Real Madrid in the EuroLeague. At the time, Dončić was just 16 years old and was the third-youngest player to make his debut in the history of […]



Creating Happy Summer Memories with Seth Curry

DALLAS – When Seth Curry thought about developing a summer basketball camp for kids, he knew he wanted to challenge them to tap into their mental capacity, not just into their athletic abilities. Thus, in order to become one of the 100 kids chosen to participate in the free one-day Seth Curry Jr. NBA Camp, […]



Salah Mejri shares stories, swats shots at Jr. NBA clinic

Salah Mejri plays basketball with the kind of intense, youthful passion you wouldn’t expect from a 30-year-old, and that isn’t a bad thing. His fire gives him confidence and the self-belief it takes to be the first player from Tunisia to play in the NBA. There was barely any organized basketball in his country as […]