Monta Ellis became the first Maverick not named Dirk Nowitzki to lead the team in per-game scoring since the 1999-00 season. That lets you know not only that Dirk has been a staple in Dallas for nearly 20 years now, but also that Ellis was the first Maverick we’ve seen in almost as long who […]
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 […]
It didn’t take long for Chandler Parsons to make an impact in his return after a seven-game absence. The small forward finished with 11 points, six rebounds, and two assists against the Lakers in his first action since a Feb. 20 win against the Houston Rockets. He provided two pretty good examples of what the […]
Que pasa mi gente! Getting back into the groove of writing and since last week they announced the All-Star starters and we are less than a week away from hearing who the reserves will be. I want to throw something out there: Monta Ellis deserves to be in New York City! It is an honor […]
Editor’s note: Stats reflect games played through Jan. 18. The Mavs are already halfway through the season. Crazy how time flies, right? As we rapidly approach the All-Star break, exactly who teams are is becoming a bit more clear. Generally, it’s very difficult to draw conclusions about what a team does and doesn’t do through […]
There’s no way Monta Ellis couldn’t be this week’s Player of the Week. He was just unbelievable in the last four games, at times carrying the team and at times just playing his normal All-Star brand of basketball. Ellis technically hit two game-winners in two nights (the Milwaukee buzzer-beater and the three-pointer to take a […]
Monta Ellis isn’t the player of the week just because of his own numbers. We’re beginning to see significant evidence through 10 games that his fingerprints are really all over this team. Ellis went ballistic on the court this week, scoring 21.5 points in just 32 minutes per game and hitting well over half his […]
Monta Ellis is a pretty good basketball player. We know that now after having seen him fit seamlessly into Rick Carlisle’s system last season, playing All-Star-caliber basketball for most of the season and saving his best for the playoffs, when he dominated the San Antonio Spurs in a season-saving Game 6 win. Ellis was an […]
Drive-and-kick. Drive-and-kick. Drive-and-kick. That’s what the NBA is all about nowadays. A combination of the hand-check rule change 10 years ago and teams’ increased interest in analytics has completely shifted the way basketball is played. No longer is it about isolations, mid-range jumpers, and gritty, beat-down defense. The NBA is now a pick-and-roll league. It’s […]
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 […]