To trade or keep the 13th pick? That is the question

DALLAS — Not so fast, my friend. Last week, after the Dallas Mavericks failed to move up in the NBA Lottery while locking them into the 13th pick in next month’s draft, rumors began to circulate that proprietor Mark Cuban and the front office would trade out of the selection in an effort to free […]

Cuban focused on building continuity going forward

DALLAS — This is not last year. Despite heading into a second straight summer armed with financial flexibility, Dallas Mavericks proprietor Mark Cuban shot down any comparisons to last offseason as he and the organization try to make a splash in free agency. Courting point guard Deron Williams last summer before The Colony native spurned […]

Cuban details Mavs’ two-year plan to recapture title

DALLAS — If the Dallas Mavericks are to return to the top of the basketball mountain in the next two years then it will all be according to proprietor Mark Cuban’s plan. Saturday, while beginning to make his radio rounds, Cuban took the time to break down the Mavericks’ two-year plan to return to an […]

Mavs with plenty of decisions to make as draft draws closer

DALLAS — It’s been well documented. The last player selected with the No. 13 pick in the NBA Draft to eventually become an All-Star: Kobe Bryant. But, for every Marcus Haislip, Sean May and Julian Wright since Bryant was taken in the 1996 draft there’s also been the likes of Corey Maggette, Richard Jefferson and […]

Mavs’ brass to evaluate prospects in Chicago

DALLAS — Don’t look now, but the NBA Draft is quickly approaching. Armed with a lottery pick for the first time since 2000, when they selected Etan Thomas with the 12th overall selection the last time the franchise didn’t make the playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks will look to make a splash by selecting a Day […]

Could Brandan Wright develop into Mavs’ starting center?

DALLAS — Nearly every time Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle called upon center-forward Brandan Wright during the 2012-13 season the young big man seemed to be ready. Building off his first year in Dallas and appearing in a career-high 64 games while making 16 starts this season, Wright would take advantage of his time on […]

Has Roddy B. played his last game as a Mav?

DALLAS — In an instant Rodrigue Beaubois’ time as a Dallas Maverick may have come to an end. Showing signs of stardom his rookie season when he dropped a career-high 40 points in 30 reserve minutes against the Golden State Warriors on March 27, 2010, and doing so again when he totaled 16 points off […]

Marion reflects on unfulfilled season

DALLAS — Just two summers ago four-time NBA All-Star forward Shawn Marion was on cloud nine. Capturing the championship that had eluded him during a lengthy stint in Phoenix and short stops in Miami and Toronto, Marion had finally reached the mountaintop during his second season with the Dallas Mavericks. Two years later, however, Marion […]

Can No. 41 shoot for 30K?

DALLAS — Only five men in the history of the NBA have done it, but with a strong close to his career 11-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki could be poised to join that exclusive brotherhood before his playing days are done. In the annuals of the league’s scoring ranks only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, […]

Carlisle, Mavs add Canales to staff after retirement of O’Brien

DALLAS — While it won’t create many headlines, it may be the first of many more dominoes for the Dallas Mavericks to fall this offseason. Friday, in a statement released by Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, the team announced that former offensive coordinator Jim O’Brien would be retiring from coaching after serving as an assistant coach […]