Dallas – On Tuesday, Nov. 26th from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Mavs players DeJuan Blair, Jae Crowder and Bernard James, along with Albertsons, will hand out 150 turkeys that have been generously purchased by Blair, plus sides to families in need at Buckner Children’s Home (5200 S. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, TX 75227). This event […]
Everyone has a different story about their Dallas Mavericks fandom. Some are fans by proximity, others are fans because their parents took them to games as children, and yet others are fans because they follow certain players. For Taylor Sbordone and Peter Grieco, their fan story is a love story. Taylor grew up in New […]
The first round of the NBA draft brings with it certain hopes, a look to the future and a chance to add needed youth. Shane Larkin, Dallas’ first-round pick in this year’s draft, represents all three of those things. Larkin joins the Mavs at a position where the team was lacking last season. Despite the […]
Shawn Marion brought fans to their feet with a three-point shot that gave the Mavericks (8-4) their first lead over the Houston Rockets (8-5) since early in the first quarter. With little over a minute left to play in the fourth quarter and the Mavs up 121-119, there wasn’t a bad seat in the American […]
With 1:01 left in the first quarter of Monday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, coach Rick Carlisle made a substitution for Monta Ellis that got fans cheering. 21-year-old rookie guard Shane Larkin took to the court for the first time in his NBA career. Larkin underwent right ankle surgery in July after injuring it […]
From the day Monta Ellis signed with the Mavericks, his job was clear: get to the basket and make things happen. And through 10 games, Ellis has done just that, more so than almost anyone else in the league. Ellis, who in recent years struggled to find efficient shots — playing mostly with middling supporting […]
On an especially cold Tuesday in November, Brandon Herring, a veteran of the United States Air Force, rushed home from work to get ready for his date to the Mavericks game that night. He picked up two tickets at the last minute, in section 112, so they would be close to all the action on […]
The next frontier in basketball analytics has become public – finally. SportVU cameras, which track the movement of every player on the court every night, have been installed in all 29 NBA arenas this season (both LA teams share the Staples Center). The data the SportVU software processes and spits out can be used to […]