Get to know the new, young Mavs

With the Mavs’ signing of Nerlens Noel, the club’s roster now sits at 20 players, the maximum amount the team can bring to training camp. The full roster is below.   There are several familiar names on that list — after all, the Mavs are bringing back 11 players from last year’s team — but […]



MBA Coach Bleeds Mavs Blue

DALLAS – Victor Cathey has been involved with the Dallas Mavericks for so long he might as well become an adopted member of the North Texas organization. Cathey, 37, is one of the Mavs Basketball Academy directors. But his journey with the Mavs started nearly three decades ago. Actually, Cathey attended his first Mavs Hoop […]



Returning Mavs have the ingredients to put together a much-improved offense

  With the Mavericks’ re-signing of Nerlens Noel, the club has solidified its core and essentially guaranteed which players from last season’s roster will return for 2017-18. Dallas has experienced less year-to-year continuity than many other teams in the NBA since the 2010-11 championship season, but the Mavs have still managed to qualify for the […]



Mavs sign center Nerlens Noel

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed center Nerlens Noel. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Noel (6-11, 220), who was acquired by the Mavericks from the Philadelphia 76ers in a trade-deadline deal on Feb. 23, averaged 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 1.0 steal, 1.1 blocks […]



NBA rookies select Dennis Smith Jr. as their favorite for Rookie of the Year

Fans and media have admired Mavs point guard Dennis Smith Jr.’s game since draft night, but today the Mavs rookie received perhaps even more meaningful praise, this time coming from his peers. In a survey for NBA.com, Smith’s fellow first-year players voted him most likely to win the Rookie of the Year award. The NC […]



Mavs sign center Jeff Withey

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed free agent center Jeff Withey. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Withey (7-0, 230) is a four-year veteran who was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round (39th overall pick) of the 2013 NBA Draft. His draft […]



Strength and Comfort in West

WEST, TX – On a brisk August afternoon 20 miles north of Waco, 12-year old Maci Kolar was busy working on her basketball game on a new court furnished by the Mavs Foundation, the private foundation arm of the Dallas Mavericks. For Kolar and other kids like her, this court represents the culmination of a […]



What must Dennis Smith Jr. do to land atop Mavs’ all-time rookie leaderboards?

The Mavericks once drafted a player in the lottery who started fewer than half his team’s games during his rookie season, compiling measly per-game averages of 8.2 points and 3.4 rebounds. This player, who didn’t make an All-Rookie team but was drafted ahead of five players who did, shot 40.5 percent from the field and […]



Coop breaks down the Mavs’ 2017-18 schedule

Radio play-by-play voice of the Dallas Mavericks Chuck Cooperstein joined Dennis and Cowlishaw on ESPN 103.3 FM on Tuesday to break down the Mavs’ 2017-18 schedule. Coop, who’s been calling Mavs games for more than a decade, always has interesting insights on the club, and the league as a whole. Check out the full interview […]



Dennis Smith Jr. talks TV, favorite moments, and player comparisons in Twitter Q&A

Mavs rookie Dennis Smith Jr. had some time on his hands earlier today, and he used it to take fan questions on his Twitter account. Here are some of the best interactions. First up comes the question of his favorite TV show. This is particularly relevant right now because Smith wore a pair of “Martin”-themed […]