Derrick Jones Jr. will never forget Feb. 15, 2020. That’s the day he turned 23 years old. It’s also the day he won the NBA Slam Dunk contest – less than a month before the NBA shut down due to the coronavirus. With millions watching worldwide, when it came down to the final two participants […]
Tim Hardaway Jr. finally had a summer when he didn’t have to worry about anything. His broken foot from two years back is completely healed and there was no long rehab stints this offseason. Nothing but work in the gym and the weight room. Not that there wasn’t drama, but it was the kind he […]
Dennis Lindsey apparently told Dante Exum something a few years ago that changed Exum’s life for the better. “I remember when I first came in the league, Dennis Lindsey, who is actually with the Mavs now, he said to me, you’re a horrible defender,” Exum said on Friday. “So, I took that to heart and […]
It didn’t take long for Seth Curry to explain how he and Luka Dončić had such a good chemistry in Curry’s one season with the superstar point guard – and why nothing should change this season. “I mean, I can make shots and Luka can still pass,” Curry said Friday. “It’s pretty simple.” If only […]
As a kid growing up in New Jersey, Kyrie Irving was infatuated with Jason Kidd. When Irving was nine years old in 2001, the Phoenix Suns traded Kidd to the New Jersey Nets. And while Kidd was leading the Nets to trips to the NBA Finals in 2002 and ’03, little did he know at […]
Success in the regular season is easy to measure for any sports teams. Wins and losses. It’s the bottom line that counts, save for the occasional rebuilding process. But in training camp, success has to be measured a little differently and coach Jason Kidd made it clear what he wants most to accomplish as this […]
If Tyson Chandler was scouring the earth in search of a younger version of himself, he may have found him in Dereck Lively II. The similarities between the two towering giants are remarkable. Chandler, who played in the NBA from 2001-20, stands 7-foot tall and weighs 235 pounds. Lively, a promising 19-year old rookie with […]
Luka Dončić had good news on Wednesday about what he and the Mavericks expect to be a much smoother operation in the backcourt this season with Kyrie Irving. The report about his left thigh injury wasn’t quite as optimistic, but it wasn’t all bad, either. Dončić and the Mavericks went through their first training-camp practices […]
If you itemize the Mavericks’ needs that they want to check off during training camp, it might rival a kid’s Christmas wish list in length. So many things need attention after you miss the playoffs like last season. And while they all will get the required amount of focus from Jason Kidd and his staff, […]
On her journey to becoming the full-time chef for the Mavericks, Alexia “Chef Lex” Grant didn’t exactly take the conventional route. “I applied when I was nine months pregnant,” she told Mavs.com. “I said, ‘I want to do this.’ I already take care of players individually, I understand them, their lifestyles, what they need, how […]