HOUSTON – Times are unfortunately hard for the Dallas Mavericks these days. For the Mavs, injuries are piling up like wood stacked on a bonfire. Especially to key players who are very essential to what the Mavs are trying to accomplish this season. Superstar point guard Luka Dončić has missed the past three games […]
SACRAMENTO – One of the byproducts of having so many players sidelined is that the players who are available are reminded of the old saying “be careful what you wish for.” Every NBA player wants more playing time. But sometimes, you get a reminder that it’s not as easy as it looks to be “the […]
SACRAMENTO – The words “ran out of gas” came up several times as the Mavericks analyzed their 110-100 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. And Spencer Dinwiddie, who had a season-best 30 points to lead the Mavericks, nailed it when he was asked about missing 80 percent of the starting lineup, which forced […]
SACRAMENTO – As he sat down behind a microphone for his pregame chat with media members, Jason Kidd started as he always does by ticking off the medical report. It was a long sound byte. “Bear with me here,” he said. “Luka, Exum, Lively, Irving, Thompson, Marshall are all out.” That’s six players, 33 percent […]
SACRAMENTO – Quentin Grimes sounded a little like Bill Murray’s character in the great movie Stripes. In the show, after his girlfriend leaves him, Murray utters the famous line: “And then, depression set in.” Except in Grimes’ case, it wasn’t depression he was talking about. The Mavericks’ guard was telling his listeners about dealing in […]
PORTLAND, Ore. – With no Luka Dončić, no Dereck Lively II, no P.J. Washington and no Naji Marshall, you’d assume the Mavericks were going to have to use smoke and mirrors to pull off a win against the Portland Trail Blazers. Well, Mr. Smoke did his part as Kyrie Irving lit the fire for the […]
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Mavericks have leaned on a wide range of scorers for their success this season, but on Saturday, they really had no other choice than to let Kyrie Irving cook and hope for the best. Missing five members (three starters) of their preferred rotation, the Mavericks went to battle against the Portland […]
PORTLAND, Ore. – Sometimes, you have to pay a steep price for doing the right thing. The Mavericks learned that lesson on Saturday when the NBA handed down harsh penalties to Naji Marshall and P.J. Washington for their roles in the fight that broke out with Phoenix’s Jusuf Nurkic Friday night. The league suspending Marshall […]
PHOENIX – If you were giving out a game ball on Friday, it should have gone to Maxi Kleber. The veteran big man wouldn’t necessarily admit it, but he was kind of waiting for a game like this. He had a season-best 15 points and seven rebounds, tying his high water mark for the season. […]
PORTLAND, Ore. – If the Mavericks were going through a schoolyear, and the NBA season certainly resembles a long series of tests, this part of the schedule would be like a mid-term exam. No, they aren’t to the halfway point of the season yet, but it’s going to feel like a major part of this […]