HOUSTON – Some 23 years ago, Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson famously quipped “you’re talking about practice, not a game” after he skipped a practice session during his team’s trip to Miami. Fast forward to today, the Dallas Mavericks are crossing their fingers for the day they have enough players to have a practice session. […]

HOUSTON – For some unexplained reason, a dark cloud of injuries continues to hang over the Dallas Mavericks.  Mavs guard Dante Exum fractured his left hand and left Friday’s game against Houston for good midway through the second quarter of the 133-96 loss to the Rockets. That injury, combined with the other eight Mavs players […]

Five months ago, the NBA season was about to begin and the two teams that will have a high-noon shootout Sunday at American Airlines Center were brimming with confidence. The Philadelphia 76ers had just made a splashy offseason move to get Paul George and were ever-hopeful that the superstar grouping of George, Joel Embiid and […]

HOUSTON – As the few Dallas Mavericks players who are able to play make their way onto the court on a nightly basis, they can always look to the bench and see a lot of support coming from their teammates. And that especially includes the teammates who are unable to play due to various injuries, […]

The crowd filling the American Airlines Center on Monday morning was slightly different than the fans typically packed into the arena for a Mavs game. This bunch featured nearly 1,000 young women from middle and high schools across the Metroplex excited to experience the Mavs’ 4th Annual GEM Celebration. Launched by the Mavericks in 2021, […]

HOUSTON – After missing this past Monday’s game against San Antonio with left hamstring soreness, Brandon Williams actually didn’t know what to expect when he played in this past Wednesday’s game against the Spurs. But the Dallas Mavericks’ guard fared very well as he wound up leading the Mavs in scoring with 19 points, and […]

SAN ANTONIO – The Mavericks split two games on the San Antonio Spurs’ home court, and left the Alamo City with a defiant feeling. Even with half the roster injured, they are keeping the faith, which isn’t easy. Or is it? “It’s not hard,” said Dante Exum. “We know how good we can be if […]

SAN ANTONIO – If you’d have told the Mavericks beforehand that they’d shoot 55 percent, including nearly 41 percent from three-point land, they certainly would have taken their chances against San Antonio Wednesday night. Unfortunately, in a defensive pillow fight, the Mavericks could not turn offensive efficiency into a victory. The Spurs got a huge […]

For the third consecutive year, entrepreneurs participating in the Mavs Business Assist (MBA) program, powered by ZenBusiness, earned an opportunity to apply their developing business knowledge and compete to win cash prizes. This year’s MBA Pitch Competition gathered the 100 entrepreneurs in the 2024-25 cohort at The Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum alongside family and […]

SAN ANTONIO – If you’re looking for the best bargain on the Mavericks’ roster this season, look no further than Kessler Edwards. The man has paid for his modest, two-way contract many times over. The 6-8 Edwards is earning $578,577 on his two-way deal. It allows him to be active for a maximum of 50 […]

SAN ANTONIO – If you listened closely to the postgame interviews after the Mavericks nicked the San Antonio Spurs 133-129 on Monday, you heard some news that should be very heartening to MFFLs. Klay Thompson was discussing the way the Mavericks are handling their brim-full injury list and took the moment to praise the play […]

SAN ANTONIO – The Mavericks lived by one of the oldest sayings in the book on Monday night. It’s about quality, not quantity. With only eight bodies – seven during the final six minutes of the game – they dug deep for a 133-129 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center. It […]

SAN ANTONIO – It’s not often that a team can have the rookie of the year two seasons in a row, but the San Antonio Spurs may have a shot at it. Stephon Castle, the No. 4 overall pick last summer, has put together a solid rookie season and he’s peaking at the right time. […]

Try as they might – and their available players clearly are the epitome of worker bees right now – the Mavericks simply are fighting odds that are stacked too high against them. And unless they get some help, it’s likely to stay that way. And there’s no guarantee that any help is forthcoming in the […]

Naji Marshall has been on a tear lately. Over the last four games, the Dallas Mavericks’ forward has averaged 25.8 points and 10.5 rebounds while shooting 52.6 percent from the field. Indeed, he’s been putting on a show during that span while a lot of the other players in the Mavs’ rotation have been mired […]

It had been a solid two games since the Mavericks had an injury scare, so naturally, they were due for more health issues on Sunday afternoon. Late in the third quarter of their 125-116 loss to the Phoenix Suns, the Mavericks watched Dwight Powell and Kessler Edwards – their last big men standing – run […]

The last time the Mavericks and Phoenix Suns met it was Dec. 27, the first game that Luka Doncic missed after his calf injury on Christmas. Things have changed a bit since then. Nobody knew then that Doncic would never again play for the Mavericks, ultimately being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. Nor could […]

With four starters now on the injury list, Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd acknowledged that at the moment he doesn’t have a clear-cut number one offensive option on his team. The situation at this point just doesn’t call for that. “No, there’s no number one option,” Kidd said following Friday’s disappointing 122-111 loss to the […]

The Dallas Mavericks gave updates on Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford on Friday, and all three players are trending in the right direction in recovery from their injuries. Davis has missed the last 11 games because of a strained left adductor and is improving daily to the point that the Mavs have […]

For three quarters Friday night at American Airlines Center, the Dallas Mavericks were racing up and down the court at a breakneck pace. They had 94 points at that juncture, and proudly took a five-point lead into the fourth quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies following a long buzzer-beating bank shot three-pointer by Dante Exum. Then […]