Dwight Powell had heard the story before. The shock you feel as you fall to the ground. How it feels like someone kicked you in the back of the leg, but you look back to see that nobody is there. Only this time it wasn’t a story being told to him. It was his own […]
It’s been nearly a year since the Dallas Mavericks opened training camp with playoff dreams and destiny on the horizon. No one could have predicted that a global pandemic would soon sweep the world and halt the NBA season for over 140 days. For nearly five months the rhythm of basketball dribbles faded in the […]
Jayda Batchelder is an avid Mavs fan, lived through Hurricane Katrina and then built Education Opens Doors. Her organization is one of eight selected by the Mavs Foundation to benefit from the ‘Chime In For A Cause’ campaign DALLAS – Growing up in South Dakota, Jayda Batchelder was an avid basketball player and fan. However, her home […]
The Mavericks will start the preseason on Tuesday without center/forward Dwight Powell. The 6-10 Powell suffered a strained left hamstring during practice on Saturday, sat out the open practice on Sunday and will not travel on the trip to Tulsa against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Wednesday at Detroit. “We’ll update (his status) on Friday,” […]
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 […]