Since the All-Star break, no team has scored more efficiently than the Mavericks. Dallas has scored 116.0 points per 100 possessions in five games since the break, which leads the NBA. To give you an idea of just how dominant that is, Golden State’s 112.6 rating leads the league for the entire season. Now, as […]
Through three quarters last night, Dirk Nowitzki and Deron Williams combined to shoot just 6 of 22 from the field. Neither could get clean looks at the basket against Boston’s pesky defense, which ranks second in the NBA in points allowed per 100 possessions. But, as so often has been the case this season, both […]
A veces nos olvidamos de la importancia que tiene el bienestar de un jugador fuera de la pista en su rendimiento dentro de la misma. Estar en una situación incómoda, con tensiones en el vestuario, o con demasiada presión, inevitablemente pone en riesgo el rendimiento en la cancha, pues lo queramos o no los deportistas […]
The best five-man, high-volume lineup in the NBA this season by volume hasn’t been the undefeated Golden State Warriors starting lineup. It hasn’t been a Spurs group, or any unit with Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Blake Griffin, or James Harden. Nope. Of the 26 lineups with at least 70 minutes played this season, the best […]
Through Wednesday night’s games, among players with at least 200 possessions plus assists, Stephen Curry sits No. 1 atop the list of points scored plus points created via assist per possession. Second on that list is his teammate Draymond Green. Third is Mavs point guard Deron Williams. The only two players in basketball generating offense […]
The Mavericks and most of the other teams in the NBA have only played 10 games this season, but at this point there has been enough of a sample size to get an idea of what Dallas is doing really well so far. Granted, the Mavs were without three starters in two games already this […]
The Mavs’ prized offseason acquisition, shooting guard Wesley Matthews, could be back in action as soon as this preseason, Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle said. “I don’t know that he’s been completely ruled out,” Carlisle said, “so it could be possible. But I don’t know that for sure.” Matthews, who spent the summer recovering from […]
NBA 2K16 was released this week, and with it came all the usual excitement surrounding the game. But in addition to a new story mode, sharper graphics, more intuitive gameplay, and of course new rosters and ratings, one element of this particular installment in the long-running series is the inclusion of the 2002-03 Dallas Mavericks. […]
It says a lot that one of the things Deron Williams is looking forward to most about his time in Dallas is the franchise’s stability. Since the 2008-09 season, the Mavs organization has revolved around the core of star player Dirk Nowitzki, head coach Rick Carlisle, general manager Donnie Nelson, and proprietor Mark Cuban. Carlisle, […]
There are shooting guards, and there are guards who can shoot. The difference is important. Shooting guard is a position, obviously, but every coach’s goal is to have two guards who can shoot the ball effectively, especially from beyond the arc. That was the hallmark of the Mavs’ 2011 title team, for example: Jason Kidd, […]