If Salah Mejri were classified as a color during his first four seasons with the Mavericks, it would probably be plaid. Plenty of reds, blues, greens and yellows, but never enough of any of them to consistently fit him into one of those categories. He’s been all over the spectrum. For instance, there are times, […]
To put it delicately, getting waived wasn’t the biggest pain in the rear for Salah Mejri when the Mavericks made the trade of Harrison Barnes to Sacramento. To reset the situation, the Mavericks completed the trade on Jan. 6, although it wasn’t made official until the following day. Mejri spent the first half of the […]
]DALLAS – Dallas Mavericks veteran Salah Mejri and rookie Luka Dončić have a long history together, one that first ignited back in 2015 when they were teammates with Real Madrid in the EuroLeague. At the time, Dončić was just 16 years old and was the third-youngest player to make his debut in the history of […]
Dirk Nowitzki and Salah Mejri’s week in South Africa produced a fun game of basketball, a lifetime of memories for thousands of kids, a Swahili sound bite, and one of the most potent Mavs memes we’ve seen in some time. Nowitzki and Team World took down Mejri and Team Africa, 108-97, in NBA Africa Game […]
Dirk Nowitzki and Salah Mejri are teammates, but for one day they’ll do battle against each other. The German legend has been in Johannesburg, South Africa, the last few days with the first Tunisian-born player in NBA history and some of the NBA’s biggest stars ahead of NBA Africa Game 2017, an exhibition contest played […]
The NBA and NBPA have announced the rosters for NBA Africa Game 2017, a game to be played on Aug. 5 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and two Mavericks made the cut. You already know Dirk Nowitzki is in the game, as he was named captain of Team World earlier this summer. The German legend will […]
Salah Mejri plays basketball with the kind of intense, youthful passion you wouldn’t expect from a 30-year-old, and that isn’t a bad thing. His fire gives him confidence and the self-belief it takes to be the first player from Tunisia to play in the NBA. There was barely any organized basketball in his country as […]
When you think of the Mavs’ defense, blocks might not be the first thing to come to mind. Only Detroit blocked fewer shots than Dallas this season, as the Mavericks instead turned their attention to overloading the paint in an effort to limit opponents’ shots at the rim, encouraging 3-balls instead. The Mavs allowed only […]
Justin Anderson and Salah Mejri did in Game 2 what hasn’t been done by any Maverick for a long, long time. Anderson became the first Mavs rookie to record both a block and a steal in the same playoff game since Devin Harris did so in 2005, according to Basketball-Reference. Even better, his block was […]
Coming into the season, a tight race for the playoffs was all but guaranteed. That’s been the name of the game out West this entire millennium. Nothing is ever set in stone, and nothing is decided early. What you probably didn’t expect — and I’m not sure who else could have — is the Mavs […]