FRISCO – One appearance at any Texas Legends’ NBA G League home game, and anyone can easily surmise that it is truly an experience built around making sure that the customer gets the best bang for their buck from an entertainment standpoint. Amidst that backdrop, the Legends were named on Thursday as the G League […]
With the inception of two-way contracts, NBA teams’ relationships with their G League affiliates are becoming more important than ever. The Mavericks have one distinct advantage over most of their competitors because of how close the Texas Legends are — just a 20-minute drive up the Tollway. But they have other legs up, too. For […]
Mavs rookies Nicolas Brussino and A.J. Hammons combined to score 38 points for the Texas Legends on Wednesday night in a 130-123 win against the Iowa Energy. Both players were assigned to the Mavs’ D-League affiliate in Frisco earlier this week, as the NBA squad traveled north to Minnesota then south of the border to […]
In the NBA version of a minor-league call-up, the Mavs have signed point guard Pierre Jackson from the Texas Legends, the club’s NBA D-League affiliate. Jackson, 25, had been leading the NBA minors in scoring at 29.1 points per game on a blistering 54.0 percent shooting, including 42.9 percent from beyond the arc. He also […]
The Texas Legends have hired Bob MacKinnon as their next head coach, the team announced today. MacKinnon is one of the most experienced head coaches in the D-League, having coached the most NBA call-ups in league history and winning a championship in 2009 with the Colorado 14ers. He’s also coached the Idaho Stampede, Springfield Armor, […]
Many might believe a D-League assignment is more about working out the legs and less about working out the mind. But the Mavs, for one, don’t think that to be true. Justin Anderson, Jeremy Evans, and Salah Mejri appeared for the Texas Legends, the Mavs’ D-League affiliate, on assignment Saturday night and all performed very […]
Justin Anderson scored a team-high 34 points and Jeremy Evans scored 17 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in a quick, one-game assignment to the Texas Legends, the Mavs’ D-League affiliate. Salah Mejri added 2 points and 4 rebounds in 16 minutes. Anderson was 13 of 24 from the field including 2 of 7 from deep. […]
Justin Anderson scored 27 points and Salah Mejri grabbed 12 rebounds on Saturday night in their brief assignment to the Texas Legends. The rookies were assigned on Saturday to the club’s D-League affiliate in Frisco so they could get some extra run. It appears they took full advantage of that opportunity, as Anderson’s 27 points […]
It’s often said about players drafted in the second round that they’re facing an uphill struggle just to get their professional careers off the ground. Everything is earned — a training camp invite every season, every minute of playing time, a second contract. Nothing is easy for players who essentially start their careers behind the […]