The NBA Draft classes of 1984 and 1996 are perhaps the most famous in history, but the class of 1998 has to be right up there. Dirk Nowitzki, Vince Carter, and Paul Pierce have each had incredible careers, and as ESPN’s Tim MacMahon writes, have combined to score 80,413 career points. The group is inching […]
The general message from each player at Monday’s exit interviews was simple: The Mavs had a two-part goal this season. They accomplished Part One, which was simply getting back into the playoffs after missing out last year for the first time since 2000. Part Two was making some noise once they got there. Although Dallas […]
At the end of a game in which they trailed by as many as 20 points and shot below 39 percent as a team, the Mavericks were still in position to tie the game with three seconds left on the clock. There’s no such thing as a moral victory in the playoffs, but the Mavs […]
It’s safe to say the Mavericks have surprised lots of people by taking a 2-1 lead against the No. 1 seeded Spurs. What’s even more shocking, though, is that Dallas has taken two of three without a scoring outburst from Dirk Nowitzki. But make no mistake: The notion that the Mavs have jumped ahead in […]
Before the Mavs made up a five-point deficit in two minutes, and before Vince Carter hit the game-winning shot heard ’round the world, we saw a true battle of wits in Game 3. Dallas and San Antonio both played their best offensive game of the series, forcing each team’s defense to dig deep in search […]
As basketball players age, they are faced with a challenging decision: either adapt their games and stick around, or simply fade away. This is especially true for players who were once superstars, the best on the planet at what they do. One such player, Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki, has rightfully received lots of love from […]
Question: Did you consciously decide that you were going to focus on becoming a great bench player? Answer: When I first came here, Coach and I talked about what my role was going to be. We have a lot of scoring power here in Dallas. I knew that coming in, and I told him that […]
DALLAS — Despite his age and 15 years of the wear and tear that the NBA can dole out to a player’s body, eight-time All-Star Vince Carter showed during the 2012-13 season that he still has plenty left in the tank. Carter, who missed just one outing this season on the Dallas Mavericks’ 82-game schedule […]