Dallas Mavericks

By Phillip Baggett Six Flags is only 30 minutes from downtown Dallas! Most of the rides at Six Flags require you to be a certain height. What is J.J. going to do when he is only allowed to ride the mini mine train and play in Looney Tunes land? Heck, they probably wouldn't even let J.J. shoot on the 10-foot goals that cos...

He made a fool of himself, and subsequently the Mavericks organization, in the process. According to ABC News, Cuban has collected over $1.6 million in fines from the NBA during his tenure with the Mavs. In 2006, his star player, Dirk Nowitzki, ...

Over in the Western Conference, Houston and LA are knotted up at 1 as well, while Denver is up 2-0 on the Dallas Mavericks. On the season, the three teams the Cavaliers had the most trouble with are currently in the playoffs. While the Cavaliers went a ...

And the Nuggets used all the advantages of home court to down the Mavs heading back to Dallas, where Denver was the only team to beat the Mavs in Dallas since the All-Star break. Read more about the NBA from Harvey Araton and his colleagues in The ...

The NBA has commenced a review of Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier's postgame comments Monday in San Antonio that could result in an official penalty from the league office -- most likely in the form of a fine -- before Thursday's Game 3. ...

Dallas Mavericks (46-31) — Hats off to Jason Kidd — one of the greatest point guards of all time — for passing Magic Johnson for third place on the all-time assists list. Meanwhile, the Mavs have won three of four and successfully fended off the Suns ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer  MA Jason Kidd (Mavericks) - The Mavs offense exploded for 140 points against Phoenix in a blowout win on Sunday, and Kidd was the difference-maker. He had 16 assists in the first half (a team record) and only needed four more in the third quarter before ...

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) The final game of the quintupleheader featured two Western Conference teams with similar records but vastly different roster compositions; the veteran laden Mavericks are hoping/praying that they can put everything together to make one more Finals run, while the youthful Trail Blazers hope that this season they will make the first of many consecutive playoff appearances. The Mavs are led by 2007 MVP Dirk Nowitzki, who scored 24 of his game-high 30 points in the first half. Nowitzki's reputation has probably never completely recovered from Dallas' collapse in the 2006 NBA Finals and shocking first round upset loss to Golden State the folowing year but by any objective measure he is still one of the league's top players. The Mavs broug...   [read the full post]

By Jakedfw About the only thing that gives Mavericks fans hope is that the Mavs defense has been steadily improving recently. From the low point of the Phoenix game, the Mavs have been steadily tightening up their defense. This is indicated by the red arrow on the graph. Remember, a lower number is bette...

DALLAS — Go ahead, drool over dreams of Devin Harris still wearing a Mavs’ uniform. Curse the day that Mark Cuban and Donnie Nelson — and yes, Avery Johnson, too, despite what he might be saying now — made that trade for Jason Kidd last year.

By Jakedfw I've watched the games, and I've examined the stats. I've waited and waited for some kind of trend to show itself, but I can't wait any longer. We're 16 games into the season, and I still don't have a handle on what kind of team the Mavericks have become under Rick Carlisle. Part of me is thinking (...

Then the engines, namely two — Dirk Nowitzki and Josh Howard — heated up and got the much-anticipated, post-Avery, blow-and-go show rolling. Nowitzki (36 points) and Howard (28 points, 15 in the first quarter) accounted for 62.7 percent of the scoring. The other three starters — Antoine Wr...

 TX - This is a significant amount and moves the Mavs from one of the slowest teams in the league to near the top ten fastest. On offense, the Mavericks have been ...

By Jakedfw First things first, if you look past the smokescreen of last season you must accept the fact that this team is returning 6 out of its top 7 players from the 67 win team from two seasons ago. This alone should make you think twice about dismissing the Mavericks. And two of the major changes--Rick...

By Tom Ziller Filed under: Hornets, Jazz, Lakers, Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs, Suns, Trail BlazersThe Knights of the FanHouse Roundtable have assembled to consider the NBA in '08-09. In this dispatch, we discuss the contenders of the Western Conference. Be sure to also check out the hub of our NBA Previ...

By Matt Moore Filed under: Grizzlies, Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs, Western Check out FanHouse's NBA Preview. If the Spurs are tenuous, the Mavs are downright Chicken-Little-ish: 'Mavs Are No Longer Hunted, But Do They Any Bullets Left in the Chamber?'

By Toddy Don't blame it on Jason Kidd, either. Josh had his best scoring month of the season in March, when Kidd was just starting to run the show. But for whatever reason, when April and the playoffs rolled around his shooting touch went south and he turned in the worst playoff showing of his career: 12....

By Toddy What did you think of the Houston Rockets trading for Ron Artest, who was on some of your most successful teams at Indiana? The only reference point fans have for Jason Kidd is how he struggled in Avery Johnson's offense. At 35, has his age caught up to him?

The Suns picked up a three-time Finals MVP (Shaquille O'Neal), the Mavericks procured one of the league's top point guards (Jason Kidd) and the Lakers ... Notebook | NBA has highest percentage of minority leader in pro ... Seattle Times Covers - Mavs Moneyball

While I wouldn’t necessarily envision Redick next year to average a significant amount of points (or minutes), he could at least be a good option off the bench for some instant scoring, something the Mavs often lacked beyond Jason Terry or Jerry Stackhouse. He could be a pretty solid guy in...

Much speculation swirls on the next head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, and while admitting you won't be reading that name here today, I know where to eventually find out. As of this week, Avery Johnson is gone as head coach because Dirk wanted him gone.

Dirk wasn't finished, and he was equally blunt when talking about former coach Don Nelson and what he'd like to see in the Mavericks' next coach. Perhaps it is time for a review. In February, the Mavericks traded 27 percent of their 15-man team and two future No. 1 picks to New Jersey for Kidd. And...

DALLAS -- If Sunday night marked the end of the line at home for the Dallas Mavericks this season, they vacated the building without even leaving their faithful a promotional taco. As Paul patiently captained the Hornets' offense, setting up West and Peja Stojakovic for big games, the Mav...

Bleacher Report This one is all over -- when the Spurs' path became easier  TX - When Dallas zoomed to a 67-win season the next year, there was reason to wonder if the Spurs would ever be good enough. Then came the Mavs' historic choke ...

DALLAS -- No play epitomized the collective passivity of the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 than the final sequence of the first quarter. Jerry Stackhouse had just buried a 3-pointer in the final seconds of a horrific opening period. The shot cut the Hornets' lead to eight and, at best, might hav...

NEW ORLEANS -- In recent days, Jason Kidd has decried suggestions that playoff pressure spawned from past collapses will inevitably consume and doom the Dallas Mavericks this postseason. It's been awhile since postseason smiles graced the faces of Dirk Nowitzki, Avery Johnson and Mar...

By Jake As far as looking to the playoffs, you couldn't ask for a better view of the Mavs defense than what we see here. We trade for a new point guard, and he has practically an immediate  impact on the defense, and the trend since his arrival is from good range to the dominant range. In fact, the Mavs per...

By David Friedman A lot of people doubted Houston without Yao Ming and Phoenix with Shaquille O'Neal and I correctly said that both of those teams would be fine. However, the people who are doubting Dallas now are correct. The Mavs were not doing so great even with Nowitzki. They have some talented players but the idea that Josh Howard is as valuable as Nowitzki is going to rapidly be revealed as erroneous. Kidd is a great leader but it seems that there is some kind of power struggle between him and Coach Avery Johnson--not so much that they don't like each other personally but rather that they have different ideas about how to play. Johnson wants to slow the game down and call his own plays, while Kidd is more effective in an uptempo game. The race for the last two spots i...   [read the full post]

The Mavericks needed Josh Howard to be as good as he has in any game this season, a near triple-double from Kidd and an "are-you-kidding-me?" performance from Erick (The Admiral II) Dampier. Nowitzki watched the game from the bench and some Mavericks officials whispered before the game t...

By FLCeltsFan Mavs favored to win by 3.5 points. At this point, I hope the Mavs lose every game so we can say bye to Avery. Apparantely the team is really fragmented and now the local media is covering it. Bye Avery And the slow descent of Avery from hottest coach in the league to the Cuban dog house continues.... The Mavs better represent tomorrow. Not just for Dallas but for Texas. If Boston wins, they will be the first team since 2001 to go through the Texas Triangle unscathed. Dallas is the last man.. Err, team standing. Spurs blew it. Houston got creamed. Its time for us to show why nobody comes out of the triangle alive. Not feeling good about this game but someone needs to put Boston in its place. It might as well be Dallas   [read the full post]

If Avery Johnson is the coach we think he is, the Mavericks turn everything around tonight at the AAC. If Dirk Nowitzki is truly an MVP-caliber player, he puts his foot down right now. Hard. If Jason Terry wants to keep being called "Jet," he quits disappearing when the Mavericks need him most.

So, considering that the Mavs have yet to beat a quality team since the trade, I’m wondering if this is a sign that the Mavs’ window of opportunity to win a championship has closed. There are so many other teams in the Western Conference that are a legitimate threat to these Mavericks in a play...

There is little doubt that Kidd is magic. With him on the floor, Jason Terry is faster, Jerry Stackhouse jumps higher, Erick Dampier catches more passes and Dirk does a nice impersonation of his pal Steve Nash. Late in the first quarter, Kidd started a fast break with a long pass out of the back...

The Mavs’ brass believes Kidd’s ability to read the floor, anticipate player movement and deliver precision passes will make the offense more fluid and make it easier for Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard and Jason Terry to get scoring opportunities.

Meanwhile, like two superstars passing in the night, Dirk Nowitzki and Kidd exchanged a hug in a hotel ballroom as the West All-Stars exited their afternoon media session and made way for the East All-Stars. Nowitzki is on the West team and Kidd on the East.

By David Friedman Anyone who visits this site regularly knows that I have repeatedly insisted (most recently in this post) that teams should not be afraid to run against the Golden State Warriors and that the Dallas Mavericks could have avoided their upset loss to the Warriors in last year's playoffs if the Mavericks had pushed the ball up the court instead of trying to slow the game down. These truths were once against confirmed in Dallas' 121-99 win over Golden State on Wednesday night. Dirk Nowitzki scored a game-high 29 points on 9-16 shooting, adding eight rebounds, six assists and three blocked shots. Nowitzki had a game-high plus/minus rating of +25. Five other Mavericks also scored in double figures, including Josh Howard, who had 19 points and a gam...   [read the full post]

By Atma Brother ONE Where OWNING Dallas Happens. The Dallas Morning News Dallas Mavericks Blog is Very Stoppable Here's another line I found amusing: "Remember, we OWN the Mavericks! NELLIE SMOKES CUBAN. Mavs Moneyball Scaredy Cats Yo Dallas- DUNK YOU VERY MUCH!

It's been different," Avery conceded. "When we first came, it was just about laying the foundation. We had guys who had never been to the playoffs. [Erick] Dampier, and Jason Terry and Devin Harris, they didn't know what a playoff game looked like.

By Jon Burkett My comments: P.J. Carlesimo has the Sonics playing with nothing to lose.  They almost pulled off the upset against the Spurs, but a 12-0 run by San Antonio coming out of halftime kept the game out of reach. Timberwolves 2008 draft outlook

Dallas Mavericks week in review  TX - By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News The Mavericks continue to have one of the strongest group of reserves in the league. As they found out last week, ... Mavericks playbook Fort Worth Star Telegram

Avery Johnson learned many lessons from Don Nelson, and one of those was on display Saturday night after the Mavericks defeated the Sacramento Kings. The Mavericks coach was asked about the Houston Rockets, who will be in American Airlines Center to meet the Mavericks tonight at 7:30, an...

Douglas Pils: Week in review/preview - Mavericks, Spurs rest when ...  TX - Same thing with the Mavericks, who finished with the best record in the NBA despite dropping two of their final four games. ...

6. The Annihilation of the Opposition. The Mavericks are a fine team, but thanks to the insanely high quality of the Western Conference, they may not even be the best team in their own division. The Bulls, on the other hand, locked up the Eastern Conference by Thanksgiving, and lost only three...

 - The largest sports betting site on the Internet, PinnacleSports.com currently lists Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks as a 4/1 favorite to avenge last year's loss ... Canada NewsWire (press release) mediacaster Cuban hoping to work his magic here someday Pittsburgh Tribune-Review