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Recently in NBA CategoryOrlando gets 7 days to match Dallas' contract offer, but it's unlikely the Magic will for a guy who will play behind Dwight Howard. Reports are the Mavericks are offering Gortat a 5-year deal for the mid-level exception (I'm reading that's somewhere between $5.5 and $5.8 million per year). Gortat's numbers aren't very impressive, but mostly because of this number: minutes per game. He averged only 12.6 as Howard's back-up. Season numb...
This from espn.com's Mark Stein. He also says that the Mavericks will likely re-sign Jason Kidd, but the Knicks will make a 3-year offer of their own. ...UPDATED: The Dallas Mavericks want Jason Kidd and are, apparently, willing to pay him well over $25 million over the next three years. The Mavs have offered Kidd a three-year deal, according to ESPN. However, ESPN says Kidd, 36, may be seeking more money. It's likely, according to reports, that Kidd will expect $10 million or...
The Houston Rockets have no idea what to expect from center Yao Ming, so much so, according to ESPN, the team isn't sure if he'll play next season or ever again. Yao suffered a hairline fracture in his left foot in the playoff loss to the Lakers May 8.
The Dallas Mavericks want to keep free agent point guard Jason Kidd. Owner Mark Cuban said it himself Friday when he
The New Yor...
Today, the WFAA sports team and I were at the Dallas Mavericks press conference to meet the team's new additions, Rodrigue Beaubois (a.k.a. Roddie) and Ahmad Nivins. What was interesting about Roddie was when he was waiving France's flag via his clothing style. He took the look and term of the french cuff to a whole new level. If you took a gand...
The Dallas Mavericks introduced two of their three players acquired in the NBA Draft to the media Friday. The Mavs originally had the 22nd pick, but traded that to Portland for the 24th and 56th picks. Then the Mavs drafted B.J. Mullens at 24, but traded him to Oklahoma City for their 25th pick and a future second-round pick. They knew what they were doing all along. Instead of the one pick (22) the Mavs came into the...
I said yesterday that the Dallas Mavericks trade with Portland seemed too good to be true: Mavs give up 2 spots in the first round (dropping from 22 to 24), and gain a 2nd round pick this year and 2nd round pick next year. On the way home from work last night, and again on the way to work today, I heard a couple of different radio shows talking about how the trade basically meant nothing. Hosts from both shows said that there is no way that th...
Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki didn't want to talk about his ex-fiance, Cristal Taylor (or whatever it really is), when he was in Dallas, but he is talking with another German magazine, including shedding new details about the relationship like that Taylor told him her name was Christian Trevino. The article titled "In Love with a Fraud" ap...
Just got this from the Dallas Mavericks PR office: Mavs trade their 22nd overall pick to Portland, and receive the 24th and 56th overall picks, plus another 2nd round pick in 2010. It sounds too good to be true; I actually e-mailed a friend of mine with the Mavs to clarify. Hard to believe the Mavericks get two additional picks and only have to drop down two spots in the first round. Then again, I'm no NBA draft expert. Here's the news...
The Dallas Mavericks are inviting all you MFFL to enjoy a free watch party for the NBA Draft. Here's more from the Mavs: On Thursday, June 25th, the Mavs will host a Draft Party for Mavs fans at the Chili's located on the AT&T Plaza at American Airlines Center. Fans can come out to watch the Draft and see who the Mavs select wi...
We're less than a week away from the 2009 NBA Draft, and analysts continue to label the class of 2009 as "weak." This class certainly isn't as strong as the class of 2003, and it's doubtful any class ever will be, but there are still lots of players who can help teams who are just one or two pieces away from winning a championship. That, coupled with the potential shuffling of lots of big name players, should make sure that the 2009 o...
From the Dallas Mavericks: Irving, TX - 103.3 ESPN and the Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have agreed to a four-year extension of their radio play-by-play agreement. 103.3 ESPN, which debuted in April 2001, has broadcast Mavs games since the 2001-02 season, and the network and team will now be together through 2012-13. In that time, the Mavericks have had a team record 9 years of 50 plus wins and made it to the NBA Finals ...
Ron Washington, the guy who is about to be fired about every May, who has only been the Rangers manager for a little more than two and a half years and whose winning percentage is .490 is now the longest tenured coach of a pro sports team in Dallas-Fort Worth. Ron Washington. I know, I'm having a hard time believing it too. Nothing against Washington, I like him. But he still seems like the new guy and now he's the old pro. Was...
The Lakers open a 10 point halftime lead against the Magic. The first thing I checked was Orlando's 3 point shooting - not good. They hit just 3 of 11 triples in the first half - 27%. That's not the same Magic team that upset the Celtics and Cavaliers. That Magic team has averaged nearly 9 3's a game and they've been shooting lights out behind the arc. I've been waiting for those numbers to go down, as Mavs fans know all-to-...
I was amazed one of the faces of the NBA, LeBron James, walked away from the court Saturday night without saying a word or shaking any opponents' hand. The fact that he was hurt by the loss to the Magic is one thing, but if you're going to be one of the stars, if not the main star of the NBA, and have puppets dancing about in your honor on a television commercial, then you owe it to your fans to say something. It's not the k...
From the Dallas Mavericks: Dallas Mavericks guard Jose Juan Barea underwent successful arthroscopic surgery to repair a cartilage injury to his left shoulder. The surgery was performed in Dallas by Dr. Richard Levy of Texas Sports Medicine. A timetable for his return has not been set. ...Listening to ballgames on the radio as a kid and watching on television first got me interested in sportscasting. I was as much a fan of the guys behind the mic as I was the players on the field or the court. I remember listening to my tiny transistor radio under the covers late at night whenever the Rangers were playing on the West Coast, even though I should have been asleep getting ready for school the next day. I've been doing noth...
Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl was not happy with the way his team was treated by the fans in Dallas during Games 3 and 4 of their playoff series. Karl told Dan Patrick on his radio show that Mavs fans went beyond just creating a hostile sporting environment, to using racial language. "I felt it crossed the line," Karl said. "There was a racist mentality to it. There was a fighting mentality to it. It was to the point w...
Dirk Nowtizki had a lot to say in a wide-ranging media session this afternoon. It's been a busy week and a half to for the Mavericks All-NBA forward. There was the playoff series with Denver and the arrest of his girlfriend, Cristal Taylor. Here is some of what he had to say: On the Nuggets series: "At this point I don't play for ma...
For a sixth-seed in the NBA playoffs the Dallas Mavericks didn't do too bad. That's no consolation after Wednesday's 124-110 loss to the Denver Nuggets in their second-round playoff series. The Nuggets won the series 4-1. Mavs fans got spoiled by the Mavs mostly impressive series win over the third-seeded San Antonio Spurs. The second-seeded Nuggets were a different story. While the Spurs were old and staid, the Nugget...
UPDATE: Terry had 11 points in 34 minutes in the Mavs Game 5 loss. Facing elimination in Game 5 their playoff series with the Denver Nuggets, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle has decided to start Terry over Antoine Wright. Terry's a better player, but it will be very interesting to see what kind of p...
Come on....you're thinking it too. The Mavs did put up an heroic effort on Monday night, virtually willed to victory by Dirk Nowitzki in one of the gutsier performances of his career. Dirk was rewarded for his regular season efforts today by being named First Team All-NBA, very well deserved. But Dallas is up against it tonight, going back inside the lair of the lion. The Nuggets have won 15 straight games at the Pepsi Center...
Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki has been named to the all-NBA first-team. It's the fourth time Dirk's been named to the first team. He averaged nearly 26 points per game (4th in the league) to go with 8.4 rebounds, and I don't know if you realized this or not (I didn't): Dirk scored 20 points or more in 25 straight games to close out the season. From the Associated Press: Chris "Birdman" Andersen says he's fully recovered from a bout of food poisoning that kept him out of the Denver Nuggets' 119-117 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Andersen said he ate something bad at the team hotel Monday and spent the game in the locker room suffering from severe abdominal cramps and vomiting. The Nuggets sorely missed their energetic center as Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki ...
The bizarre feud between Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and the mother of Denver Nuggets player Kenyon Martin may be over. It all started after that dramatic loss in Game 3 at the AAC. Cuban says a fan called the Nuggets "thugs" and then Cuban says he told Martin's mom, "That includes your son." Martin's agent told the Denver Post that Cuban said, "Your son is a punk." Kenyon Martin addressed the situation ...
The Dallas Mavericks did their part Monday night to force a Game 5 in their playoff series with the Denver Nuggets. So, the NBA had to let us know what time the two teams will be playing Wednesday night. The game will tip at 8 p.m. Central time (that's 7 p.m. in Denver) on TNT. Dallas Mavericks-Denver Nuggets Game 4 post-game notes from the Dallas Mavericks: * TONIGHT'S KEY RUN: Denver led 105-100 with 5:39 to go in the game. Dallas end the game on a 19-12 run to clinch the 119-117 victory. NOTES
There's so many things wrong about the final seconds of the Mavericks game Saturday I almost don't know where to begin. So let's begin here: One of the biggest mistakes that came out of that game is the NBA admitting they made one . The league says they made a mistake and missed a foul that should have been called. What about the other 46 they didn't call in Denver? Or the two dozen or so they called Saturday? I ...
By the way, in case you haven't heard, Nuggets 106 - Mavericks 105. The Mavericks are now one game away from being swept in this best of seven series and eliminated from NBA post season play. Aside from the final tally on the scoreboard, was there yet a larger loser on the floor? Here are my choices for you or if you ...
In the blink of an eye, the Mavs went from being very much alive in their playoff series with Denver....to being just about dead. That's life in the NBA postseason, where fates and fortunes often hang by a delicate thread. The Mavs can complain all they want about the blown call in the final seconds and they'd be correct. The NBA has already agreed that the intentional foul by Antoine Wright should have been called and the Nugg...
The Dallas Mavericks have had a bizarre week and it got even stranger Saturday afternoon. Down 2-0 in their playoff series with the Denver Nuggets, the Mavericks faced essentially a must-win game in their best of seven series. No NBA team has ever won a playoff series when down 3-0. The Mavs looked like they would win the game, controlling most of the fourth quarter. But Carmelo Anthony hit a three-pointer with one sec...
The big question coming into this game for the Dallas Mavericks was would Dirk Nowitzki be focused on basketball. By now we all know the story, a woman who has been living with him, Cristal Taylor, was arrested earlier this week. I'm not rehash the entire story here, now. But it lead to questions over if Dirk would be mentally ready for Game 3 of the playoff series with the Denver Nuggets, who lead 2-0. Well, Dirk responded ear...
Most of the Mavs said they have to up the intensity on the defensive end to have any chance to beat the Nuggets. The thought process goes something like this: clamp down the defense, secure the rebounds get out and run to try and get some easy offense. Dallas holding the Nuggets without a field goal for the first nearly 4 mniutes of the game. And 5 minutes in, the Nuggets still have just one shot made from the field. L...
Some good news for Mavs fans in the wake of the Dirk Drama this week. According to Mike Fisher of dallasbasketball.com, Josh Howard says he intends to play Saturday vs. Denver in Game three. Josh did not practice today, but said he should be good to go. While this is very welcome for Dallas, the big question is how effective J-Ho can be. He certainly didn't have much elevation on those ankles in game two and played only six minutes.
It doesn't work that way. You make your living at ...
WFAA's Jason Whitely has some new info on Cristal Taylor, the woman who was arrested at Mavs star Dirk Nowtizki's house. Beaumont authorities said Taylor worked at a gentleman's club there and allegedly never paid a Dr. Joel Smith, a local dentist, for $10,000 worth of veneers. "Obviously we are still not going to get the money back but I do like to see that hopefully the wheels of justice are turning," Dr. Smith said. ...
But that's wher...
In his first public comments since a woman who has lived with him was arrested, Dirk Nowitzki says he's not going to say much about his private life. "It's pretty obvious I'm going through a tough time in my personal life right now," Nowitzki said, "but as I always have I kind of want to keep my private life private and really I'm not at the stage where I can talk about it yet." Nowitzki says he has not felt the need to talk to...
Next it's Cristal Taylor, 37, has been living at Nowtizki's Prest...
The Mavericks are in a tough spot right now. Only 14 NBA teams have come from 2 down to win a 7 game series. The Mavericks are 1 of the 14, though, but then it was the Mavericks who let Miami be another one. Playing at home will help, but can it help enough? Not if they keep playing like they did in Denver. They talked all day Monday about how tough they were gonna be, how they would be just as physical as the Nuggets are. ...It's worth a youtube search, if you're just getting into work and didn't see it last night. I haven't watched a whole lot of the Lakers-Rockets game but turned to it after the Rangers game ended. Anyway, saw a couple of long-haired Europeans jawing at each other after a hard foul on Odom (Scola and Vujacic). So a few minutes later, Scola comes to set a pick on Derek Fisher, and Fisher just blows Scola up, like a free safety taking a s...
I wrote last night over on our Twitter page that Josh Howard's ankle are his Achilles heal. A lot of basketball players have problems with their ankles, just ask Dirk Nowitzki. Howard left Tuesday night's playoff game at Denver in the first quarter with a sprained right ankle. He also left Game 1 of the series Sunday with the same problem. Howard also missed ...
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