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Recently in NBA CategoryNancy Lieberman, once the recipient of the Wade's Trophy, given to the nation's outstanding women's collegiate basketball player will be named as the first female head coach of the NBA Development League. The hiring of Lieberman as the new head coach of the Frisco NBA Development League franchise will mark the historic first of a female head coach in either the NBA or NBA D-League. Team owners Donnie Nelson and Evan Wyly will make th...
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A friend sent me this video today in an email. I had never seen it and never heard of it. Jordan threw it 65 yards. Pretty good toss for a basketball player. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5iUpm-WtSw ...Why do professional athletes have such a hard time doing what most other people look so forward to doing? Retiring! The most recent athlete to publicly say goodbye on multiple occasions and later decide to have a change of heart is Brett Favre. After spending 16 seasons with the Green Bay Packers he announced his retirement on March 4th, 2008. He returned to play one season for the New York Jets and announced his retirement once again...
If you have the inclination and a few hours, this might be worth a read. It's the arbitration hearing between Don Nelson and the Dallas Mavericks (and owner Mark Cuban). It's 210 pages, about half of which includes testimony of Nellie and Cuban. The Dallas Morning News inquired about the documents earlier this week. Last summer, a judge rul...
The Mavericks missed out on Marcin Gortat, and now they need some front-court help. They still have Erick Dampier for one more year, but his expiring contract is a big-time trade chip. Ryan Hollins, who the Mavs picked up last year when they traded DeSagna Diop to Charlotte, is an unrestricted free agent. He's only 25 and has a very br...
The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Orlando Magic are prepared to match the Mavericks' offer sheet for center Marcin Gortat. That means the Magic would retain Gortat, and wouldn't be able to trade him until December. The Mavericks did not expect the Magic to match their five-year $34 million offer sheet, a...
The Dallas Mavericks announced today they have re-signed point guard Jason Kidd. Kidd will remain a Maverick and will continue his second stint with Dallas after being acquired from New Jersey in a 2008 trade deadline deal. In helping the Mavericks to a 50-32 regular season record, Kidd averaged 9.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 8.7 assists, 2.0 steals and 35.6 minutes in 81 starts last season. He became only the fourth player in NBA...
I was golfing with a friend of mine today who has been a Maverick fan since they came into the league. He said the Mavs are about to lose him as a fan. He's not real happy with their off-season moves to this point. I, on the other hand, think Dallas has had a pretty good (not very good, not great), but a pretty good off-season. And I told my friend this - but he said Marion is washed up and everyone else in the West is getting better while the...
As recently as one week ago the Mavericks were getting roundly criticized for making no offseason moves while rival teams were making trades and getting better. Throughout all the criticism owner Mark Cuban and GM Donnie Nelson continued repeating what seemed to be the company line that they were executing their plan. After all the ou...
The Mavericks had their summer league's first practice today. Some familiar faces, such as Rodrigue "Roddie" Beaubois and Ahmad Nivins, were present. There was another figure that stood out in the group, Moussa Seck. He's the 7ft 4in center who traveled all the way from Senegal to take his shot at trying to make the Maverick's roster for next season. Though the Maverick's can only take one or two out of the 18 players on the t...
Former Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson is not going to be the new head coach of the Detroit pistons, according to ESPN. Johnson, who has been working as an ESPN analyst since being fired in Dallas, could not reach a deal with the Pistons, who only wanted to give him a two-year deal, while Johnson wanted four years, according to ESPN sources. Jo...
The Dallas Mavericks are for some MFFL to be ManiAACs. Start letting yourself go now. From the Mavs: The Dallas Mavericks are searching for a few larger-than-life personalities to join the 2009-10 Mavs ManiAACs to make a BIG impression at Mavs home games this season. Men who are Mavs fanatics, beefy, love to dance and are at least 18 years of age are encouraged to apply. Applicants do not need to bring a routine, as a...
Former Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson is apparently close to being the next coach of the Detroit Pistons, according to NBA.com. Johnson would be the 10th coach for the Pistons since Chuck Daly left in 1992, that's less than a two season average per coach. Avery may want to rent, not buy a home if he ends up getti...
Orlando 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...
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