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Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Dirk Nowitzki is 34 years old. Father Time is catching up to him already. He missed 29 games this past season for the Mavericks. He averaged the second lowest points per game (17.3) in his career. And Dallas missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1999-2000 season. Even ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Since the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Championship two seasons ago, things have been anything but smooth in Big D. The Mavs exited the playoffs in the first round last year and this year they will be lucky to even get into the postseason as they sit five games out ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2013
Here's the interview that had plenty of NBA folks talking over the weekend, where Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban discusses, generally, some upcoming tough decisions teams could have to make under the collective bargaining agreement. Using Kobe Bryant as what he has now called just a hypothetical, Cuban throws out ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2012
For Elton Brand it wasn't easy being an amnesty casualty out of Philadelphia, but he found a home in Dallas this offseason where he believed he could make it work. So far the power forward is struggling to maintain consistency. The Mavs sit at 5-4 heading into Thursday night's action. ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
At 35-years-old, Vince Carter is currently playing with his fifth NBA team. Dallas may end up being his final stop during his NBA journey but for V.C. everything got started in Toronto where it looked like the Raptors had a championship caliber team with him and Tracy McGrady. Unfortunately things ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Tonight is opening night in the NBA. It's the time when every team thinks they have a chance. Everyone thinks they are playoff caliber before the opening tip. Some teams get a dose of reality quickly. For the Dallas Mavericks, it's been an interesting last two seasons. After winning the ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2012
The Dallas Mavericks didn't exactly defend their NBA Championship like they wanted to last year, and the franchise turned itself in a bit of a different direction during the offseason. The Mavs saw the departure of veteran guards Jason Terry and Jason Kidd and added guys like center Chris Kaman.
But ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
To most onlookers, what has happened in Dallas since the Mavericks won the NBA Championship has been mind-boggling. There's been plenty of chatter about how owner Mark Cuban blew up a championship team heading into last year, and that he missed out on the courting of Dallas native Deron Williams.
Cuban, ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2012
When the Philadelphia 76ers released Elton Brand by placing him on amnesty waivers, Brand didn't really know where he was going to end up. It could have been in Charlotte or Sacramento, but instead he landed in Dallas, where the Mavericks claimed him by bidding $2.1 million.
Brand says of all ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
After wining an NBA Championship in 2011, the Dallas Mavericks have become a shell of their former selves. Mark Cuban and the rest of the Dallas Mavericks organization have taken this offseason to really turn things back around and build back up into a sustainable contender. One of the new ...
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