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Dallas Mavericks wing Cooper Flagg headlined the NBA’s monthly awards on Monday, earning his first Western Conference Rookie of the Month honor after a record-setting opening stretch that cemented the 18-year-old as one of the league’s most productive young players. The recognition covered games played in October and November and...

The Dallas Mavericks absorbed a 21–4 deficit, a 41-point first quarter from the Denver Nuggets, and another overpowering night from Nikola Jokić. Then they countered with their sharpest, most complete stretch of basketball this season. For a team still trying to stabilize its season, the early stretch on Monday night...

The Dallas Mavericks regained two rotation players Monday night but remained significantly depleted in the frontcourt, with Anthony Davis and Brandon Williams upgraded to available while P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford were ruled out ahead of their matchup against the Denver Nuggets. The update came on the final day of...

Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford has been ruled out for Monday’s game against the Denver Nuggets as he continues to manage a lingering ankle issue, the team announced in its official injury report submitted to the NBA. Gafford had been listed as doubtful entering the day, making his absence expected...

Dallas Mavericks sharpshooter Klay Thompson was not present at Monday morning’s shootaround at Ball Arena and was later added to the injury report as probable with illness, creating uncertainty hours before the team closes its three-game West Coast trip against the Denver Nuggets. Thompson’s status comes two days after he...

Klay Thompson wasn’t sure he would play on Saturday. The Dallas Mavericks’ veteran guard woke up sore, mentally drained, and still feeling the weight of Friday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. At 35, he knows how back-to-backs can hit the body, and this one felt like the kind of...

The Dallas Mavericks released one of their longest injury reports of the season ahead of Monday’s matchup with the Denver Nuggets, continuing a turbulent stretch in which the team has rarely had more than half its rotation available. Dallas listed eight players on the report, including starters P.J. Washington and...

The Chicago Bulls believe Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis can help their rim protection and defensive interior, according to NBA insider Jamal Collier of ESPN. Davis was born and raised in Chicago. The future Hall of Famer is expected to get traded after the Mavericks fired Nico Harrison as general...

The Dallas Mavericks were already operating with one of the league’s thinnest rotations when Saturday’s game against the LA Clippers took an unexpected turn. P.J. Washington, announced as a starter during pregame introductions, never made it to the opening tip after rolling his right ankle on a loose ball during...

A new NBA trade idea sending Anthony Davis from the Dallas Mavericks to the Chicago Bulls has been created. NBA writer Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Mavericks and Bulls: Chicago Bulls get: Anthony Davis Dallas Mavericks get: Coby White, Kevin Huerter, Zach Collins,...