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Of every team in the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks find themselves in one of the most unusual positions in the league. It would be hard to say they’re where they planned to be after trading Luka Dončić. But if they play their cards right, they could still end up in...

Cooper Flagg’s rookie season will carry him onto the NBA’s All-Star Weekend stage, as the Dallas Mavericks wing was selected to compete in the 2026 Rising Stars game. The Rising Stars event will be played Friday, Feb. 13, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, as part of NBA All-Star...

Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki offered a clear and measured assessment of Cooper Flagg this week, pushing back on concerns about the rookie’s perimeter shooting while emphasizing the broader arc of his development with the Dallas Mavericks. Flagg, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, is averaging...

The Dallas Mavericks have not had the luxury of stability for most of this season, yet they’ve found a way to stack results anyway. Dallas enters this stretch at 19–26, riding a four-game winning streak and trending upward in a Western Conference race that has demanded constant adjustment — in...

The Dallas Mavericks will have Daniel Gafford available Saturday against the Los Angeles Lakers, but his return will come within a structure that has steadied the team during his absence. Gafford was a full participant in shootaround and practice this week, and head coach Jason Kidd confirmed Friday that the...

The Dallas Mavericks spent months living on the wrong side of tight finishes, absorbing the kind of late-game lessons that only accumulate through repetition: a missed rotation that turns into a corner three, a hurried pass that becomes a runout, a forced shot that fuels a fast break the other...

The Dallas Mavericks will welcome back P.J. Washington on Thursday night against the Golden State Warriors, but with clear guardrails in place as Dallas continues to manage health and workload across its rotation. Washington is available after practicing Wednesday and will play under a minutes restriction below 30 minutes, according...

The Dallas Mavericks returned to the practice floor Wednesday coming off one of their most complete performances of the season — a 114–97 road win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden — with a single rotation question still unresolved ahead of Thursday night’s matchup against the Golden...

With trade rumors swirling across the NBA ahead of the Feb. 5 deadline, few established players are operating with complete certainty. That uncertainty has followed Jonathan Kuminga, whose situation with the Golden State Warriors has grown increasingly complicated in recent weeks. Kuminga, who publicly requested a trade earlier this season,...

The Detroit Pistons have built one of the deepest and most balanced rosters in the Eastern Conference, but one flaw that continues to loom large as the NBA trade deadline approaches is their shooting. A name often floated as a possible solution is Klay Thompson, from the Dallas Mavericks, as...