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The Dallas Mavericks have yet to officially release their 2025 preseason schedule, but multiple matchups have been revealed through their opponents' announcements. The Oklahoma City Thunder have listed an Oct. 6 preseason game against the Mavericks at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. This will complete a back-to-back following their...

The Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery and selected Duke star Cooper Flagg with the first pick. After trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers last season, Flagg is the new franchise player in Dallas. “It pays to be lucky, right? Dallas got a generational talent when...

Kyrie Irving wants to set the record straight: there’s no bad blood between him and Kevin Durant. The Dallas Mavericks guard addressed recent comments made by Durant on the Mind the Game podcast, where the Houston Rockets forward reflected on their Brooklyn Nets stint and suggested not everyone was fully...

ESPN's Jeremy Woo surveyed 20 anonymous NBA executives and scouts in Las Vegas at Summer League, and the consensus is that Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg will win the 2025-26 Rookie of the Year Award. The Mavericks selected Flagg with the first overall pick in this year's NBA Draft out...

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg only played in two Summer League games in Las Vegas. The plan all along was for the first pick in this year's NBA Draft to play just two games. However, Flagg asked the Mavericks if he could play in the team's third Summer League game....

The Dallas Mavericks are entering a transformative season. Following the February trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers and brought in Anthony Davis, the franchise has restructured its identity around defense, flexibility, and internal development. With Kyrie Irving still recovering from a torn ACL and top pick...

The Dallas Mavericks were among the first teams to shut down a top pick during NBA Summer League, pulling No. 1 overall selection Cooper Flagg after just two appearances in Las Vegas. While the move reflects a growing league-wide trend to protect high-value players during July action, Golden State Warriors...

Cooper Flagg may have been the Dallas Mavericks' headliner during Summer League, but undrafted guard Ryan Nembhard left a strong impression ahead of his first NBA season. Nembhard appeared in only three games for Dallas before being shut down, but that short stint was enough to solidify his status as...

Cooper Flagg has drawn national attention since being selected No. 1 overall by the Dallas Mavericks, but one of the NBA’s most iconic figures says the best thing the 18-year-old can do right now is take his time. Shaquille O’Neal, a four-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer, recently spoke...

Naji Marshall didn’t need long to see what the hype was about. The Dallas Mavericks forward was one of several veterans sitting courtside last week in Las Vegas, watching intently as No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg put on a show in his second NBA Summer League outing. Flagg dropped...