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DHJ Quick Take: The Star-Hunting Strategy The Pick Leverage: Daryl Morey’s acquisition of Clippers’ draft capital—including the 2028 First-Round Pick—is the ultimate chess move. As Los Angeles hovers around the 9th seed in the West, those picks gain value daily. Returning a pick to the Clippers allows them to officially...

DHJ Quick Take: Consistency in the Chaos Identity Over Outcome: Despite a season-low 18.2% from three-point range, the Mavericks maintained the "organized" identity that fueled their win over the Lakers. Dallas committed only nine turnovers and shot a near-perfect 27-of-28 from the free-throw line, proving the structural improvements under Jason...

DHJ Quick Take: Grit in the Face of a Disastrous Start The 24-2 Hole: Dallas opened the game shooting just 2-of-13 while the Los Angeles Clippers hit nearly everything, building a 23-point lead in the first six minutes. Operating without Kyrie Irving, P.J. Washington, and Daniel Gafford, the Mavericks' patchwork...

DHJ Quick Take: Testing the Blueprint The Defensive Mandate: To upset the Clippers at Intuit Dome, Marvin Bagley III told Dallas Hoops Journal that the team must "take them out of the game and force the other guys to make plays." This strategy specifically targets Kawhi Leonard (54 straight games...

Cooper Flagg had the ball, a tied game, and 1.2 seconds to end the Dallas Mavericks' longest home losing streak in years. He pulled up from 21 feet and missed. Darius Garland — listed as questionable with a toe injury before tip-off and active anyway — set a new season...

The Los Angeles Clippers are getting healthy at the right time — and the Dallas Mavericks are the first team to see it. Kawhi Leonard and Darius Garland are both active Saturday night after Leonard missed two games with a left ankle sprain and Garland has been working through a...

The Cleveland Cavaliers pulled off a blockbuster deal at this year's NBA trade deadline, sending Darius Garland to the Los Angeles Clippers for James Harden. The trade paired Harden with Donovan Mitchell and Garland with Kawhi Leonard. During an interview with Marc J. Spears of Andscape, Garland opened up about...

The Cleveland Cavaliers and LA Clippers finalized a deadline-altering trade that reshaped both franchises’ backcourts, sending James Harden to Cleveland in exchange for Darius Garland and a 2026 second-round pick, sources tell DallasHoopsJournal.com. Cleveland had pushed for a first-round swap during negotiations, but the final structure stopped short of that...

Draft compensation has emerged as a central point of negotiation in trade discussions surrounding a potential James Harden–Darius Garland swap between the Cleveland Cavaliers and LA Clippers, sources tell DallasHoopsJournal.com, adding another layer of complexity as the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline approaches. League sources told DallasHoopsJournal.com, the Cavaliers seek...

James Harden has emerged as a legitimate trade candidate as the NBA approaches the Feb. 5 deadline, according to DallasHoopsJournal.com, placing the Los Angeles Clippers at the center of one of the market’s most consequential decisions amid a sharp midseason turnaround. A framework that has been increasingly mentioned in league...