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Mark Cuban has denied a rumor that Dallas Mavericks big man Dwight Powell will retire from the NBA after this season. Powell is making $4 million this season in the final year of his contract. https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1998559022996505022 Powell has been with the Mavericks since the 2014-15 season. He began his NBA...

Less than 24 hours after being overwhelmed in Oklahoma City, the Dallas Mavericks looked like a team determined to rewrite the narrative. Their defense smothered the Houston Rockets, their pace never relented, and Anthony Davis — coming off a two-point performance against the Thunder — reclaimed command of the interior...

The Dallas Mavericks arrived at Intuit Dome battered, undermanned and dealing with one of their strangest pre-game sequences of the season. They left with a season-saving win powered by an 18-year-old who keeps rewriting the record books. Cooper Flagg scored 35 points, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to...

The Dallas Mavericks’ injury situation remains fluid ahead of Saturday’s NBA Mexico City Game 2025 against the Detroit Pistons, but there’s optimism surrounding Daniel Gafford’s progress. The center has been upgraded to questionable after missing the team’s first five games with a right ankle sprain, while D’Angelo Russell was added...

The injury woes for the Dallas Mavericks just got a little more crowded. But that didn’t stop them from grinding out a hard-fought 107–105 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night at American Airlines Center to close out their season-opening five-game homestand. Anthony Davis started at center for the...

The Dallas Mavericks are beginning their 2025 training camp in Vancouver, British Columbia, with practices scheduled at Simon Fraser University from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. It marks the first time the franchise has hosted its camp in British Columbia, following the trend of NBA teams holding training in remote...

Before the Dallas Mavericks open training camp later this month, the team has already laid a foundation for chemistry. Veteran guard Klay Thompson hosted the franchise’s annual “vet camp” at his home in California, giving teammates and staff a chance to connect in an informal but meaningful setting. D’Angelo Russell,...

A five-team NBA trade idea sending Dalton Knecht, Jaden Hardy and Dwight Powell to the Brooklyn Nets has been created. NBA writer Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Nets, Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks: Dallas Mavericks get: LeBron James,...

Cooper Flagg had waited for this moment for years, but when his name was finally called as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, it still didn’t feel real. “I don't think it's set in yet. It feels surreal,” Flagg said moments after walking across the stage...

Dallas Mavericks center Dwight Powell exercised his $4 million player option for the 2025–26 season ahead of the June 24 deadline, sources told DallasHoopsJournal.com. The decision finalizes the third and final year of the three-year, $12 million contract he signed ahead of the 2023–24 season. Powell, who turns 34 in...