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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 upgraded Klay Thompson to available ahead of Saturday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers, an unexpected shift after he was initially ruled out on the second night of a back-to-back due to left knee injury management. Thompson played 24 minutes in Friday’s 129–119 loss to the Los...

The Dallas Mavericks will be without six rotation players Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, a stretch of absences that will again force head coach Jason Kidd to reconfigure his lineup and lean heavily on inexperienced groups. Anthony Davis, who made his return Friday after missing a month with...

The Dallas Mavericks came close to finally stacking wins together, but a late push wasn’t enough in a 102-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. Dallas fell to 5-13 after missing a chance to win consecutive games for the first time this season, overshadowing a 22-point performance from...

The Dallas Mavericks were closing in on their first two-game winning streak of the season. Instead, the Memphis Grizzlies — shorthanded and forced to play more than 10 minutes with only one available center in deep foul trouble — made the final plays that mattered, handing Dallas a 102–96 loss...

An NBA trade idea sending Anfernee Simons to the Dallas Mavericks, Daniel Gafford to the Boston Celtics and Klay Thompson to the Brooklyn Nets has been created. NBA writer Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea: Dallas Mavericks get: Anfernee Simons (from Celtics), Haywood Highsmith (from Nets)...

An NBA executive told DallasHoopsJournal that he expects the Dallas Mavericks to trade Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, D'Angelo Russell and Daniel Gafford. The Mavericks are expected to overhaul their roster after firing general manager Nico Harrison. Davis, Thompson and Gafford can be traded at any point. Meanwhile, Russell can't be...

Anthony Davis and Klay Thompson both understand that there's a high chance the Dallas Mavericks trade them, sources told DallasHoopsJournal. The Mavericks are widely expected to trade Davis and Thompson after firing general manager Nico Harrison. Davis is making $54.1 million this season, while Thompson is making $16.7 million. Neither...

Klay Thompson didn’t finish the game on the floor, didn’t play in overtime, and logged only three minutes in the fourth quarter. But during the first three quarters of Dallas’ 138–133 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Thompson gave the Mavericks exactly what they needed: stability, spacing, and a veteran...

Before Cooper Flagg delivered one of the most composed second halves of his young NBA career, before he powered the Dallas Mavericks’ 138–133 overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers with poise beyond his 18 years, he spent most of the first two quarters fighting frustration. Flagg attempted just three...