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The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday despite playing without NBA legend LeBron James and veteran Marcus Smart and the Purple and Gold believe Maxi Kleber's airballed layup helped them win. Kleber got fouled on a drive to the hoop and had an easy layup, but he...

A blockbuster NBA trade idea sending LaMelo Ball to the Dallas Mavericks, Klay Thompson to the Los Angeles Lakers and Rui Hachimura to the Charlotte Hornets has been created. NBA writer Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Mavericks, Lakers and Hornets: Dallas Mavericks get:...

The Dallas Mavericks released one of their longest injury reports of the season ahead of Monday’s matchup with the Denver Nuggets, continuing a turbulent stretch in which the team has rarely had more than half its rotation available. Dallas listed eight players on the report, including starters P.J. Washington and...

The Chicago Bulls believe Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis can help their rim protection and defensive interior, according to NBA insider Jamal Collier of ESPN. Davis was born and raised in Chicago. The future Hall of Famer is expected to get traded after the Mavericks fired Nico Harrison as general...

Many NBA teams are convinced that the Utah Jazz want to keep Lauri Markkanen instead of trading him, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line. "Difficult as it can be for rival teams to read the intentions of a front office that now houses Austin Ainge as well as...

Klay Thompson has entered a phase of his career where the games matter, but the teaching might matter even more. And on Saturday night at Intuit Dome — after waking up expecting to sit, then erupting for 17 fourth-quarter points to lift the Dallas Mavericks past the LA Clippers —...

NBA legend LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers won't play against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. James is out because of left foot injury management. Along with James, the Lakers will face the Pelicans without Marcus Smart, who is dealing with back spasms. James, 40, has appeared in...

Klay Thompson woke up Saturday morning expecting to sit. By Saturday night, he was the emotional hinge of one of the Dallas Mavericks’ grittiest wins of the season. Hours before tipoff against the LA Clippers, the Mavericks listed Thompson as out due to left knee injury management on the official...

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg packed a weekend’s worth of NBA history into two nights in Los Angeles, turning a back-to-back against the Lakers and Clippers into a defining early chapter of his rookie season. On Friday, the 18-year-old became the youngest player in league history to record 10 assists,...

The Dallas Mavericks were already operating with one of the league’s thinnest rotations when Saturday’s game against the LA Clippers took an unexpected turn. P.J. Washington, announced as a starter during pregame introductions, never made it to the opening tip after rolling his right ankle on a loose ball during...