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DHJ Quick Take: The Star-Power Gamble The Post-Sengun Era: While Alperen Şengün earned his second consecutive NBA All-Star nod in 2026 as an injury replacement for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, his defensive limitations remain a point of friction for Ime Udoka. Moving a talented young player is a risk, but for a...

The Dallas Mavericks’ future is set. They’ve got something every NBA team either has or desperately wants: A franchise player. Cooper Flagg is the future of Mavericks basketball. Nobody could reasonably deny that. The question now isn’t whether Dallas has its centerpiece — it’s how the organization builds around him....

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...

An NBA trade idea sending Fred VanVleet, Reed Sheppard, Steven Adams and Jeff Green from the Houston Rockets to the Phoenix Suns has been created. NBA writer Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Rockets and Suns: Houston Rockets get: Devin Booker Phoenix Suns get:...