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DHJ Quick Take: Mavericks Add Zaccharie Risacher In Three-Team Trade With Hawks, Thunder Dallas acquired former No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher from Atlanta in a three-team deal that also sent Ryan Nembhard to the Hawks and Lu Dort from Oklahoma City to Atlanta. What did Dallas give up? Ryan Nembhard...

DHJ Quick Take: Cooper Flagg Projected as Lock for 2028 Olympic Team NBC Sports' Kurt Helin projects Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg as a lock to make the 2028 U.S. Olympic men's basketball roster, pairing the reigning Rookie of the Year with five other established stars in his early roster forecast....

DHJ Quick Take: Mavericks Officially Sign Tarik Biberović The Dallas Mavericks have completed the signing of forward Tarik Biberović, adding a proven European sharpshooter to a roster that finished among the league's worst from three-point range a season ago. What are the contract details? Dallas officially signed Biberović on Friday...

DHJ Quick Take: Mavericks Open Summer League Under Dusty May And A New Front Office The Dallas Mavericks open Summer League play Thursday against the Golden State Warriors, the first extended look at Dusty May's program and a rookie class built around Morez Johnson Jr., Sergio De Larrea and Tobi...

DHJ Quick Take: Dusty May Compares Kyrie Irving Workout to Watching Picasso Paint Dusty May said a Thursday morning Kyrie Irving workout in Las Vegas left him comparing the session to watching Picasso paint, adding fresh praise for the veteran guard that echoes recent comments from Masai Ujiri and Mike...

DHJ Quick Take: Tarik Biberović Expected To Join Mavericks After Fenerbahçe Buyout Dallas Hoops Journal has learned Tarik Biberović is expected to leave Fenerbahçe and join the Mavericks once his buyout is finalized, ending an eight-season run in Turkey. Under NBA rules, Dallas can only cover $900,000 of the $2M...

DHJ Quick Take: Phil Handy Remains on Dalals Mavericks' Coaching Staff Phil Handy remains with the Dallas Mavericks as new head coach Dusty May fills out his coaching staff, Dallas Hoops Journal has learned. What's the headline news? Phil Handy will remain with Dallas as a player development coach under...

DHJ Quick Take: Rich Paul Tells Forbes LeBron James' Decision Isn't Coming 'Anytime Soon' Rich Paul told Forbes a LeBron James free-agency decision isn't imminent, and his own 10-team whiteboard has Cleveland and Philadelphia leading, while Dallas' pitch leans entirely on business ties. What did Rich Paul tell Forbes? "I...

DHJ Quick Take: Morez Johnson Jr. Reflects On Mavs Academy Camps, Excitement For Rookie Season Mavericks rookie Morez Johnson Jr. visited three Mavs Academy Hoop Camps across the Dallas-Fort Worth area Wednesday, capping the day at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, where he discussed his rookie transition and excitement...

DHJ Quick Take: Oil, Golf, Macau and Africa, Explained: What Rich Paul's Dallas Mavericks Pitch Actually Means Rich Paul's business-only case for the Dallas Mavericks in LeBron James' free agency touched on the team's Las Vegas Sands ownership, its Dallas-Fort Worth golf ties and Masai Ujiri's reach across Africa. None...