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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: Mavericks Match Knicks' Offer Sheet, Keep Moussa Cissé The Dallas Mavericks matched the Knicks' two-year, $4.7 million offer sheet on center Moussa Cissé Saturday night, keeping the restricted free agent in Dallas. What are the terms? $2,185,116 in 2026-27 (50% guaranteed, fully guaranteed Oct. 1) and $2,571,895...

DHJ Quick Take: Knicks Sign Moussa Cissé To Offer Sheet The New York Knicks signed Dallas Mavericks restricted free agent center Moussa Cissé to a two-year, minimum-salary offer sheet Saturday, putting Dallas on the clock to match. What are the terms? A two-year deal at the NBA minimum: 2026-27 is...

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: 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: 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...

DHJ Quick Take: Dallas Mavericks Make LeBron James' Free Agency Board on Business Appeal Alone Rich Paul included the Mavericks among 10 teams LeBron James is considering in free agency, but the pitch for Dallas skipped the roster in favor of Masai Ujiri and the city's business ties. That leaves...

DHJ Quick Take: Marvin Bagley III Agrees to One-Year Deal With Denver Nuggets Bagley is heading to Denver on a one-year contract after a brief, productive run with the Mavericks. Dallas moved on with an eye toward its crowded frontcourt. Why is Bagley leaving Dallas? A crowded frontcourt, with Dereck...

DHJ Quick Take: Raptors Favored for Kawhi Leonard, Mavericks Unlikely The Toronto Raptors are viewed as the favorite to land Kawhi Leonard, while the Dallas Mavericks are considered unlikely amid league skepticism that he would sign an extension in Dallas, a reunion that would have paired him again with Masai...