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According to NBA insider Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports, LaMelo Ball is open to getting traded by the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets drafted Ball with the third overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. Ball won the 2020-21 Rookie of the Year Award and made the All-Star team during the...

Dallas Mavericks guard Danté Exum will miss the entire 2025–26 season after continued complications from offseason right knee surgery, the team announced Thursday, marking another significant blow for a roster already stretched thin by injuries and earlier front-office missteps. Exum, who re-signed with Dallas on a one-year, $3.3 million deal...

LeBron James pushed for Luka Dončić to be introduced last with the Los Angeles Lakers starters in his season debut against the Utah Jazz, according to NBA reporter Dan Woike of The Athletic. James was introduced first. Usually, the best player on a team gets announced last. https://twitter.com/DanWoikeSports/status/1991277868408795612 James put...

The Dallas Mavericks will be listening to trade calls for Anthony Davis, according to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN. The Mavericks, who fired Nico Harrison as general manager, are 4-12. They are in 13th place in the Western Conference standings. https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1991301604952404406 Davis has appeared in just 14 games with...

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)...

According to NBA insider Anthony Slater of ESPN, Jonathan Kuminga feels like the Golden State Warriors' scapegoat again. The Warriors are just 9-8 on the season and Kuminga was recently benched again by head coach Steve Kerr. Kuminga has appeared in 13 games this season. He's averaging 13.8 points, 6.6...

Jason Kidd confirmed Wednesday that the Dallas Mavericks denied the New York Knicks’ offseason request to interview him for their head-coaching vacancy, but said he never entertained the idea of leaving the franchise he has long identified with. “I was never thinking about leaving Dallas,” Kidd said before the Mavericks...

The Dallas Mavericks will be without Cooper Flagg on Wednesday night after the rookie forward was ruled out due to an illness, removing the team’s most productive scorer from an already thin rotation as the New York Knicks visit American Airlines Center. Flagg had been listed as questionable earlier in...

Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban told NBA reporter Joe Vardon of The Athletic the franchise would not try to trade Anthony Davis this season. “We won't," Cuban said. "We want to try to win." A Chicago native, Davis has appeared in only 14 games with the Mavericks since the blockbuster...

Dallas Mavericks point guard Kyrie Irving may not play this season, according to NBA insider Tim MacMahon of ESPN. MacMahon said while Irving is making great progress in his recovery from a torn left ACL, the All-Star may not play because of "other reasons." https://twitter.com/MrBuckBuckNBA/status/1991161628360863873 One NBA executive told DallasHoopsJournal...