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Yesterday, I was playing tennis with my son when Shams announced that Dallas had fired head coach Jason Kidd after five seasons. My thoughts immediately turned to those rumors from last summer. Remember how the Knicks brass, needing to fill their own coaching vacancy, allegedly tried to finagle access to Kidd? In the end, they […]
On the job for two weeks and one day, Masai Ujiri will now embark on a coaching search
The Dallas Mavericks made a major shake-up on Tuesday night, agreeing to part ways with now former head coach Jason Kidd. That move truly closes the book on everything even tangentially related to the Luka Doncic trade and gives Cooper Flagg a truly fresh start after only his rookie year. Further, the move demonstrates that […]
The Dallas Mavericks and head coach Jason Kidd have mutually agreed to part ways after five seasons, the organization announced on Tuesday. ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported the decision came as Kidd still had four years and over $40 million left on his contract with the Mavericks. Over five seasons in Dallas, Kidd guided the franchise […]
The Dallas Mavericks announced on Tuesday evening that the organization and coach Jason Kidd have “mutually agreed to part ways”. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Kidd had four years and well over $40 million left on his contract after being extended twice in both 2024 and 2025. Kidd and former general manager Nico Harrison came […]
As we move through our player recaps for the Portland Trail Blazers’ 2025-26 NBA season, next up is reserve wing Matisse Thybulle. When Thybulle hit restricted free agency three seasons ago, the Dallas Mavericks offered him a Mid-Level Exception contract to the tune of 3 years and $33.5 million. He signed the offer sheet, which […]
When talking about the 2026 NBA draft, everyone knows about the top 4. But there is a player who will almost certainly be available when the Mavericks pick at 9 who matches all of the top 4 statistically, so why isn’t he viewed with the likes of AJ Dybansta and Cam Boozer? Well, he’ll be […]
Bringing a bad team to contention typically takes time. It took the Mavericks four years to return to prominence after drafting Luka Doncic. Cooper Flagg’s timeline is setting up to be similar. A lot has happened in the past year. After the Mavericks punted and traded Anthony Davis, the flagship piece in the Doncic trade […]
The Dallas Mavericks will be on the clock with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. For a team that already has Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg leading the way, the Mavericks aren’t exactly looking for the next superstar for the franchise. Instead, they are looking for players that can complement the […]
The Dallas Mavericks hold the No. 9 overall pick in the NBA Draft this year, but they need more than another flashy rookie to get their team back on track. Something the Mavs didn’t have much of during the 2025-26 season was good health. Those fortunes will need to reverse themselves in order for Dallas […]
Williams earned his spot in Dallas after battling his way professionally, starting his career with 24 games with the Portland Trailblazers way back in the 2021-22 season. Following a short stint with the Mavericks in the 2023-24 season for 17 games, and as a two-way player for the 2024-25 season, Brandon Williams signed a contract […]
The 2026 NBA draft has been hyped up for its depth of exciting guard talent, with 5 or 6 guards projected to go in the top 10. This of course has excited Mavericks fans, as there is no other team with a more desperate need at guard. But due to multiple meaningless late season wins, […]
The NBA has reached the point where having ball handling and secondary creation is necessary throughout your five-man lineups. In watching the Dallas Mavericks at any point throughout the season, it was abundantly clear that they lacked that. This June, the Mavericks will start rectifying that with the NBA Draft. While a combo guard with […]
Khris Middleton was shipped to the Dallas Mavericks at the trade deadline in the deal that sent Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards. Middleton’s inclusion was all about salary. His contract made the money work both ways, and more importantly for the Mavericks, expires this summer. That gives them the financial relief they need as […]
With the Mavericks officially settling into the number nine and thirtieth overall picks of the 2026 NBA Draft, it’s time to start familiarizing yourself with a list of names who could potentially be Mavs. This is a deep class, and many fans may feel already attached to a name, or distraught that a certain player […]
After going 13-15 across December and January, the Mavs completely spun out in February, all but spelling the end of their season. Losing felt like it would bring longer term value than winning and there was little to get excited about night-to-night. Then, as he had done many times throughout his rookie campaign, Cooper Flagg […]
When Daniel Gafford boarded the plane from Washington to Dallas in February 2024, it was believed he was one of the missing pieces to being a true title contender. The Mavericks witnessed in real time what Luka Doncic could do with a lob threat center in rookie Dereck Lively II, and adding a second threat […]
When Mike Schmitz was hired as the Dallas Mavericks’ new general manager under the newly minted head man Masai Ujiri, he was hailed as a master talent evaluator. Now, with the Mavericks landing the No. 9 overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft after Sunday’s Draft Lottery, we turn our eyes toward some of the […]
With January in the books as the best month of the Mavs’ season, February rolled in and was anything but. Dallas continued to stick around in a lot of games, often keeping things close before coming up short. A generally abysmal record and some bad (but obvious) news were the call for the month, but […]
The Dallas Mavericks officially landed the 9th pick in the 2026 NBA Draft on Sunday, falling one spot from where they entered the lottery after finishing with the eighth-best odds. And honestly, it felt fitting. Not because Dallas got robbed or because the lottery “screwed” them, but because this outcome is the direct result of […]
Coming out of a December that started off well but ended poorly, the Mavs were looking to build on the momentum of an ever-growing Cooper Flagg, all the while hoping Anthony Davis would finally string together a run that could help propel Dallas to a PlayIn berth or better. For the most part, Flagg was […]
Last week, many of our writers had Masai Ujiri takes, which is good. I want lots of article about as many points of view as possible. The challenge is that left less room for the rest of us to write. So here are the remaining reactions to last Monday’s news about the Mavericks hiring Masai […]
In our last installment, we took a look at the start of the season. The Mavericks lost their starting center, fired their GM and gave Cooper Flagg plenty of burn as a point guard. As December rolled in, Flagg was already showing exponential improvement and Anthony Davis returned to the lineup after missing 15 out […]
The Dallas Mavericks made something of a surprising hire on Friday after welcoming Masai Ujiri in as president of basketball operations and alternate governor in a press conference on Tuesday. The Mavericks announced that Mike Schmitz will be the team’s next general manager, working under Ujiri. All of a sudden, the uncertainty surrounding Ujiri’s titles, […]
The Dallas Mavericks have hired Portland Trail Blazers Assistant General Manager Mike Schmitz to become their next General Manager. Schmitz will work under newly-hired Team President Masai Ujiri in Dallas. Shams Charania of ESPN reported the news. Schmitz has worked for the Blazers since 2022. Before that he was a celebrated draft analyst, working for […]