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The Dallas Mavericks (25-53) beat the Los Angeles Lakers 134-128 on Sunday in a nationally televised game that saw Cooper Flagg continue his scorched earth campaign on the NBA to close out the 2025-26 season. The Mavericks came out with real pace in the first quarter, but more than anything, it was Cooper Flagg that […]
No Luka Dončić, no Austin Reaves, no problem. Cooper Flagg took center stage on Sunday in a nationally televised game as the Dallas Mavericks (25-53) outlasted the Los Angeles Lakers (50-28) at American Airlines Center, 134-128. The Mavericks had lost 14 straight home games entering the contest but finally broke through the night they faced […]
The Dallas Mavericks (24-53) are home for an early Sunday evening game against the Los Angeles Lakers (50-27). The Mavericks are coming off a loss against the Orlando Magic, but one where Cooper Flagg was on fire from the field and he scored 51. The Lakers had a devestating loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder […]
Jason Kidd is correct about some things. The Dallas Mavericks do need to move on. The team’s record should be higher than 24-53 after falling to the Magic on Friday night. They have played in 42 clutch games (16-26) this season, and to the credit of veterans like Daniel Gafford, PJ Washington, Naji Marshall, and […]
This week’s Dallas Mavericks centeric poll centered around the NCAA Men’s Final Four. Yes there’s still plenty of NBA basketball on (and perhaps you could and should go make a wager on NBA Rookie of the Year, now that Cooper Flagg has potentially recaptured momentum), but I think most of our fans are thinking ahead […]
By now you’ve likely seen our first three parts (Part I, Part II, Part III) covering the NBA’s attempt to curb tanking. In this, our fourth and final part, we’ll take a look at the last of the proposed changes being brought before the Board of Governors. For ease of reference, here are the basics […]
Mere hours after a straw poll of NBA media members said Charlotte Hornets forward Kon Knueppel was firmly in the lead for the NBA Rookie of the Year award as the 2025-26 season winds down, Cooper Flagg made a closing argument that would put Perry Mason to shame. Flagg poured in 38 of his game-high […]
The Dallas Mavericks kicked off the weekend with a Friday night matchup against the Orlando Magic. Both teams came in ice cold, each 2-8 in their past 10 games. But Orlando had too much firepower against a shorthanded Dallas, as the Mavericks home losing streak extended to 14. But it didn’t matter because there was […]
The Dallas Mavericks played the Orlando Magic on Friday night, losing 138-127. Dallas kept things close for most of the first half, but fell behind big in the third quarter and couldn’t recover from there despite a big game from Cooper Flagg. 51: Cooper Flagg’s point total Flagg was in peak form Friday night, making […]
The Dallas Mavericks fell again at home on Friday night, losing to the Orlando Magic 138-127. Wendell Carter Jr. led a balanced Magic scoring attack with 28. Cooper Flagg put up 51 points in defeat for Dallas, becoming the first teenager to ever score over 50 in an NBA game. The opening period in Dallas […]
The Dallas Mavericks (24-52) are at home on Friday night after a two-day rest and will take on the Orlando Magic (40-36). Dallas got ran off the court on Tuesday in a road game against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Magic lost a nail-biter to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night Here are the main things […]
The results from Tim Bontemps’ final 2025-26 NBA MVP straw poll over at ESPN are in, and though the race between Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and San Antonio Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama appears to be as close as it ever has been, Gilgeous-Alexander actually won it in what looks like a walk. […]
There are those of you who might say that the Dallas Mavericks are just plain bad, and that’s why they’re losing. And good for them, because working hard every night to try your best to win has a multitude of underrated payoffs, which will benefit both the players and the team down the line. The […]
The struggle bus will be parked outside American Airlines Center on Friday as the Dallas Mavericks (24-52) host the Orlando Magic (40-36) and both teams limp toward the end of the 2025-26 NBA season. We get through this one, and there are only five more of these things to go. You can do this, Mavs […]
Welcome to Part III of a four-part series taking a look at the proposed changes to the NBA Draft Lottery that are being put before the Board of Governors to prevent tanking. If you’d like to catch up, check out Part I and Part II. Before we take a look at the second proposal, it’s […]
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Heading into their Friday night game against the Orlando Magic, the Dallas Mavericks sit as the sixth worst team in the NBA with a 24-52 record. With only six games remaining in the season, you would think the team could quietly head into the offseason with a focus squarely on the draft. Mark Cuban had […]
The Mavericks were 1-3 this past week and did not move from 13th place in the West. They split their short road trip to the Pacific Northwest with a loss in Denver (142-135) and a win in Portland (100-93). They then got blown out twice with losses at home to Minnesota (124-94) and in Milwaukee […]
News recently broke that the NBA is looking to make changes to the Draft Lottery to mitigate tanking. In Part I of this series, we touched on the notion that tanking is likely never going to be eliminated outright, especially if the league expands its total number of teams. Across the next three parts, we’ll […]
A depressing season of Dallas Mavericks basketball has led to the team’s nascent search for a new general manager. The initial reports on that search are also depressing. Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix reported on Tuesday that the Mavericks had Oklahoma City Executive Vice President and GM Sam Presti, Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens and Minnesota […]
The art of tanking is nothing new for the NBA. Teams have been finding ways to lose games in an effort to improve their Draft position at least as far back as the early 1990s when the league implemented weighted odds favoring the worst teams. Prior to that, there was an outright coin flip between […]
The 2026 WNBA Draft is less than two weeks away. After a long, arduous battle between the league and the players’ association over a new collective bargaining agreement, a deal has been ratified and installed. Over the next few weeks, WNBA teams will be scrambling to construct their rosters through an unprecedented free agency and […]
The Dallas Mavericks (24-52) got ran off the floor by the Milwaukee Bucks (30-45) on Tuesday night, falling 123-99. Ryan Rollins led the Bucks with 24 points. Cooper Flagg was the high-point man for Dallas with 19, but it took 19 shots to get there. The sport of basketball was attempted between the Bucks and […]
The Dallas Mavericks (24-51) head back out on the road Tuesday night to face off against the Milwaukee Bucks (29-45). This one is a make up game following a cancellation due to weather earlier in 2026. Dallas is coming off a brutal beating of a loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Bucks are stumbling down […]
While the Mavericks haven’t given much to dig into over the last several weeks through their play, the development of Cooper Flagg remains priority. Along with that priority is a focus from the organization on securing the Rookie of the Year award for Flagg. Head coach Jason Kidd spoke about it pregame recently: There’s been […]