Dirk Nowitzki

On the heels of another delusional tirade by banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the Clippers lost 104-98 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. How? How does the team with the best floor leader (Chris Paul), the best coach (Doc Rivers), and best frontcourt (Griffin/Jordan) lose a playoff series? In the critical game 5, the Clippers blew [...]

Not even 48 hours after falling to the San Antonio Spurs and being ousted from the NBA playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks are thinking big. Really big. The goal has been to keep Dirk Nowitzki’s championship window open for as long as possible. He’s a free agent this summer and is expected to accept a rather [...]

Meet Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and resident broken record. While Cuban is prone to repeating himself, it’s not all his doing. He’s asked the same questions over and over and over and over again, Groundhog Day-style. It’s never, “How do you feel about bowl haircuts?” or “Are you supplied with unlimited cheese [...]

With all the talk about where Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James will end up this summer, money and salary are on the minds of NBA GM’s as usual, but it got us thinking about the richest players in the NBA today. 10-T. Shawn Marion 35-year old 4-time All-Star Shawn Marion has made about $10 million [...]

Moments like these are weird. You know the kind. Awkward, mean, pessimistic—the whole nine yards. This particular one has everything, courtesy of the Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki. Following Dallas’ loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, Nowitzki’s frustration culminated in a brutal admission, according to ESPN Dallas’ Tim MacMahon: “It’s a game we can’t lose,” Nowitzki [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is starting to see a pattern. It’s a pattern you’ve probably noticed, too. A well-documented, oddball pattern—the NBA’s Eastern Conference sucks. Like, it’s really bad. Horrible. Spit-in-your-face disgusting. Players know it. Teams know it. They have to. There’s no way they can’t. Few have voiced it publicly, though. Save for the Portland Trail [...]

Step aside, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant is smitten by Dirk Nowitzki. Speaking with reporters before the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Dallas Mavericks, Durant admitted to having a healthy admiration (infatuation?) for the 35-year-old Dirk, according to ESPN Dallas’ Tim MacMahon (h/t Beyond The Buzzer): Asked after Oklahoma City’s morning shootaround when he identified the [...]

Dwight Howard chose to sign with the Houston Rockets over the summer. He did not, however, almost sign with the Dallas Mavericks. Following shoot around on Monday at the Toyota Center, Howard was asked if his free-agency decision came down to two teams—the Rockets and Mavericks. “No,” he said, according to the Star Telegram‘s Dwain [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is the Dallas Mavericks. When wondering why Mark Cuban won’t consider trading Dirk, it’s as simple as that—he is the Mavericks. Even at 35, he represents everything Dallas wants to stand for, everything that Cuban is looking for in a franchise superstar. Asked on the Artie Lange show why he wouldn’t trade Nowitzki, [...]

Before joining the Dallas Mavericks, Monta Ellis wasn’t happy. The eight-year veteran spent six-plus seasons with the Golden State Warriors before being shipped off to the Milwaukee Bucks midway through the 2011-12 campaign. He lasted a season-and-a-half there, ultimately deciding to sign with the Mavericks during free agency. Few people need an explanation as to [...]