Nerlens Noel has a new agent. Maybe now he’ll get a new contract. The 23-year-old center is finally making moves after spending nearly two months on the restricted free-agent market, opting to hire Rich Paul of Klutch Sports as his new representation, per Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto: [tweet https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto/status/899781544025436160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Freport-nerlens-noel-switches-agents-in-the-midst-of-restricted-free-agency%2F] Noel’s reasoning isn’t quite clear, but [...]
August 22, 2017
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Summer 2018. That’s the offseason forever tied to Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement. He’ll have just wrapped his 20th NBA go-round. He’ll turn 40 that June. It’s perfect—the closest he can come to a storybook ending while playing for a non-contender. But what if Nowitzki isn’t yet done? What if he has not one, but two, seasons [...]
August 4, 2017
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Many assumed when the Mavericks acquired Nerlens Noel in a trade before the 2017 NBA trade deadline that a quick and easy long-term extension was a mere formality as the Mavericks would pay big money to lock up their center of the future. That has not been the case. We are almost three weeks into [...]
July 19, 2017
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Nerlens Noel’s return to the Dallas Mavericks remains a formality, but negotiations on his new contract are not without their wrinkles. Or pitfalls. Per Tim Cato of SB Nation noted, the two sides remain far apart in talks as the second week of NBA free agency nears conclusion: [tweet https://twitter.com/tim_cato/status/884960536680464384] [tweet https://twitter.com/tim_cato/status/884966743537467393] This is fine…for [...]
July 14, 2017
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Count Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban among those who want the NBA to eliminate the existence of conferences. Though, to be fair, it sounds like he’d settle for his Mavericks moving into the East. As he told ESPN’s broadcast during Dallas’ summer league bout with the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “We’re [...]
July 10, 2017
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When the sun finally sets on a bizarre 2017 free-agency period, Derrick Rose (probably) won’t be a member of the New York Knicks. But he could be on the Dallas Mavericks. Per the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: [tweet https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/883069719972118528] Rose has been most linked to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks—only one [...]
July 7, 2017
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The NBA’s market for free-agent point guards is about to get weird. Exhibit A: The Dallas Mavericks. Long considered a primary destination for the bigger names like Jrue Holiday, George Hill, Kyle Lowry and Jeff Teague, Dallas is officially out of the running for an expensive floor general after drafting NC State’s Dennis Smith Jr. [...]
June 23, 2017
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The Dallas Mavericks aren’t messing around. We know they are interested in targeting Jrue Holiday, one of this summer’s 10 best free agents. But they aren’t alone, and they need to clear enough cap space to sign him. Even then, they still have to contend with the New Orleans Pelicans’ ability to offer a fifth [...]
June 15, 2017
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The Dallas Mavericks need to upgrade at point guard. They have the No. 9 pick in this year’s draft. Ricky Rubio has been bandied about the trade rumor mill since the beginning of time—or at least since Tom Thibodeau took over as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ head coach and president. Eric Bledsoe’s timeline looks to run [...]
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wants the team to upgrade at point guard, and so, the team will try upgrading at point guard. With the No. 9 pick in this year’s NBA draft, the Mavericks could hope someone like Dennis Smith Jr. falls to them. Or they could address the issue in free agency by [...]