Rick Carlisle

Losing to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night did little to curb the sarcastic streak of Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle. During the Clippers’ 109-90 shellacking of the Mavericks, DeAndre Jordan exploded for 23 points, 20 rebounds, two steals and two blocks. And if you remember, the Mavericks were a broken verbal pact [...]

The Dallas Mavericks need to start playing better…or else. Those are words the 2015-16 Mavericks must start living by, because they’re the words—albeit not the exact words—of head coach Rick Carlisle. Dallas’ head honcho was understandably upset following his team’s 103-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. The Mavericks fell behind by as [...]

Things didn’t work out between Rajon Rondo and the Dallas Mavericks last season. But we had no idea they were the head-coach-tried-to-tow-your-car bad. Head coach Rick Carlisle and Rondo, now of the Sacramento Kings, clearly had their issues with one another during their short time together. Carlisle likes to have control over what’s happening on [...]

It looks like the post-Dirk Nowitzki era will still be under the guidance of Rick Carlisle. The Dallas Mavericks have secured Carlisle’s presence on the sidelines all the way to the 2021-22 season after successfully reaching a five-year, $35 million dollar extension. From Marc Stein of ESPN.com: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/662385751317811200] [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/662386201542815744] This doesn’t only mean [...]

Opening night is still more than a month away, and already it seems like the Dallas Mavericks are in for a long season. The DeAndre Jordan mishap has come to define their offseason. They had one of the top free agents available, and then, quite suddenly, they didn’t. And that left them to pick up [...]

Well, this certainly didn’t take long. Rajon Rondo came to the Dallas Mavericks via trade in December. Despite initial hopes and projections, it seems like he’ll be gone by July. First, we start with some weird joo joo. Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle pulled Rondo out of the team’s Game 2 loss to the Houston [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder dropped a 135-131 thriller to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night, but Russell Westbrook and Co. matched a unique set of NBA records in the process. Although the following certainly does not lessen the disappointment of a loss, looking back at the game from a statistical perspective is intriguing. Dallas coach [...]

Tuesday night, tempers flared on the Dallas Mavericks’ sideline between veteran head coach Rick Carlisle and Rajon Rondo. The point guard appeared to be ignoring an offensive play-call from Carlisle, who angrily demanded a timeout and proceeded to shout at Rondo. Videos easily found on the Internet show him verbally retaliating, hurling an “F-bomb” at [...]

In the Maverick’s 99-92 victory over the visiting Raptors on Tuesday night, things got heated between point guard Rajon Rondo and Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle. They were clearly seen to be arguing with one another during a timeout and both sides ended up shouting before going their separate ways. It wasn’t a surprise that [...]

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