2008 NBA Preview: #11 Dallas Mavericks

Back on the scene with a gangster lean! After being part of a major mid-season acquisition, Jason Kidd decided to make one of his own and knocked up former Nets dancer/ model and current girlfriend Hope Dworaczyk. Kidd who is currently going through a divorce with his first wife Joumana Kidd, had ...

Offseason Movement: The team traded Jermaine O'Neal to the Raptors for T.J. Ford (pictured). The team (supposedly) wants to run, and Ford is a lightning quick floor general who can make it happen. I thought the Knicks missed out on an opportunity to acquire Ford, but the Raptors probably weren't interested in anything the Knicks had to offer. The team also unloaded Shawne...

The Nets, like a handful of Eastern Conference teams, have little-to-no chance of grabbing a playoff berth; but unlike most teams in that predicament, they had yet another off-the-court issue as forward Sean Williams was arrested Monday and arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and felony criminal mischief.  But despite that, New Jersey had a game to play Monday evening against...

The Dallas Mavericks are only three games in with Jason Kidd manning the point, and the team is already seeing some results.  Against Memphis and Minnesota, Kidd had 15 and 17 assists respectively, both season-highs at the time for a player in a Mavericks uniform.  In those two games, the team comb...

Filed under: Nets, New YorkAs we've discussed, Jason Kidd isn't very happy in New Jersey. As the Nets have slipped below .500 and remain far removed from the East's top tier, Kidd's not holding his frustrations back. David Waldstein of the Newark Star-Ledger captures the sentiment. Kidd said he could...

TNT's Doug Collins says that Steve Nash and Jason Kidd are two players who never fear committing a turnover. Some stat systems suggest that a turnover is the worst thing that can happen but there is a difference between being a great player who makes many productive plays and commits a few turnovers versus a player who is much less productive but commits almost as many turnovers.

Devin Harris' shoulder injury makes Keyon Dooling the guy to get off the wire this week. An MRI on Harris' left shoulder has revealed a torn deltoid muscle, the New York Daily News reports. That changes Harris' status from "doubtful for Wednesday's game against the Knicks" to "Are we going to ...

'll be posting my final report card for Team USA's gold medal performance soon. Meanwhile, check out these two quotes about Kobe Bryant's importance to Team USA: The L.A. Times' Mark Heisler writes: In its stunning loss to Greece in 2006, the young U.S. players broke down completely on defense as the Greeks scored on pick-and-roll after pick-and-roll. In the...

Dallas gets Jason Kidd, NJ gets Speedy, Lue, Lo Wright and Josh Smith, Atlanta gets Devon Harris, D. Diop, Devon George, Jerry Stack to the rackHOUSE and some guy named Jaun Bareera or some crap. I needed to put him in to make the Salaries work. Dallas does it to get Kidd to try to put themselves ove...

Forest City Ratner Company, the organization responsible for building the New Jersey Nets new arena said Monday, that the team's new home in Brooklyn, may not be ready for the 2010-2011 season. It has been delayed several times, as recently as January. The arena will no longer feature a green roof, and the intial design will be very different. Bruce Ratner owns the commercial...

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Dallas is hanging by a thread. 19 games after trading twice for Jason Kidd, the Mavericks are 10 - 9 in those games, but have zero victories against winning teams. Zero. Now they are missing Dirk Nowitzki with leg and ankle injuri...

Deron Williams possesses all of the factors that determine whether a guy has a long successful career as a point guard : height, passing ability and shooting touch. If a guy satisfies just two of the factors, he will have a long NBA career; if he has all three, then he will be great. I tried Googling the ESPN.com article that covered the success-determining variables for a point...

Jason Kidd is the poster child for the limitations of statistical analysis. He attempted just 10 field goals as Team USA rolled to a 10-0 gold medal performance in last year's FIBA Americas tournament yet he was voted USA Basketball's Male Athlete of the Year. Kelly Whiteside's July 31 USA TODAY article about Kidd contains quotes from several NBA stars who express awe...

In the words of Adam Ant, these guys need to "stand and deliver". All eyes on Ray Allen as he returns to play his old team. Bahati njema!POS PLAYER, TEAM OPPPG Devin Harris, DAL CLESG Ray Allen, BOS @SEASF LeBron James, CLE @DALPF Kevin Garnett, BOS @SEAC Chris Kaman, LAC PHOCoach LA Clippers...

I don’t vote on my all star until the game starts to get closer but I would like the name the people I would vote for if I were to vote today. East Dwight Howard KG Lebron James Ray Allen Jason Kidd The East would be easy to pick. Guys like Wade, Jermaine O’neal and Arenas have been hurt....