Last year the NBA Draft lottery shocked and infuriated most of the basketball world as the Dallas Mavericks, a team with less than a two-percent chance of getting the top overall pick, won the draft lottery and secured all-world college star Cooper Flagg.
The Dallas Mavericks face a lot of big decisions this offseason. They've already overhauled their front office, hiring Masai Ujiri to be team president and Mike Schmitz as general manager, and Jason Kidd is no longer the head coach.
The Dallas Mavericks have a lot of decisions to make this offseason for the franchise's future. New team president Masai Ujiri has already said that every decision they make will have the future in mind, and that has people wondering if they would be open to trading Kyrie Irving.
The Dallas Mavericks have some question marks surrounding Kyrie Irving’s future with the team that should be answered this offseason. The Mavs want to keep Irving around as a veteran mentor, but given the change surrounding the organization, Masai Ujiri and Mike Schmitz should be listening to possible trade offers for him.
There was already a bit of controversy even before the tip-off of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena on Monday.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
It’s been nearly 16 months since the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, but the two sides could find themselves making another deal this offseason.
Everyone is just about tired of the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors. We're going on a full year of back-and-forth action of people thinking Antetokounmpo wants out of Milwaukee, but no trade ended up materializing.
The Dallas Mavericks no longer have a head coach, as Masai Ujiri decided to let Jason Kidd go last week. Most fans are pleased with the decision, even if it comes late in the process, but as Masai Ujiri and Mike Schmitz look for a new coach, they're also looking for the best fit in the draft.
The Dallas Mavericks have an interesting dilemma ahead of them as they search for a new head coach. They've filled out the key parts of the front office, hiring Masai Ujiri to be the team president and Mike Schmitz to be the general manager.
Jason Kidd is without a job after Masai Ujiri decided it was best for the Dallas Mavericks to move in another direction. Kidd spent five years as the head coach in Dallas, leading the Mavs to the Western Conference Finals in 2022, then the NBA Finals in 2024.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
The Dallas Mavericks decided to relieve head coach Jason Kidd of his duties last week, as new President Masai Ujiri is rebuilding the franchise around Cooper Flagg.
The Dallas Mavericks are looking for a new head coach for the first time under this ownership group. Patrick Dumont landed a new team president to make the key decisions, and that had Ujiri moving on from Jason Kidd earlier in the week in favor of a new voice.
The Dallas Mavericks are looking for the next head coach of the franchise, with new team president Masai Ujiri leading the way. They decided to move on from Jason Kidd earlier this week, ending a five-year run with him as the head coach in Dallas, which saw an NBA Finals appearance in 2024.
The Trail Blazers are already deep into their coaching search. But another interesting name may be quietly hovering around the process. According to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto, former Mavericks coach Jason Kidd has been loosely connected to Portland within league circles following his departure from Dallas earlier this week.
The Dallas Mavericks seem to have a knack for getting blockbuster headlines. Just a year back, the team shocked everyone with their trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kyrie Irving might potentially end up with the team that he once helped beat in the Western Conference Finals. The Dallas Mavericks star point guard Irving is being linked this week to the Minnesota Timberwolves in trade rumors.
The Dallas Mavericks made the gutsy decision to part ways with Jason Kidd this week, ending a five-year run with Kidd at the helm. They only made the playoffs twice in Kidd's tenure, but those two playoff runs ended in a Western Conference Finals appearance in 2022 and an NBA Finals appearance in 2024.
The Dallas Mavericks are one of the younger teams in the NBA, having joined the league as an expansion franchise in 1980. The name, inspired by a fan mail-in contest that built off the 1960s TV western "Maverick," means a fiercely independent person.
The Dallas Mavericks insist they still believe in a future built around Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg. Frankly, it’s easy to understand why. A healthy Kyrie alongside one of the NBA’s brightest young stars sounds pretty good on paper.
Since taking over the Dallas Mavericks, Masai Ujiri has made it clear that every decision they make moving forward will be about the future of the franchise.
After five seasons as the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, Jason Kidd was fired in a bit of a surprising move. Kidd took Dallas to two playoff trips and an NBA Finals, but the Mavericks are changing things up this summer.
Is new Dallas Mavericks president Masai Ujiri serious about keeping Kyrie Irving or trying to jack up the trade price for the high-scoring guard? Ujiri spoke to the media on Wednesday about the firing of head coach Jason Kidd and the franchise's future.
Mike Schmitz, a former DraftExpress scout and ESPN draft analyst who was most recently an assistant general manager with the Trail Blazers, was hired by the Mavericks on May 8 to be their new GM.
Everything is bigger in Texas, especially the talk about putting casinos there. But we may be starting to see a little less talk and a lot more action.