DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks will open the 2026-27 season at Houston on Oct. 21, one of 21 games currently scheduled for national television. Dallas opens against Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets at 7:30 p.m.
The full 2026-27 NBA schedule is now out after the NBA released it on Thursday afternoon. Expectations aren't as high for the Mavericks this year, but they'll get Kyrie Irving back from injury, and Cooper Flagg will be entering his second season.
Part two of YardBarker’s Top 25 NBA players of the past 25 years is here.
February 21st, 2002 found the Dallas Mavericks swinging a trade deadline deal with the Denver Nuggets. In the move, the Mavericks shipped off Juwan Howard, Tim Hardaway (Sr.), Donnell Harvey, a first round draft pick in 2002 and cash.
In the history of the NBA, a player has scored 50 or more points in a playoff game on 51 occasions. How many can you name in six minutes?
Mark Cuban and Patrick Dumont are no longer at each other’s throats (at least in the courtroom). The former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Cuban has formally withdrawn his lawsuit against his successor Dumont, Christian Clark of The Athletic reported on Wednesday.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
Details about the 2026-27 NBA season are starting to come out in preparation for the full schedule release on Thursday afternoon. They've announced the Christmas Day games, the key games of opening week, and the NBA Cup Group Play schedule.
The Dallas Mavericks are hoping to take another step forward this year as they rebuild their roster around reigning Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg. Flagg
The NBA is rolling out its 2026-26 schedule this week in preparation for the upcoming season. They announced the Christmas Day and nationally televised opening-week games on Tuesday, and now they've announced the NBA Cup Group Play.
Mark Cuban has dropped his legal petition against the Mavericks. That doesn’t mean he’s suddenly happy with the Mavericks. According to Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News, Cuban withdrew his Rule 202 petition against team governor Patrick Dumont late Monday.
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are off the NBA’s Christmas Day schedule for the first time since 2019. Dallas had played on Christmas in six straight seasons.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
The NBA is rolling out its 2026-27 schedule this week, and that started with the reveal of the nationally televised opening week games and Christmas Day games.
The Dallas Mavericks have high expectations for young forward Cooper Flagg moving forward. So does the global sports trading card market. A 1-of-1 Flagg rookie card was pulled in Rhode Island, per ESPN, after the team offered a bounty for it.
The hunt is over. The most wanted card in basketball has been found. Cooper Flagg’s one-of-one Rookie Debut Patch Autograph, the single most anticipated card, was pulled Monday night in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Topps announced Monday that the one-of-one Cooper Flagg Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card was pulled in Rhode Island, crediting RhodyBreakers. The card had been the top chase in 2025-26 Topps Chrome Update Basketball since the product released Thursday.
It's an interesting take, but it's a wrong one from Herbstreit.
Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg showed off a versatile set of skills his first seasons and proved he could play all over the court.
The Dallas Mavericks have made a lot of moves this offseason, drafting Morez Johnson Jr. and Sergio De Larrea in the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft, Tobi Lawal and Vsevolod Ishchenko in the second round, and trading for Santi Aldama, Tarik Biberovic, Marcus Sasser, and Zaccharie Risacher.
The Los Angeles Clippers have added a new player to their roster who is now the tallest in the NBA. The Clippers agreed to a two-way contract with center Jamarion Sharp, the team announced Monday.
Former Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki offered a moving tribute to former coach Don Nelson following Nelson’s death on Sunday. Nowitzki was drafted and developed by Nelson in Dallas and enjoyed a very close relationship with his mentor.
Don Nelson, who died Sunday at age 86, never won a title, but only his good friend Gregg Popovich logged more than Nellie's 1,335 career wins. His innovations were almost as legendary as his personality, and the NBA lost a true great this weekend.
There has been plenty of speculation about Klay Thompson potentially becoming available to the Heat or another contender. But the Mavericks apparently aren’t ready to simply let him walk.
For 105 children in Oak Cliff, the afternoon came without the usual price tag. There was food, fresh jerseys to take home, and an NBA player waiting to spend time on the court with them.
Thompson still has one year left in the three-year, $50 million pact he signed to join the Mavericks.
An Anthony Davis extension should not require much discussion inside the Washington Wizards’ front office. Davis is eligible for a four-year deal worth approximately $275 million, but offering it before he plays a single game for the franchise would be an absurd gamble.
The Lakers are looking to build their new roster around Luka Doncic.
The Dallas Mavericks are not far from being back in a position to compete at the top of the Western Conference.
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