Following Luka Doncic‘s departure midway through the 2024-25 season, it is safe to say that the Dallas Mavericks fell apart. Given that they ended the 2025-26 season with a 26-56 record (12th in the West), it was abundantly clear that the franchise was due for a rebuild.
The Dallas Mavericks entered the 2026 NBA Draft with the #9 pick, the #30 pick and a fair amount of trade rumors swirling around them. After selecting Morez Johnson, Jr.
10:38 pm: De Larrea won’t stick with the Knicks after all. According to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link), New York agreed to trade the Spanish guard to the Mavericks in exchange for the No.
The Dallas Mavericks have been patiently waiting for the 2026 NBA Draft since the conclusion of their campaign over two months ago. A lot has changed within the franchise in a short period of time.
The Dallas Mavericks have selected Morez Johnson Jr., a 6’9″, 250-pound wing from Michigan, with the ninth overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. Johnson was born in Riverdale, Ill., and is a physically imposing, high-motor guy with big-time two-way potential.
The NBA Draft began without much drama, with the first picks going exactly as expected. But every draft has surprises, and here were the biggest of the night.
The NBA is truly a global league. As such, there have been historical impacts left on the game by players of all walks of life. Some of the game's all-time
Happy draft day! Your Dallas Mavericks are just hours away from finding themselves on the clock, and, well, nobody really knows what they’re going to do!
The 2026 NBA Draft is finally upon us. Months of speculation, rumors, and mock drafts will come to a conclusion on Tuesday night, and it's arguably the most important night of the Cooper Flagg era with the Dallas Mavericks.
Tonight is the start of the 2026 NBA Draft, a big moment for the future of the Dallas Mavericks. It's a completely new era. Masai Ujiri is the team president, Mike Schmitz is the general manager, Dusty May is the head coach, and Cooper Flagg is the star player to build around.
With a resume as full as possible as far as college basketball, May has 190 total wins and led FAU to an improbable Final Four in 2023 and then delivered Michigan a national championship in 2025.
In the NBA Draft, the first round is where teams look for players who could be stars or at least contribute right away. Then there's the second round, where the stakes are low and not much is expected.
We are now just one day away from the 2026 NBA Draft, a monumental event for the Dallas Mavericks. They'll enter the draft with the 9th, 30th, and 48th overall picks, but they have shown a willingness to move up or down the board as they see fit.
We are now just two days away from the start of the 2026 NBA Draft. The Dallas Mavericks may still not have a coach, which can make figuring out which prospects would be a good fit tricky, but new team president Masai Ujiri and general manager Mike Schmitz have hosted a lot of draft workouts with top players.
There are just two days remaining before the 2026 NBA Draft. While the Dallas Mavericks still don't have a head coach in place, rumors are starting to heat up about their draft plans.
The Dallas Mavericks are currently gearing up for the NBA Draft, which is slated to get underway on Tuesday night. The Mavericks have the ninth pick in the draft and are looking to put a solid young team together around reigning Rookie of the Year winner Cooper Flagg, who went number one overall last year.
The Dallas Mavericks are entering a pivotal stretch of the offseason as the franchise continues its search for a new head coach while simultaneously exploring potential trades ahead of the 2026 NBA Draft.
Kyrie Irving has not played since tearing the ACL in his left knee on March 3, 2025, an injury that cost him the rest of the 2024-25 season and the entire
In an interesting turn of events, Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer has emerged as a candidate for an NBA job. Scheyer has been Duke's head coach since the 2022-23 season, owning a 124-25 record and a Final Four appearance.
The Mavericks are still looking for a head coach, and according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line, one name Dallas hoped might emerge as a serious candidate appears likely to stay put.
The Dallas Mavericks know exactly who their franchise centerpiece is — Cooper Flagg. What the organization must determine now is how to maximize his immense potential.
When members of the Cavaliers’ 2016 championship team gathered in Europe this week to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of one of the greatest moments in franchise history, one notable name was missing.
When J.R. Smith took to social media to call out an unnamed teammate for “ghosting” the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers’ 10-year championship reunion trip to Europe, the basketball world immediately pointed the finger at Kyrie Irving.
The future ahead for the Dallas Mavericks since the day they traded generational talent like Luka Doncic has been on a roll. League insiders expect the front office to launch a far more aggressive offseason reset than rival executives around the NBA currently anticipate.
You can safely check Uncle Drew off the list of offseason trade candidates. The Dallas Mavericks have been indicating to teams that nine-time NBA All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is not available for trade, veteran NBA writer Marc Stein reported to Substack on Friday.