Archive for June, 2008

Why The Mavericks May Be Charles Rhodes’ Best Shot

It’s been reported in the Dallas Morning News that Charles Rhodes will join the Dallas Mavericks summer league team in Las Vegas.

Kidd says Avery’s offense, rigid style cramped Mavs

The story was relayed by someone close to Jason Kidd in New Jersey, where Kidd returned after the disappointing end to the Mavericks’ 2007-08 season.

Dallas Mavericks stay put at 51, pick shooting guard

Jun. 27–Piano players are hot commodities for the Mavericks these days. With appealing chances to move up in the NBA draft lacking, the Mavericks spent Thursday night biding their time and finally took …

Olympics anything but ideal for NBA

Veteran sportswriter Mike Kahn is a frequent contributor to FOXSports.com. We could debate talent, chemistry and the legitimacy of the choices.

Dream Team Olympic debate rages on in NBA

Sixteen years after the U.S. Dream Team initiated an Olympic and global basketball renaissance, and four years after the worst Olympic showing in U.S. history caused unprecedented self-examination, there is …

Jennifer Floyd Engel: Rick Carlisle knows Dallas Mavericks’ future is found in Germany

Rick Carlisle clicked through pics from his big German vacation Friday morning, pausing intermittently to tell stories and explain what exactly I was looking at.

Dallas Mavericks’ Carlisle spends quality time with Nowitzki

Rick Carlisle understands that no matter how the Mavericks fill out their roster around Dirk Nowitzki next season, their success starts with the 7-foot former MVP.

Nellie critical of Cuban’s comments on Olympics

The U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team, which will include Dallas Mavericks’ guard Jason Kidd, is one of the top honors an athlete or coach can have, and former Mavs coach Don Nelson said Wednesday that it’s a …

The Games are a game of risk Dallas Mavericks’ Cuban finds hypocritical

Mark Cuban has been articulate and consistent in his criticism of an Olympic model he considers hypocritical.

Donnie Nelson will need to be creative with Dallas Mavericks’ roster

Everyone seems to be talking about change these days. John McCain. Barack Obama.

Bond practice: New coach connecting with Dallas Mavericks

No Dallas Mavericks player knows Rick Carlisle better than Jerry Stackhouse does.

Give Nellie one more season

Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson beat his protege, Mavericks coach Avery Johnson, in the first game of the teams’ playoff series.

Your Dallas Mavericks Were Almost Playing in Tonight’s NBA Finals

Squint hard enough and you can see these two in Mavericks’ blue. Well, not really.

Dallas Mavericks spend inspiring day with Make-A Wish children

By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News esefko@dallasnews.com Rick Carlisle is headed to Germany this week to spend some quality time with Dirk Nowitzki, but Carlisle will be hard pressed to top the experience …

EDITORIAL: Stop the flop

Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki faked so many falls during this year’s playoff series with the Hornets that fans at the Arena took to chanting: “Stop the flop! Stop the flop!” It was impossible to embarrass …