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ESPNDallas.com will estimate the market value for each of the Mavericks' eight free agents and examine their worth to the Mavs in a once-per-day series. Chris Kaman Let's put it this way: Chris Kaman isn't going to invite coach Rick Carlisle...

DALLAS -- The Mavericks are a much better-looking team Monday. The .500 beards aren't all gone, but they're much better manicured, at least in most cases. Center Chris Kaman is the exception, as is often the case. He didn't shave a single hair on ...

NEW ORLEANS -- It took the Dallas Mavericks 121 days to get back to .500. It took Dirk Nowitzki maybe 90 seconds to get rid of the beard he has been growing for most of that time. "That shave felt amazing," Nowitzki said after a 107-89 victory ...

DALLAS -- Elton Brand isn't quite ready to return. Brand will miss his fourth consecutive game because of a sore right calf. The Mavs thought Brand might be available for tonight's game against the Suns, but the decision for him to sit out was mad...

That might have been a money game for Chris Kaman. Kaman opted to sign a one-year, $8 million deal with the Mavericks last summer instead of taking a similar offer from the Trail Blazers. Considering how he's bounced between the starting lineup an...

DENVER - Coach Rick Carlisle prefers to keep his starting lineup under wraps until the NBA-mandated 16 minutes before tip-off, but Chris Kaman cleared up any mystery about who would start at center Thursday night for the Mavericks. "I'm starting t...

How it happened: Kobe Bryant and his supporting cast crushed the Mavericks' playoff hopes. In a game that all but mathematically eliminated the Mavs from the playoffs, Bryant produced the 19th triple-double of his career, stuffing the box score wi...

LOS ANGELES -- Chris Kaman will be the Mavericks' third center in three games. Kaman will match up with the Lakers' Dwight Howard, making this the 23rd starting lineup the Mavs have used this season. It's the 7-foot veteran's first start since ...

The Mavs are a win away from shaving their .500 beards, bushy facial hair that several players have been growing since they made a pact to put down the razors until their record reached the break-even point.

DALLAS - The Mavericks figured out a way to get many more touches for one of the NBA's most efficient scoring big guys, and benefited greatly from it. Oh, and Dirk Nowitzki got a lot more looks, too. With all due respect to Dirk -- and apologie...

DALLAS - The Mavericks have lost only two games during Dirk Nowitzki's career when he has shot at least 80 percent from the floor with more than one attempt. The Mavs are 14-2 in such games. The exceptions just happen to be their last two losses. ...

DALLAS - O.J. Mayo has been at his worst against the West's best. Not coincidentally, so have the Mavs. Dallas is 1-12 against the Western Conference's top four seeds this season after Sunday's loss completed the Oklahoma City Thunder's sweep o...

DALLAS -- Add one more starting lineup that the Mavs have used this season. Rick Carlisle went with his 21st starting lineup of the season for Sunday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, benching center Chris Kaman for Elton Brand. K...

SAN ANTONIO - Mavericks big man Chris Kaman is disgruntled but doesn't want to be a distraction. With all due respect to coach Rick Carlisle, Kaman is rather perturbed about being benched a little more than two minutes into Tuesday's win in Milwau...

As soon as Vince Carter ended a Dallas scoring drought of almost four minutes by drilling a 3-pointer, he turned to the Mavericks bench and twirled his right index finger. The message: Keep the ball coming to him. The Mavs did just that. And Ca...

It's pointless to try to predict what starting lineup Rick Carlisle is going to pull out of a hat. Brandan Wright made his first start in almost four months during Wednesday night's win over the Houston Rockets. Think that's strange? Mike James ma...