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It's been widely reported that the Houston Rockets are a team that intrigues Dwight Howard. The Rockets might even rank ahead of the Bird-rights-owning Los Angeles Lakers as the Mavericks' primary competitors for the perennial All-Star big man. He...

ESPNDallas.com will compare the Mavericks and Clippers in five facets -- other than money -- that could play a role in Chris Paul's free agency decision in a one-per-day series: owners/front office, coaches, co-stars, supporting casts and franchise t...

Bob Kravitz of The Indianapolis Star: Suddenly, Frank Vogel is a household name. A week ago, anybody outside of Indianapolis or the circle of NBA cognoscenti had no idea who the Indiana Pacers' low-key coach was, what he looked like, what he stood fo...

ESPNDallas.com will compare the Mavericks and Clippers in five facets -- other than money -- that could play a role in Chris Paul's free agency decision in a one-per-day series: owners/front office, coaches, co-stars, supporting casts and franchise t...

Mike Wells of The Indianapolis Star: So you think Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel had a difficult time getting over taking Roy Hibbert out in the third quarter of Game 2 against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals? What he did i...

Dirk Nowitzki made an appearance with the "Men in Blazers" at Grantland to talk basketball and a little soccer with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund preparing for an all-German Champions League final. Nowitzki offered Michael Davies and Roger B...

ESPNDallas.com will compare the Mavericks and Clippers in five facets -- other than money -- that could play a role in Chris Paul's free agency decision in a one-per-day series: owners/front office, coaches, co-stars, supporting casts and franchise t...

The Dallas Mavericks, with their first lottery draft pick in a dozen years firmly in hand, have their eyes on Dwight Howard.

In the wake of the NBA draft lottery, here are ESPN Insider's 2013 NBA draft guides for all 14 lottery teams.

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty Images Nobody has done better at it than the Cleveland Cavaliers, but even they don't swear by the lottery. It's a weird kind of party, the NBA draft lottery. The 2013 version began on the Good Morning America's re...

The Dallas Mavericks might not actually use the first lottery pick they've owned in a dozen years. Multiple sources told ESPN.com's Chad Ford that the Mavs are likely to trade the pick to help create the cap space necessary to make a run at Dwight...

The ping pong balls didn't bounce the Mavericks' way. The Mavs didn't move up in the NBA draft lottery, so they own the 13th overall pick. The Mavs had only a 2.2 percent chance of moving into the top three picks, including an 0.6 percent chanc...

Bradford Doolittle breaks down the Dallas Mavericks' draft profile, needs and potential picks.

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There will be plenty of time to project picks as the draft nears, but here is a quick capsule on each lottery team's biggest needs from an advanced stat perspective. Charlotte Bobcats Need: Defensive presence The Bobcats were the worst defensiv...

The Mavericks will need a lot of luck to avoid owning the 13th pick of the NBA draft. There is about a two percent chance that a Mavs ping pong ball will pop up in the top three picks during Tuesday night's lottery. Dallas has a 0.6 percent chance...

ESPNDallas.com will compare the Mavericks and Clippers in five facets -- other than money -- that could play a role in Chris Paul's free agency decision in a one-per-day series: owners/front office, coaches, co-stars, supporting casts and franchise t...