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Fourth in a series looking at the five teams ahead of the Dallas Mavericks in our early 2012-13 Western Conference rankings and how the revamped Mavs match up. No. 2 Oklahoma City Thunder Somehow, some way, the Thunder have to be moved out of the...

After what seemed an eternity, the Dwightmare is over. Team USA giddily won gold in London. And the Los Angeles Lakers are again the envy of the NBA. When U.S. star of stars and Lakers icon Kobe Bryant squeezed Spain foe and L.A. teammate Pau Gaso...

When Elton Brand sets up shop at his new Dallas Mavericks locker, he and Shawn Marion will certainly reminisce about the 1999 NBA draft, surely the way Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter have about the '98 draft. Drafts are always fun to look back on ...

Fans will forever fall in love with players on their hometown teams. At times, the free agency era can really mess that up because players don't always stick around long enough for fans to fully invest their emotions, or they do and get disappointed....

If Dirk Nowitzki can't play in it, he's darn sure going to watch the Western Conference finals between the Dallas Mavericks' oldest rival and their newest. The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder tip off on Sunday night. Who's Dirk got? ...

Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle had high praise for the Oklahoma City Thunder after being swept out of the first round, and his opinion was likely only reinforced after OKC's impressive dismantling and elimination of the Los Angeles Lakers in fi...

It comes as no surprise, but the NBA decided to finally make it official Thursday, naming Oklahoma City guard James Harden as Sixth Man of the Year by a landslide. The Dallas Mavericks have no objections, and that likely includes Jason Terry, who ...

DALLAS -- Jason Terry has been preparing himself all season to let go. It won't be easy. On Saturday night, after the Oklahoma City Thunder ended the Dallas Mavericks' title defense in a sweep, the idea of leaving the Mavs' locker room one last ti...

DALLAS -- How it happened: Oklahoma City built a 15-point lead in the first and second quarters, and the Mavericks could never keep a run going long enough to make it a game. The defending champions are truly up against it, down 3-0. To avoid a hu...

The Mavericks have taken a step back toward an uncertain future.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Three of Kevin Durant's four assists went to Serge Ibaka for dunks. Russell Westbrook added a dish for an Ibaka dunk, too. Dribble penetrations led to the Mavericks' bigs being forced to help and leaving the 6-foot-10 Ibaka to cat...

Oklahoma CIty Thunder coach Scott Brooks wasn't buying counterpart Rick Carlisle's claims after Saturday's Game 1 of their first-round series that Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki was being held and grabbed without consequence.

Rough finish against Thunder doesn't shake Jason Terry's confidence.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Delonte West said he thought only briefly about not playing in tonight's Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder while being knocked down by a stomach bug Friday night and Saturday morning. "Of course, when I was lying on the bat...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Dallas Mavericks guard Delonte West is ill and might miss Saturday night's Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. After Saturday's morning shootaround, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said West is dealing with a stomach illness and wa...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle says Thunder guard James Harden is a lock to win the Sixth Man of the Year Award and will soon be an All-Star because the bearded wonder is Oklahoma City's best passer and playmaker. "That's no knock ...