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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 ...

For the 12th consecutive season -- and 12th time in his 14-year career -- Dirk Nowitzki has been selected to the All-NBA team. Nowitzki, who statistically did not have a season up to his standards, was still impressive enough to garner a spot on the ...

J.J. Barea played a massive role as a young point guard in bringing the Dallas Mavericks their first championship in 31 years. As one of the senior-most veterans on a spiraling Minnesota Timberwolves team, Barea on Sunday night had all he could handl...

Jason Terry won't need to get another tattoo. The Mavericks shooting guard said he'd get one that would say he'd win the 3-point contest during All-Star weekend if selected, just as he forecasted Dallas' championship last year when he got a Larry ...

After stringing together a few wins after the Dallas Mavericks stumbled to a 1-4 start following an embarrassing 15-love skunking to end their New Year's Day loss at Minnesota, Jason Terry had this to say: "The loss to Minnesota was our wake-up call...

Dirk Nowitzki said his sluggish start wasn't deserving of an 11th consecutive All-Star selection. Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle and the majority of his Western Conference counterparts disagreed with the reigning Finals MVP. Despite posting ...

The Dallas Mavericks seem to thrive when the odds are stacked against them so maybe if Dirk Nowitzki is not selected as an All-Star reserve they can use it as motivation. Because if the Western Conference coaches leave him off the team and end his...

Minnesota Timberwolves forward and Dallas Mavericks tormentor Kevin Love was suspended for two games today by the league office for stepping on Rockets forward Luis Scola as he lay on the floor during Saturday's Wolves win. That takes Love, averag...

The Dallas Mavericks came limping home from Cleveland with a three-game losing skid, their first since opening the season with three straight losses. With a rare three-game break to rest their weary bones, the Dallas Mavericks look forward to a rare ...

Dirk Nowitzki never had a chance to make the All-Star game as a starter. Fans quickly decided that Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant and rising force Blake Griffin would represent the Western Conference squad as the starting forwards. Nowitz...

About this time a year ago, my esteemed colleague Tim MacMahon, contended that Dirk Nowitzki didn't need to be anywhere near the All-Star Game. He argued this because Nowitzki was coming off a right knee sprain that sidelined him for nine games in Ja...

DALLAS --In their seven home games prior to Wednesday's 15-point loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Dallas Mavericks allowed an average of just 80.1 points a game. And then Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love paced the T'Wolves to 105 points, dropping...

DALLAS -- In about 12 hours Dirk Nowitzki will address the media with something of his own state of the union. The Dallas Mavericks can only hope their chief is ready to put down the TV mic and get back to his real job. Until he does, and until he...

DALLAS -- The Mavs' franchise record of 15 consecutive games holding their opponent under 100 points in serious jeopardy. The Wolves got 99 in their last meeting are 22 away tonight and lead by six entering the fourth quarter. Minnesota used an 8-...

DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks opened the second quarter with Roddy Beaubois, Jason Terry, Brian Cardinal, Brandan Wright and Ian Mahinmi, and they started 9-of-11 from the floor and opened a 14-point lead. With Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter inju...