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What is it like for a pro athlete to play for his hometown team? Derrick Rose, who was drafted by the Chicago Bulls, feels the love. LeBron James did, too, until he spurned the home team that drafted him, the Cleveland Cavaliers, to take his talen...

Free agent Deron ponders destination, but hometown's burdens rival comforts.

Unrestricted free agent Caron Butler has received early interest from six teams, but the Dallas Mavericks are not yet one of them, a source said Wednesday.

Dallas Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson believes the NBA's labor impasse will wipe out the entire 2011-12 season and he blasted Billy Hunter, the union's executive director for doing a horrible job.

A looming lockout casts a shadow over the Mavs' plans to keep things together.

DALLAS -- Retribution mattered. Immediately after the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder to clinch the Western Conference championship, Jason Terry attempted to downplay the possibility of a potential NBA Finals rematch against th...

DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks spent the season preaching defense. But, three games into the NBA Finals and trailing the Miami Heat, 2-1, defense is not the problem. The Mavs have held LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and company to an average of 91.0 po...

DALLAS -- LeBron James finishes Game 3 with 17 points and nine assists. He had four assists in the fourth quarter, including the no-look, behind-the-back pass to Chris Bosh, who drained the game-winning jumper in the 88-86 win on the Mavs' home floor...

MIAMI -- The Dallas Mavericks had a couple of miscalculations in Game 1 regarding LeBron James. Most glaring, of course, was being ill-prepared for the King to drape Jason Terry in the fourth quarter. To start the game, the Mavs expected James to be...

No matter how fitting the chance for the Dallas Mavericks to come full circle since the 2006 Finals meltdown against the Miami Heat, forward Dirk Nowitzki has no interest in playing the revenge card.

Shawn Marion's job just got tougher. The Miami Heat don't don't have great size inside, yet they forcefully rebound the basketball because their two big wing guys crash the boards. LeBron James (8.7) and Dwyane Wade (7.3) are combining for 16 rebo...

Shawn Marion's job just got tougher. The Miami Heat don't don't have great size inside yet they forcefully rebound the basketball because their two big wing guys crash the boards. LeBron James (8.7) and Dwyane Wade (7.3) are combining for 16 rebou...

The Mavs could have a chance to avenge their 2006 loss to Heat in the NBA Finals.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Like Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem, injured Dallas Mavericks forward Caron Butler knows the helpless feeling of watching his team chase a championship without him. Butler also knows that his former teammate and friend, freshly r...

Donnie Nelson's patient approach deserves credit for the Mavs' success.

The Dallas Mavericks' parade of opposing point guards continues tonight when Derrick Rose leads the Chicago Bulls into American Airlines Center. First it was the Boston Celtics' NBA assist leader Rajon Rondo dropping 15 dimes, but the Mavs rallied...