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91 results for "kings"
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Ranking the West: Lakers once again team to beat
Jeff CaplanAfter 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...
Blog | August 13, 2012 -
Schedule breakdown: April bounce or bounced?
Jeff CaplanWith the NBA's release of the 30 team schedules last Thursday, we'll periodically examine a portion of the Dallas Mavericks' 82 games. Last week we selected five games to circle. If these new mysterious Dallas Mavericks are going to be jockeying ...
Blog | July 30, 2012 -
Mavs step down as West's luxury tax kings
Jeff CaplanFor the first time in his ownership of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban will not pay a single penny in luxury tax at the end of the 2012-13 season. Since the luxury tax was first applied in the 2000-01 season, only the New York Knicks have paid mo...
Blog | July 27, 2012 -
Dallas Mavericks face another new beginning
Jeff CaplanMavs ready to start anew with Lamar Odom gone and Jason Kidd healthy.
Story | Conversation | April 11, 2012 -
Rapid Reaction: Mavs 110, Kings 100
Jeff CaplanDALLAS -- How it happened: At least the Mavericks can now say they can win without Lamar Odom. They won for the first time in eight games without the aloof forward, who has played his final game with the Mavs. But let's not get carried away either...
Blog | April 10, 2012 -
W2W4: Preserving one streak can lead to another
Jeff CaplanDALLAS -- The return of the Sacramento Kings to the scene where they put up a Mavericks opponent-low 60 points earlier this season brings up yet another streak that the Mavs will try to preserve tonight. The Kings busted a 10-game overall losing s...
Blog | April 10, 2012 -
Jason Kidd, back from groin strain, feels 'great'
Jeff CaplanDALLAS -- Jason Kidd missed the last four games with a right groin strain that he says has bothered him all season. But as he heads into tonight's return, a must-have game against the Sacramento Kings, Kidd, 39, said he feels great. "It's been all...
Blog | April 10, 2012 -
Wild West: Five teams contend for last 3 spots
Jeff CaplanDALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks have nine games left in the regular season. The next one is Tuesday at home against the Sacramento Kings. "Huge game for us," guard Jason Terry said. "There's no bigger game for us this season." Entering Monday's ...
Blog | April 09, 2012 -
Dallas Mavericks to lean on Jason Kidd again with groin healthy
Jeff CaplanMavericks point guard Jason Kidd is expected to play Tuesday night against the Sacramento Kings after the team went 1-3 with their floor leader sidelined by a strained right groin.
Story | Conversation | April 09, 2012 -
Week ahead: Will it be postseason or golf season?
Jeff CaplanAnd you thought last week was important? This week very well could mean make or break. Postseason or golf season. Four games in six days. Three on the road. "Every game now is going to be of even more significant importance," Mavericks coach Ri...
Blog | April 09, 2012 -
Former Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson selected for Naismith Me...
Jeff CaplanDon Nelson, known as a mad scientist throughout his illustrious coaching career for his innovative and unorthodox strategies, will be among this year's class inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Story | Conversation | March 28, 2012 -
Jason Kidd ready to go for three in a row
Jeff CaplanThree games in three nights and Jason Kidd is ready to roll. In all three. "That's what the plan is," Kidd said. "Why not? We've got to try to win all three of these games." Why not? Because ever since the schedule came out, everyone's speculat...
Blog | March 07, 2012 -
Dirk Nowitzki: Week ahead is 'brutal'
Jeff CaplanThe Dallas Mavericks begin Week 2 of the stretch from you-know-where. Last week will seem like a leisurely weekend compared to this one with five games in six nights -- including the lone back-to-back-to-back of the season to cap this thing. It all s...
Blog | March 05, 2012 -
W2W4: Can Mavs take win streak to L.A.?
Jeff CaplanDALLAS -- Jason Terry badly wanted the home sweep, and now he and the Dallas Mavericks are halfway there. Up next is the struggling Sacramento Kings, the first team to fire their head coach -- which might be just as well for former Mavs assistant Pau...
Blog | January 14, 2012 -
Dallas Mavericks' Jason Kidd misses fourth straight game, targets...
Jeff CaplanMavericks point guard Jason Kidd missed a fourth consecutive game Friday with a lower back injury, but coach Rick Carlisle said the hope is for Kidd to play Saturday.
Story | Conversation | January 13, 2012 -
Week ahead: The President and the road
Jeff CaplanIt's not every day you start the week with a visit to the White House. The reigning NBA champion Dallas Mavericks are in Washington D.C. and will meet President Barack Obama today before taking off for Detroit and the first multi-city road trip of th...
Blog | January 09, 2012