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Third in a five-part series examining the re-tooled Dallas Mavericks, position by position. SMALL FORWARD With all of the modifications to the roster this summer, small forward remained virtually unchanged. Shawn Marion, who once fell under the...

Eight eventful seasons, two NBA Finals appearances and one bold championship run that culminated with an in-your-face barrage against LeBron James will forever solidify Jason Terry as a Dallas Mavericks legend. And if he's to win a second title, T...

Last of a nine-part series analyzing our top NBA draft choices for the Dallas Mavericks at No. 17 on Thursday. We will look at one prospect a day leading up to the draft. ESPN.com Insider Chad Ford and ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's and Mavs play-by-play man...

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.

Fourteenth in a 15-part series ranking the Mavericks' 2011-12 roster in importance of bringing back next season. By garnering enough votes from the media to finish eighth for Defensive Player of the Year and enough votes from the 29 other league c...

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 ...

Dirk Nowitzki must step up for Mavs to survive vs. Thunder.

Often misunderstood, Delonte West is intensely loyal and a fierce competitor.

Here are the top 10 reasons to be excited as the Mavs set out to defend their title.

DALLAS -- The NBA has issued the Defensive Player of the Year award since the 1982-83 season. In the 1988-89 season the league might as well have renamed it the Defensive Big Man of the Year award. Five of the six first winners were guards as dimi...

Mavericks and Nets both hope to unite Dwight Howard and Deron Williams.

It's been one heck of a two-month start into this shortened, hyper-speed season for Dirk Nowitzki. First he had to digest the fact that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was not bringing the championship team back intact, first and foremost Tyson ...

LOS ANGELES -- Mark Cuban made a good point the other night about how useless stats can be this season because of the nature of the schedule. Take Wednesday night for instance when the Dallas Mavericks will play the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples...

President Barack Obama lauded the Dallas Mavericks for their special brand of championship teamwork a season ago and he pointed out attributes of several players. But, he saved top recognition for NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki -- even if the presid...

DALLAS -- Finally, the banner comes up and the 2011-12 season goes off. If it wasn't a strange enough offseason, followed by a frenzied free agency period and a rushed training camp, the rare occurrence of the two NBA Finals teams meeting in the s...