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Last 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. 1 Los Angeles Lakers Move along, nothing here to see. Yeah, right. Luxury tax be dam...

The Dallas Mavericks announced Thursday their full 2012-13 preseason schedule, which opens Oct. 6 at Berlin and Oct. 9 at Barcelona.The Mavs open training camp on Sept. 30 and leave for Europe a few days later. The Mavs will play four of their remain...

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...

With 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 ...

For 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...

Perhaps not since the 2003-04 season when Mark Cuban brought in Antawn Jamison and Antoine Walker have the Dallas Mavericks been a bigger mystery than they are entering the 2012-13 season. With the roster now appearing to be finalized -- barring a...

The Mavericks don't regret how they approached the offseason.

The Dallas Mavericks, in the aftermath of Thursday's stunning departure of point guard Jason Kidd, have reached out for a second time to Ramon Sessions, this time with a starting job to pitch.

Some 17 hours ago, with Steve Nash stunningly on his way to join Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, Jason Kidd was talking about working out a deal with Mark Cuban to finish his career with the Dallas Mavericks. Suddenly, a horrific Mavs offs...

Oh Lamar, we hardly knew ye, and it is most unfortunate that we will never know the real Lamar Odom the way the Los Angeles Lakers once did and maybe, just maybe, the way the Los Angeles Clippers, your new, old team, will. As you met the L.A. medi...

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...

If Dwight Howard is dead set on leaving the Magic's small (market) world ASAP, as reports suggest, and Orlando grants his wish, it's hard to find the happily-ever-after ending for the Dallas Mavericks. That's the picture Orlando Sentinel columnist...

Fifth in a 15-part series ranking the Mavericks' 2011-12 roster in importance of bringing back next season. Every athlete should have it as good as Brendan Haywood. Eleven seasons into a serviceable, yet hardly spectacular career, the 7-footer out...

Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle is one of three NBA head coaches on the newly restructured competition committee announced by the league Wednesday. Carlisle, the current president of the NBA Coaches Association, joins Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers...

Contract disputes are about money. The person seeking the contract always wants more than the person handing out the contract wants to give. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and coach Rick Carlisle might not yet describe this lingering contract s...

Oklahoma City Thunder starting center Kendrick Perkins will miss the remainder of Game 4 against the Dallas Mavericks Saturday after leaving in the first quarter with a right hip strain.