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Ninth in a 15-part series ranking the Mavericks' 2011-12 roster in importance of bringing back next season. Surely one can look around the NBA and field a lineup of unfulfilled careers. With the Dallas Mavericks that search stops with Rodrigue Bea...

Eighth in a 15-part series ranking the Mavericks' 2011-12 roster in importance of bringing back next season. Bringing in Vince Carter last season, even at a buyer-friendly price, felt like a reach for a team with an already aging roster. Anyone wh...

For months the Orlando Magic have been trudging through the aftermath of a preseason trade request by Dwight Howard that sapped the life out of the franchise as internal team issues quickly affected the product on the floor.

Sixth in a 15-part series ranking the Mavericks' 2011-12 roster in importance of bringing back next season. The curious case of Kelenna Azubuike as a member of the Dallas Mavericks started March 22 when the club released athletic big man Sean Will...

Rick Carlisle has signed a new contract with the Mavericks that will keep him in charge for a fifth season and beyond.

The Mavs' front office doesn't believe that Tyson Chandler would have made that much of a difference in Dallas this season. So it's safe to assume that Mark Cuban and Donnie Nelson aren't kicking themselves for letting Corey Brewer go for essentia...

Tell us which Mavericks you'd bring back next season, and which ones you'd send packing.

DALLAS -- Mavericks forward Shawn Marion knows he could fall victim to the amnesty clause this summer and be forced to resume his career somewhere else next season. "I'm a Dallas Maverick right now," Marion said Sunday during the team's exit inter...

DALLAS -- Last week Charles Barkley joined ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's Galloway & Co. and said adding Deron Williams alone to complement Dirk Nowitzki won't be enough to return the Dallas Mavericks among the Western Conference contenders. Barkley s...

DALLAS -- If guard Jason Terry has played his final game with the Dallas Mavericks, he will leave feeling he and the remaining members of the championship team didn't get a fair shot to repeat. Terry was the most vocal Mavs player throughout the s...

DALLAS -- If you were stunned by this offensive stinker, you must not have watched the Mavs much this season. This has been a bad offensive team since the day the defending champions -- might as well use that term while we can -- reported to the A...

When the Mavs signed Vince Carter, they viewed him as the kind of aging offensive player who still had enough skills to help them win a playoff game - or series. You know, kind of like Peja Stojakovic last season against the Lakers. Well, for a qu...

The Mavericks have taken a step back toward an uncertain future.

DALLAS - For the most part, the Mavericks have done a decent job executing their defensive strategy on Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook. He's lit them up anyway, averaging 28.5 points on 52.3 percent shooting in the first two games of this series...

DALLAS -- Vince Carter has looked for his shot; he just hasn't made many of them. Coach Rick Carlisle told him to keep looking. "He's just got to stay aggressive," Carlisle said. "In Game 1 he drove the ball very aggressively. Game 2 he didn't ge...

It's only two games and with a little late-game luck the Dallas Mavericks' 0-2 hole might have been a 2-0 cushion with the series shifting to Dallas for Thursday's Game 3. Late-game luck isn't the only difference in a postseason rematch with the O...