Mavs Exclusive: 1-On-1 With Lamar Odom
Note: In December, SLAM hired DB.com's Mike Piellucci to write an in-depth feature on Lamar Odom for the June issue. Piellucci spoke one-on-one with Odom on multiple occasions. All quotes here are,...
View ArticleAll-Access Donuts: Mavs 95, Knicks 85
Dirk Nowitzki was droppin' F-bombs and slapping children's hands - all at the same time, which isn't exactly approved by your local school district but worked for the Mavs on Tuesday in their...
View ArticleMavs & Deadline Dwight Would End Deron Chase
The Mavs can and almost certainly will make a trio of deadline proposals to Orlando to acquire Dwight Howard. But the offers come with two challenges. One is obvious: To be competitive at auction. Two,...
View ArticleExclusive: Mavs Narrow Search To 2 Buyout C's
Sources tell DB.com that the Mavs are preparing to go shopping for a big man, and that the decision is coming down to two players ... and to five games. Yes, Chris Kaman can be labeled a 'possibility.'...
View ArticleFirst Impressions: Mavs 106, Spurs 99
With time, as the night creeps on, the faintest ember of light eventually begins to breach the horizon, slowly clawing to gain foothold on the sky above. For the Mavs, those first breaths of light...
View ArticleHave Mavs Flipped On The Switch?
'Caring Is Sharing' in the 112-95 win at Denver ... The Odom Who Cried Wolf ... Our DB.com Mavs Get-Together on Friday! ... Who keeps winning all those 'Dirkies'? ... Is Tony Parker scared of Jason...
View ArticleA Provocative Mavs Quoteboard From SA
So the Mavs drop one on San Antonio's home floor and split the season series in a matchup that's not going to need a tiebreaker anyway. Big deal, right? Well yes, it is a big deal. A very provocative...
View ArticleAll-Access Pass: Mavs Survive Houston In OT
Rick Carlisle told his Mavs before Saturday's tipoff in Houston that because of the tight West standings, the playoffs have essentially commenced. 'Our playoffs,' Dirk said after the 101-99 OT win,...
View ArticleMavs Quoteboard: No Hyperbole Allowed
No hyperbole here: 'Biggest win of the year.' 'The playoffs have started.' 'Dirk is better than Barkley. 'Trix is the Defensive Player of the Year.' 'Wright is LIBB of the Year.' 'A game that might...
View ArticleMonday Morning Mavs Donuts
It's about relationships. Monday Morning Mavs Donuts is about the relationships between Dirk & Barkley, between Odom & Money, between Skip Bayless & Joseph Kony, between the Mavs cap &...
View ArticleI Know, Lamar. I've Buried A Baby, Too.
‘I've buried a baby,' Lamar Odom says. ‘You know what I'm saying?' Actually, Lamar, I do know. Is this cathartic or honesty or infinite pain? Or it is a shameless use of existential philosophy as a...
View ArticlePractice All-Access: 'Wood & West Work
Big Wood and Delonte West so some work, Roddy B and Dirk engage in a 3-point shootout, Lamar addresses the boos and Rick compares Marion to Artest and Michael Cooper as an NBA Player of the Year...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Mavs Donuts
So if Saturday's Mavs-at-Rockets game was the 'biggest ever,' how do we quantify tonight's Rockets-at-Mavs game? 'Bigger than big'? Plus, what Bill Bates has to do with Shawn Marion, 'The Custodian's'...
View ArticleAll-Access Donuts: Inside The Headband
All-Access Donuts: Inside the sweep of the 'doubleheader.' Inside the locker room. Inside the Mavs' 90-81 comeback victory Tuesday at the AAC over the Rockets. And as pivotal as any of it, inside 'The...
View ArticleMavs Quoteboard: Talk Turns To Miami
Dallas took the lead on Tuesday with four minutes left in the third, and kept it for a final of 90-81. Houston's road to the playoffs is going to have to find an alternate route; I-45 is closed. And...
View ArticleThursday Morning Mavs-at-Miami Donuts
Thursday Morning Mavs Donuts ... The Mavs are in Miami but are they suffering from 'MavVirus'? ... NBA scout Kyle Leath digs into the Heat playbook ... Ian Mahinmi endorses Ian Mahinmi? ... The Heat...
View ArticleSunday Morning Mavs Donuts
Sunday Mavs Donuts as I get the tuxedo look ready for Delonte West's Casino Night ... Did Big Wood punch Superman? ... Does this team have 'stones'? ... Scheduling quirks that should worry you or...
View ArticleMonday Morning Mavs Donuts
We've got our list of reasons to doubt this team. But we review them with the awareness of the Friday outcome in Orlando, a finish that saw this team show us something new this year: the desire to...
View ArticleMavs Donuts: 'When You Stink, You Stink'
We've talked to the fellas, reviewed the film, gathered our notes and suckled on the caffeine teat. Clippers 94, Mavs 75 is, in our judgment, the poorest performance coughed up by the defending champs...
View ArticleMavs 95, Grizz 85: We Give Out 'The Dirkie'!
The Mavs are 3-20 when trailing after three quarters. Two of those rare instances have come in their last two wins, including Wednesday's critical 95-85 win over Memphis. We'll handle all the details...
View ArticleZero Hour: Mavs Dismiss Lamar Odom
It was 5:59 p.m. Dirk was shooting in the basement. DoJo was doing sprints on the AAC floor. Monte Mathis was scribbling gameplan notes on the locker room greaseboard. Friday's game against Portland...
View ArticleOdom Options: Deadline Deal Mavs Didn't Do
On Feb. 15, DB.com divulged the benefits of and the targets for a deadline trade-away of Lamar Odom. In the end, we understand why Dallas passed on dumping L.O. then. Odom is gone now, too late, and...
View ArticleMavs Quoteboard: Utah's Still A Bad City
Monday's triple-overtime boxing match/marathon is just the latest chapter. In the end, the final hero-heaves from Jet and Dirk went awry and old friend Devin joined Big Al in doing damage. Final score...
View ArticleAll-Access Donuts: Mavs 104, Warriors 94
Saturday Morning All-Access Donuts take you inside Mavs 104, Warriors 94, with analysis, notes, news and Video Visits with Carlisle, Delonte, Vince and Dirk, who says, 'You don't want to kind of...
View ArticleMavs Mailbag: What If Dallas Can't Get Deron
D-Lord's Mavs Mailbag: What if they don't get Deron? How can Odom's contract be best used? Is Jet really done in Dallas? What are the latest amnesty thoughts? Oh, and what are the odds Delonte hangs...
View ArticleMavs Odom Trade Ideas: Pierce, Gasol, J-Smith
The Mavs are now on record as viewing Lamar Odom's contract as a 'very desireable' trade asset. That's the trigger for us to play 'Amateur GM' and to construct concepts featuring Josh Smith, Pau Gasol...
View ArticleMavs Activate Odom Talk; Lakers Deal Doable
Conventional wisdom says the Mavs can't trade Lamar Odom back to the Lakers in expedient fashion. But we've discovered a loophole. Involved is negotiating with Odom for a revised deadline date - and...
View ArticleHow Useful Is Mavs' Haywood 'Stretch'?
We get warm and fuzzy about Mavs contractual cleverness. But there are misunderstandings regarding the Brendan Haywood anmnesty option and ‘spread provision.' Can that provision help a...
View ArticleNo Dirk = More Murphy = Kinda Like Odom?
This is going to feel like the meanest thing we've ever written in 14 years of Mavs coverage: 'Strangely enough, in their time in Dallas, Lamar Odom and Troy Murphy almost mirror each other...
View ArticleMavs Donuts: Lamar And Dirk The Hallway
Tuesday marked Lamar Odom's first game at the AAC since his inglorious departure. It started with boos being showered down on him from DFW fans. In the middle came an important 109-102 OT win for the...
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