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The Dallas Mavericks (4-12) host the New Orleans Pelicans (2-13) at home Friday night. Dallas is on a short losing streak while the Pelicans haven’t won a game since they last beat the Mavericks in American Airlines Center. This is one of the few games recently where the Mavericks are actually favored. We’ll see how […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 3 reads
The Dallas Mavericks may not be a good basketball team right now, but there is a different tone and energy on the floor and around the team now that team governor Patrick Dumont turned the page and closed the chapter on the Nico Harrison era. The team hasn’t suddenly bounced back, it is still the […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 4 reads
As the Dallas Mavericks walked off the court Wednesday night following yet another loss — this time a 113-111 defeat to the New York Knicks — players bowed their head and strolled towards the locker room in silence. Brandon Williams had his hands on his head, Dereck Lively II shook his head slowly after a […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Stoppable force, meet movable object! After falling to the New York Knicks 113-111 Wednesday night, the Dallas Mavericks are currently looking ahead to the second game of their brief three-game stint, where they will face off against Zion Williamson and the 15-seed New Orleans Pelicans. Technically speaking, this is an NBA Cup game – but […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Dallas Mavericks announced Thursday that guard Dante Exum, “has continued to deal with complications”, stemming from an offseason surgery on his right knee. Those complications now necessitate a second surgery, which will force him to miss the remainder of the season. Exum was signed this offseason to a new $3.3-million deal. He was never […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Good news: the Knicks are no longer winless away from Madison Square Garden. Bad news: they did it by narrowly surviving a severely shorthanded, mediocre Mavericks team with a horrendous shooting night, including 16 missed free throws, and on a controversial offensive foul. Against anyone else, the Knicks lose that game. Aside from bursts by […]
From Posting and Toasting | 3 months ago | 3 reads
The Dallas Mavericks dropped a close one to the New York Knicks on Wednesday night, falling 113-111. The Knicks were seeking their first road win of the season, and Dallas unfortunately accommodated them in a winnable game that came down to an offensive foul call on what could have been a game winning play if […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Tuesday morning, a dark cloud cleared over the heads of Maverick fans across the globe when it was announced that Nico Harrison would be fired following the team’s 3-8 start to the season. The man who selfishly took a championship-contending team and traded its star player, Luka Doncic, in the dead of the night in […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Mavericks lost a thriller to the Clippers 133-127. Naji Marshall and D’Angelo Russell lead the way with 28 points each on 19 made shots between the two of them. Cooper Flagg contributed 16 points and 5 rebounds, and Daniel Gafford and Max Christie each had an inefficient 10-point night. For the Clippers, James Harden […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 11 reads
The Dallas Mavericks faced off against the Los Angeles Clippers Friday night in their second NBA Cup game of the season. Dallas’ Cup woes continued, as they lost again 133-127. Let’s get to the grades! Brandon Williams: C+ 7 PTS / 2 REB / 5 AST / 2 STL / 0 BLK – 18 MIN […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 3 reads
The Los Angeles Clippers defeat the Dallas Mavericks 133-127 in double overtime slugfest as the Mavericks’ offensive woes are mostly forgotten for a few quarters tonight and the Clippers finally manage to find some footing, even if on shaky ground, for the first time in six games. James Harden led the Clippers with a 41 […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The Dallas Mavericks (3-8) host the Los Angeles Clippers (3-9) on Friday night at home. Both of these teams have been wildly disappointing relative to preseason expectations. Dallas lost against the Suns Wednesday in a game they played pretty well in spurts but just didn’t have enough. The Clippers have lost six in a row […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Now that the Nico Harrison championship window experiment is over, it’s time to get serious about how the Dallas Mavericks can leverage their talent to bring in players and draft assets to build around their rookie generational talent, Cooper Flagg. Flagg is a high-flying two-way wing with superstar potential, and the best way to build […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Dallas Mavericks (3–9) continue their home stand with an NBA Cup group stage matchup against the LA Clippers (3–8), with both teams desperate to stop the bleeding. Friday’s tilt tips off at 7:30 PM CT inside the American Airlines Center — where the Cup’s signature blue-glare court will light the floor again. It wasn’t […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 3 reads
When Nico Harrison was fired in early morning hours of November 11th, two questions permeated every Mavericks fan’s mind: Who will get traded, and who will be the next GM. The Mavericks officially announced that Michael Finley, and Matthew Ricciardi will serve as interim G.M.’s. But this is not a long term solution, and the […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 3 reads
NBA Cup season is in full swing, and the Dallas Mavericks will get their second bite at the money apple on Friday evening when the LA Clippers visit the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks (3-9) have lost six out of their last seven ball games overall and have yet to beat a team from the […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Nine months after trading Luka Dončić to the Lakers in perhaps the most ridiculed deal in NBA history, Nico Harrison is now unemployed. The Dallas Mavericks parted ways with him on Tuesday after leaks began springing up about his job security in recent days. The Mavericks are now expected to work with Anthony Davis and […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Anthony Davis snowball started rolling down the hill this week, and it’s finally become too big to ignore. With the Dallas Mavericks finally moving on from general manager Nico Harrison , the Dallas Mavericks’ future has become a hot topic around the league. Many are staring at their win-now roster, wondering how ownership or a new front office management will choose to proceed. Is the plan to continue to build upon Harrison’s shaky post-Luka Doncic plan that centered around Davis and...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Dallas Mavericks fired general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday. The only surprising thing about the decision was that it came now and not when Nico Harrison told Mavericks ownership that he was looking to trade Luka Doncic back in February, especially considering the return would be 32 year old Anthony Davis. But I guess […] The post The Hornets stand to benefit from Nico Harrison’s firing first appeared on At The Hive .
From At The Hive | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The Dallas Mavericks were once again sporting their beautiful Hardwood Classic green jerseys as they took on the Phoenix Suns in a new era of Dallas hoops, sans the leadership of Nico Harrison. On a night where hope returned to the Metroplex, the good vibes were unfortunately dashed with the Mavs losing 123-114. Let’s get […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 3 reads
The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Phoenix Suns 123-114 Wednesday night in Dallas. It was the Mavericks fifth loss in the last sixth games, as Dallas drops to a disappointing 3-9. This was the first game since the firing of general manager Nico Harrison. It was evident the team had a bit more life to […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Dallas Mavericks (3-8) host the Phoenix Suns (6-5) on Wednesday night. Dallas is playing their first game since the team fired Nico Harrison from his role as general manager. The Suns are riding a three-game win streak, having recently defeated the Pelicans on Monday night. Here’s the main things you need to know before […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 4 reads
For much of this young 2025-26 season, the Dallas Mavericks have been a complete disaster. The beatings kept coming as morale steadily declined. However, morale is up these days after the news of yesterday, which saw Nico Harrison fired as the team’s general manager. Does that mean the Mavericks can pull their way out of […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Here’s the latest evidence that the Dallas Mavericks (3-8) need to chuck the two-timeline nonsense out the window and focus on the team’s young core of players. Amid all the torment and injury struggle, all the insincere win-now rhetoric and the roster construction favoring tall men with long arms, one of the only effective offensive […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 4 reads
When the Mavericks announced the firing of General Manager Nico Harrison, it felt as if a storm cloud had finally cleared over the Dallas Mavericks. This came after an utterly miserable 9 months following the Luka trade, filled with anger and resentment. But now we can move forward as Mavericks fans, and begin to look […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 9 reads