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The Dallas Wings are a team on the rise, according to the latest WNBA GM survey
Watch out for the Dallas Wings this season. Opposing teams’ general managers certainly will be. The Wings were voted the team most likely to improve in 2026, the team that made the best offseason moves before the 2026 season and were tied for first in the voting (with the Seattle Storm) for having the most […]
Look up, you might miss the basketball
They predicted a firm Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Houston Rockets in the First Round of this year’s NBA playoffs. Without two of their three best players (Austin Reaves, out with an oblique injury and Luka Doncic, out with a hamstring strain), they had no chance against the talented young Rockets, most media members […]
John Poulakidas begs a question
There was no John Poulakidas player preview here at MavsMoneyball. That is understandable given the undrafted rookie’s whereabouts at the time. Back in October, he was preparing to play 27 minutes per night for the Clippers’ G-League affiliate, having been waived by Los Angeles in camp two weeks earlier. He didn’t become a Maverick until […]
Why the Mavericks must bring back Moussa Cisse
When Mousa Cisse was signed as a two-way player before the season, no one had any expectations for the rookie big-man. But Cisse was a pleasant surprise all season, as his energy and rim protection were felt anytime he stepped on the court. But with the Mavs frontcourt being so crowed, should the Mavericks bring […]
Do you approve of the hire of Masai Ujiri?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mavericks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. I suspect this one gets near universal approval but I am curious what you all think […]
Patrick Dumont’s new-found self awareness offers some hope for the future
The Mavericks introduced Masai Ujiri as their new president of basketball operations on Tuesday. He answered questions for about 45 minutes, where he spoke about his background, his time off from basketball, and his hope of turning Cooper Flagg into a king. But it wasn’t Ujiri who inspired the most hope in me on Tuesday. […]
Under Masai Ujiri, the Dallas Mavericks are set to receive a full-body scan
Oh, how seductive it must have been. You buy a basketball team. Months later, you are standing at midcourt in Minnesota holding the Western Conference Finals trophy. Cameras catch your face. For one dangerous second you cannot help but think: is this what owning a sports franchise is like? It is not. A few days […]
Masai Ujiri’s introductory press conference offered few answers, even less clarity
Masai Ujiri is a splashy name to fill the Dallas Mavericks’ president of basketball operations (and alternate governor) position, and one sure to spark endless fodder for debate for podcasters and basketball content creators. Is Ujiri washed? Or is he the dose of stability that this franchise needs as the Mavericks stare down the task […]
Evaluating Masai Ujiri’s post-championship run
The Dallas Mavericks shocked the basketball world on Monday morning by hiring veteran executive Masai Ujiri as their new President of Basketball Operations and Alternate Governor. Ujiri enjoyed largely successful stints as the top decision maker with the Denver Nuggets and Toronto Raptors throughout the 2010s, winning both an Executive of the Year award and […]
From unheralded to unstoppable: Keaton Wagler is the best point guard in this draft class
There is a morass of guards in the middle of the NBA Draft’s lottery that the Mavericks could potentially get a chance to pick from. Granted, they likely won’t get their pick of the bunch, for various reasons that have been laid out on this site before. However, if they were able to land their […]
Max Christie just had the best year of his young career — but is he part of the Mavericks’ core?
If Cormac Karl “Max” Christie had put up the numbers he put up in 2025-26 in support of a team battling for playoff positioning down the stretch, Dallas Mavericks fans would be calling him one of the most underrated players in the NBA. He’d be a bona fide up-and-comer. He shot a career-best 40.4% from […]
Was Masai Ujiri a wise choice?
The Dallas Mavericks made the flashy hire of Masai Ujiri on Monday afternoon, bolstering their front office less than a week before the NBA Draft Lottery determines where the Mavericks will be picking in June’s Draft. After Nico Harrison was removed from his GM responsibilities in November, the Mavericks operated somewhat unconventionally with no formal […]
MMBets: Eastern Conference Semifinals feature several unknowns
The NBA Playoffs are a fickle beast, and that remains especially true for the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Three of the four first round series went the distance, which saw the pre-playoff favorite Boston Celtics be eliminated after blowing a 3-1 lead to the Sixers. The number one seed Detroit Pistons staged a 3-1 comeback of […]
Mavericks hire Masai Ujiri as team president, alternative governor
Six months after the tumultuous tenure of Nico Harrison ended with a rare mid-season firing of an executive, it appears the Dallas Mavericks have found their replacement. ESPN reported Monday that the Mavericks have hired former Toronto Raptors and Denver Nuggets executive Masai Ujiri to be Dallas’ new team president and alternate governor. The Dallas […]
Grading the Mavericks: Cooper Flagg shines, Nico Harrison flames out in a wild 2026 season
The Mavericks ended the year 26-56, a 12th-place finish in the West. They split their final two games with a loss to San Antonio (139-120) and a win at home against Chicago (149-128). Cooper Flagg led the team in scoring this year with 21 points per game. In fact, he led the team in total […]
Naji Marshall was a fan-favorite in an oversized role for the struggling Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks had CVS receipt full of problems throughout the 2025-26 season. Naji Marshall wasn’t one of them. Sure, his 3-point shooting in his first two years with the Mavericks (27.5%, 29.1%) hasn’t been what it was in 2023-24 (38.7%), his final year with the New Orleans Pelicans. And sure, his on-ball defense has […]
MMBets: the Western Conference second round could get out of hand
While the Eastern Conference gave us three game sevens in round one, the West gave us no such drama. Oklahoma City and San Antonio moved on with ease, and Los Angeles and Minnesota won their game sixes by sizeable margins. Unfortunately for the viewer, the Lakers and Timberwolves are missing their best players as they […]
Ryan Nembhard exceeded expectations
When I previewed Ryan Nembhard back in October, the framing was modest by design. Pass-first guard. Two-way deal. Floor general in the margins. Best case: define his lane so clearly that the Mavericks couldn’t justify cycling him out of the roster. Worst case: blend into the background. Six months later, he set the franchise’s rookie […]
Wings vs. Fever Recap: Paige Bueckers goes off, Azzi Fudd gets feet wet in 95-80 win at Indiana
The only hole to be poked in Paige Bueckers’ game, following a rookie season that saw her grab a second-team All WNBA honors and the WNBA Rookie of the Year award after being selected first overall in the 2025 draft, was her 3-point shooting. She shot just 33.1% from beyond the arc in her rookie […]
MMB Discussion: Coin flips, GM hired, and the wait to the NBA Lottery, Part 2
Y’all are chatty! The previous thread accrued over 1,000 comments in 11 days. Well done, we’re glad you’re here. Here’s the old thread in case you need to carry over. Since the posting of the last thread, Dallas has lost the coinflip (firmly sitting in eight now) and Cooper Flagg has won Rookie of the […]
Smart moves and LeBron l’expérience turned Lakers vet duo into a perfect storm. But can they close the series?
They didn’t have it last night in game five. The vet duo of LeBron James and Marcus Smart from the Los Angeles Lakers failed to regain the lead and outsmart the Houston Rockets Wednesday. Rockets’ Reed Sheppard took a page out of their book and turned the table on the Lakers in clutch time. But […]
Dereck Lively’s lost season
Be honest wth me: do you remember Dereck Lively II playing a single game? I don’t. Or I didn’t. Not until I started looking way back into the season. In my memory, Lively played several games into January 2025, hurt his ankle/foot, and we haven’t seen him since. That, of course, is not true. He […]
The NBA’s latest draft lottery proposal is a step in the right direction
For the last 41 seasons, the NBA has conducted a draft lottery to determine which non-playoff team will receive the No. 1 overall pick. From 1985 to 1989, all non-playoff teams had the same odds to win the top pick, but in 1990, the league adopted a weighted draft lottery where the worse your record […]
NBA Draft Watch: Do the Mavericks have to draft a guard in the Lottery?
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that the Dallas Mavericks desperately need guard help. Cooper Flagg was thrusted into the role early, which obviously led to a ton of early struggles. While development was certainly had, playing point is never going to be the way to best optimize the newest […]
Klay Thompson gave the Mavericks the professionalism they needed
Klay Thompson’s time in Dallas certainly has not played out the way he envisioned. His dreams of playing alongside Luka Doncic were cut down far too soon on Christmas of 2024, and yet, here, in the spring of 2026, Thompson remains a Maverick. Not a peep was heard from Thompson this season about his role […]
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