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Jose Fernandez has a clear message for Wings’ locker room: Accountability is the only way forward
ARLINGTON, TX — First-year Dallas Wings head coach Jose Fernandez knows how to send a message to his team. Harshly at times, but fairly from his view, patrolling the sideline, and always backed by the indisputable evidence the game film shows him. He had such a message for his Wings’ locker room following Thursday’s 90-86 loss […]
Wings vs. Lynx Recap: Fourth-quarter collapse nets Dallas 90-86 loss at hands of Minnesota
ARLINGTON, TX — The Dallas Wings (1-2) collapsed in crunch time on Thursday, giving up paint bucket after paint bucket to the Minnesota Lynx (2-1), who escaped with a 90-86 win at College Park Center. The Lynx duo of Natasha Howard (26 points) and Courtney Williams (21 points) combined to shoot 20-of-24 from the field […]
What Mavericks may be looking for with No. 9 pick
The Dallas Mavericks will be on the clock with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. For a team that already has Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg leading the way, the Mavericks aren’t exactly looking for the next superstar for the franchise. Instead, they are looking for players that can complement the […]
Rolando Blackman explains why Mavericks struggled mightily this season
The Dallas Mavericks hold the No. 9 overall pick in the NBA Draft this year, but they need more than another flashy rookie to get their team back on track. Something the Mavs didn’t have much of during the 2025-26 season was good health. Those fortunes will need to reverse themselves in order for Dallas […]
Brandon Williams is an NBA point guard
Williams earned his spot in Dallas after battling his way professionally, starting his career with 24 games with the Portland Trailblazers way back in the 2021-22 season. Following a short stint with the Mavericks in the 2023-24 season for 17 games, and as a two-way player for the 2024-25 season, Brandon Williams signed a contract […]
The No. 2 overall pick visits the Dallas Wings on Thursday
For the third straight game, the Dallas Wings face a 2025 playoff team as the Minnesota Lynx visit Arlington on Thursday night. Tipoff is at the College Park Center at 7 p.m. Dallas has a win and loss against 2025 playoff team following its 77-72 loss to the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night. The game […]
Why LaBaron Philon Jr. is better than you think
The 2026 NBA draft has been hyped up for its depth of exciting guard talent, with 5 or 6 guards projected to go in the top 10. This of course has excited Mavericks fans, as there is no other team with a more desperate need at guard. But due to multiple meaningless late season wins, […]
Brayden Burries is a readymade NBA combo guard
The NBA has reached the point where having ball handling and secondary creation is necessary throughout your five-man lineups. In watching the Dallas Mavericks at any point throughout the season, it was abundantly clear that they lacked that. This June, the Mavericks will start rectifying that with the NBA Draft. While a combo guard with […]
Khris Middleton steadied the Mavericks down the stretch
Khris Middleton was shipped to the Dallas Mavericks at the trade deadline in the deal that sent Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards. Middleton’s inclusion was all about salary. His contract made the money work both ways, and more importantly for the Mavericks, expires this summer. That gives them the financial relief they need as […]
Arike Ogunbowale continues her scoring
Although the Wings lost 77-72 to the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night, Arike Ogunbowale continued her strong start to the season in new Wings coach Jose Fernandez’s system. “Everybody can eat,” Ogunbowale said. “We have some pretty dynamic guards. When we move the ball around and share it, it’s pretty, but I think in this […]
Wings vs. Dream Recap: Azzi Fudd held out of home opener, Dallas loses 77-72 to Atlanta
ARLINGTON, TX — The sellout crowd crammed into the College Park Center to catch a glimpse of Azzi Fudd’s home debut in a Wings’ uniform on Tuesday had to settle for a version of the team that really could have used the rookie’s touch from the outside against the Atlanta Dream (2-0). The Wings (1-1) […]
NBA Conference Semi Finals Discussion
It’s been pointed out to me that you wild and crazy kids are using the MMB Lounge thread to also talk playoffs and perhaps we should have a distinct discussion post for that. I couldn’t agree more. So here we are. The Oklahoma City Thunder have advanced as of this writing, beating the Los Angeles […]
Winners and Losers of Day 1 of the NBA Combine
Day one of the NBA Draft Combine is in the books, and the measuring tape doesn’t lie, but apparently, college sports information departments do. Seventy-three prospects were invited to Chicago to put their bodies under the microscope. By the end of the measurement session, a handful of guys walked out with their stock firmly on […]
Mock draft roundup 1.0: Consensus is a long, long way away
With the Mavericks officially settling into the number nine and thirtieth overall picks of the 2026 NBA Draft, it’s time to start familiarizing yourself with a list of names who could potentially be Mavs. This is a deep class, and many fans may feel already attached to a name, or distraught that a certain player […]
The Mavericks 2025-26 season review: March/April
After going 13-15 across December and January, the Mavs completely spun out in February, all but spelling the end of their season. Losing felt like it would bring longer term value than winning and there was little to get excited about night-to-night. Then, as he had done many times throughout his rookie campaign, Cooper Flagg […]
Daniel Gafford was a key piece in the Finals run. Is he still a piece in the future?
When Daniel Gafford boarded the plane from Washington to Dallas in February 2024, it was believed he was one of the missing pieces to being a true title contender. The Mavericks witnessed in real time what Luka Doncic could do with a lob threat center in rookie Dereck Lively II, and adding a second threat […]
With the Mavericks at the ninth pick in the NBA Draft, we turn our eyes toward Mike Schmitz’ record
When Mike Schmitz was hired as the Dallas Mavericks’ new general manager under the newly minted head man Masai Ujiri, he was hailed as a master talent evaluator. Now, with the Mavericks landing the No. 9 overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft after Sunday’s Draft Lottery, we turn our eyes toward some of the […]
The Dallas Wings bring a new and improved front court to home opener against the Atlanta Dream
After defeating the Indiana Fever in a 107-104 victory on the road, the Dallas Wings return for the home-opener on Tuesday against the Atlanta Dream. Tipoff from College Park Center is at 7 p.m. Although Atlanta and Dallas both have a 1-0 record, the two teams are coming off very different 2025 campaigns. Last season, […]
Perspective on tanking and the drop to 9th in the draft order
The Dallas Mavericks entered Sunday’s NBA Draft Lottery with the primary objective of moving up in the draft order for the second straight year. Their secondary objective was to at least not fall in the order. Neither objective was accomplished, as Dallas slid one spot and will be picking 9th in the Draft this June. […]
The Mavericks 2025-26 season review: February
With January in the books as the best month of the Mavs’ season, February rolled in and was anything but. Dallas continued to stick around in a lot of games, often keeping things close before coming up short. A generally abysmal record and some bad (but obvious) news were the call for the month, but […]
Masai Ujiri stresses ‘focus, purpose and an honest direction toward winning’ in team interview
Incoming Dallas Mavericks president of basketball operations and alternate governor Masai Ujiri said in his introductory press conference on Tuesday that he wanted to bring “calm” to an organization beset by tumult in the year-plus before he was hired. In a sit-down interview with team Chief Communication Officer Gina Miller later in the week, Ujiri […]
The Mavericks land the 9th pick in the NBA draft
The Dallas Mavericks officially landed the 9th pick in the 2026 NBA Draft on Sunday, falling one spot from where they entered the lottery after finishing with the eighth-best odds. And honestly, it felt fitting. Not because Dallas got robbed or because the lottery “screwed” them, but because this outcome is the direct result of […]
The Mavericks 2025-26 season review: January
Coming out of a December that started off well but ended poorly, the Mavs were looking to build on the momentum of an ever-growing Cooper Flagg, all the while hoping Anthony Davis would finally string together a run that could help propel Dallas to a PlayIn berth or better. For the most part, Flagg was […]
Roundtable: Masai is the GM!
Last week, many of our writers had Masai Ujiri takes, which is good. I want lots of article about as many points of view as possible. The challenge is that left less room for the rest of us to write. So here are the remaining reactions to last Monday’s news about the Mavericks hiring Masai […]
Wings vs. Fever Recap: Dallas fends off Indiana in frenzied finish, 107-104 to open the 2026 season
What a game to open the Dallas Wings’ 2026 season after two years wandering through the WNBA wilderness. The Wings (1-0) held off a hard-charging second-half comeback attempt from the Indiana Fever (0-1) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday, 107-104. Arike Ogunbowale led the Wings with 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting, Paige Bueckers added 20 on […]
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