Articles Tagged “Dallas Mavericks”
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Fish Goes One-On-One With Mark Cuban
Mike Fisher sat down with Mark Cuban recently to get his thoughts on a handful of issues. Here’s what the Mavs owner had to say: On how close the Mavs were to a big trade at the Feb. 21 deadline … Cuban: Not even, not even a discussion was close. I mean, nothing you read [...]
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ScoreBoard’s Time Out With Chris Kaman
FOX Sports Southwest Mavs Live pregame/postgame analyst Bob Ortegel sat down with new Dallas Mavericks center Chris Kaman before the start of the season. Following are excerpts from Ortegel’s interview with the German – American who is in his tenth NBA season and his first in Dallas. Ortegel: You have an opportunity to be the [...]
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Mavericks Draft
With the idea of stocking up on as much young talent as possible, the Dallas Mavericks turned their first-round pick and back-up guard Kelenna Azubuike into three players in this year’s NBA Draft. The Mavericks used the 17th pick to draft North Carolina center Tyler Zeller. Then traded Zeller’s draft rights and Azubuike to the [...]
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Mavs Hope to Land the “Big One”
There are lazy assumptions being made regarding the Dallas Mavericks and their salary cap. There is inaccurate information being issued regarding the money Deron Williams can be paid if he joins the Mavs in the summer of 2012. But there is nothing dull or unclear about the facts, or about the intentions expressed by Deron [...]
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Coop Sounds Off: Big Four Provide Year Round Highs and Lows
We are so lucky to have all four major team sports here in DFW. They provide endless amount of entertainment both on and off the field, court or ice. Currently the Mavericks and Stars are fighting for playoff spots and/or positioning. In the Mavericks case, we want to see what they will look like when [...]
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An Office Conversation with Rick Carlisle
The hallway to Rick Carlisle’s office is not a worn path for reporters. So an invitation is valued and a chance to visit there with the world champion Dallas Mavericks coach about basketball and beyond is unique. I talk exclusive with Rick about his ‘sudden genius,’ his thoughts on “Moneyball’’ and the bittersweet circumstances of [...]
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ScoreBoard’s Time out with Donald Carter
FOX Sports Southwest Dallas Mavericks play-by-play announcer Mark Followill recently sat down with Donald Carter for an In My Words special on the original owner of the Mavericks. Carter and his wife Linda, who paid $12 million for the expansion team in 1979, remain minority owners. Following are excerpts from the interview. You can watch [...]
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What a Wonderful, Wild Ride the Mavs Gave Us
In case you’ve been in cave or perhaps a remote compound, we can tell you that Dirk Nowitzki carried the Dallas Mavericks on his back to their first NBA Title, upsetting the anointed Miami Heat 4 games to 2. What should not be forgotten during all the subsequent celebrating is the man who, perhaps more [...]
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Donnie Nelson – One Happy NBA Architect
For Mavericks president of basketball operations and GM Donnie Nelson, winning the championship was literally a dream come true. Still in a state of disbelief, the always-friendly, humble and all-around good guy is standing around a group of strangers at Katy Trail Ice House hugging, shaking hands and high-fiving everyone in sight. Dressed in his [...]
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Nice Guys Don’t Finish Last
Noted baseball manager Leo Durocher came up with the famous quote “nice guys finish last” and being that he won only one World Series title as a manager with the New York Giants in 1954, he must’ve been a pretty nice fella (although umpires might argue with me on that). Leo “The Lip”, who passed [...]
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