For revamped Dallas Mavericks, win over the Lakers big step in gaining momentum (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)
DALLAS - Jason Terry and the Dallas Mavericks know they don’t get rings for beating the Los Angeles Lakers in February.
DALLAS - Jason Terry and the Dallas Mavericks know they don’t get rings for beating the Los Angeles Lakers in February.
The general consensus was that Charlotte improved itself with its moves at the trade deadline, but last night’s loss to the Clippers showed how the Bobcats weakened themselves, too.
DALLAS - Jason Kidd knew his Dallas Mavericks needed a jolt in the fourth quarter, so the pass-first point guard decided to take charge offensively.
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Sport Talk to you next summer, captain. After the madness of trade season, several teams have lined themselves up to be in position — or very close — to sign a maximum-salary player this summer. Calculating exactly how much money each team has to spend is a tricky exercise

Newest Dallas Mavericks players will be active for Tuesday’s game vs. Oklahoma City.
Dallas Mavericks’ trade for Brendan Haywood came with long-term plans in mind at center.
By John Hollinger DALLAS – This may not be the NBA’s greatest weakness, but it’s a weakness nonetheless: The league has been a poor steward of its own history. This can be seen in any number of ways, from the scarce footage of games as recent as 25 years ago, to the lack of quality historic data, to the league’s part-time job of pretending the ABA never existed. But one of the biggest areas the NBA falls short is with its Hall of Fame … or rather, with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts
By John Hollinger DALLAS – “The best laid plans…” goes a well-known lament, and there’s a good reason. As it turns out, not having an etched-in-stone plan is the best plan when it comes to playing point guard. At this afternoon’s media session, Hornets point guard Chris Paul talked about how point guards can’t enter a game thinking about piling up assists, because everything depended on how the defense played him
Lisa Blumenfeld / NBAE via Getty Images Could a team with this tandem give the All-Star squads a game? The All-Star Game is a collection of the best basketball talent in the world, but it rarely produces anything resembling the best basketball. Counter-intuitive as that might seem, the reasons for this annual letdown are fairly obvious

If only the Mavericks could schedule Golden State every night these days. It wasn’t pretty, but Dallas found a way to beat Golden State, 127-117, on Monday at Oracle Arena.