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ESPN (Jeff Caplan) —
For years now talked has revolved around bringing in a second superstar to pair with Dirk Nowitzki. That hasn't changed, obviously, with the Dallas Mavericks having carved out salary cap space to make a run at Deron Williams, a perennial All-Star point guard and the lone superstar headed for free agency on July 1.What has changed is the language the Mavs are using to describe Nowitzki -- the...
ESPN (Jeff Caplan) —
Fifth in a 15-part series ranking the Mavericks' 2011-12 roster in importance of bringing back next season.Every athlete should have it as good as Brendan Haywood. Eleven seasons into a serviceable, yet hardly spectacular career, the 7-footer out of North Carolina has already pocketed some $44 million in career earnings. At a time when some 32-year-old vets are wondering if they've got another...
ESPN (Jeff Caplan) —
We'll probably never know coach Rick Carlisle's true feelings about Lamar Odom and the forward's indifferent attitude and disappointing performances with the Dallas Mavericks.Carlisle is a pragmatist. He doesn't obsess over what might have been."It’s a chapter that is one that will go down in Mavs history as just something that didn’t work out," Carlisle told ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's...
ESPN (Jeff Caplan) —
Fourth in a 15-part series ranking the Mavericks' 2011-12 roster in importance of bringing back next season.Will the lasting impression of Dominique Jones as a Dallas Maverick be the "2011" neck tattoo with the Larry O'Brien Trophy serving as the first "1"? Jones had the striking image inked after the title run, one in which the then-rookie did not play one second.Placing Jones in the 12-hole...
Star Telegram: Full-Court Press (Star-Telegram) —
One day after receiving a four-year contract extension, Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle has been named as part of the NBA’s new 10-person Competition Committee. The committee is comprised of two owners, three head coaches, four general managers and one...
ESPN (Jeff Caplan) —
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle is one of three NBA head coaches on the newly restructured competition committee announced by the league Wednesday.Carlisle, the current president of the NBA Coaches Association, joins Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers and Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins. Also on the committee are team owners Dan Gilbert (Cleveland Cavaliers) and Joe Lacob (Golden State...
ESPN (Jeff Caplan) —
IRVING, Texas -- Not every head coach is equipped with the patience level to co-exist long term with an owner who practically sits on the team bench during most games, chronically chastises referees and talks to his players on the periphery of the timeout huddle.(See Don Nelson, Avery Johnson).Rick Carlisle, however, seemed to come to Dallas in May 2008 not only prepared for it, but eager to...
ESPN (Jeff Caplan) —
Third in a 15-part series ranking the Mavericks' 2011-12 roster in importance of bringing back next season.From the day Yi Jianlian stepped foot in the Dallas Mavericks' locker room, the 7-footer had his own Chinese media contingent following him at every home game and some road games, too. That's right, a small crew consisting of a couple of reporters and a videographer, all quite polite,...
Star Telegram: Full-Court Press (Star-Telegram) —
DALLAS -- Now that the Dallas Mavericks have signed coach Rick Carlisle to a four-year contract extension, it's time for the franchise to get that other prized free agent under lock and key. The Mavs want Brooklyn Nets free agent...