Rick Carlisle approved.
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’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 […]
When Marvin Bagley III came to Dallas from in the trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards as the 2025-26 NBA Trade Deadline approached, he represented pure salary cap relief. He was a letdown second overall draft pick who came off the books when the season was over. He was a key part […]
The Dallas Mavericks capped off a rough season with a silver lining, as rookie phenom Cooper Flagg was named 2025-2026 NBA Rookie of the Year Monday night. In what was a polarizing race between he and Charlotte Hornets’ Kon Knueppel, we saw one of the most historic rookie campaigns from the former, pitted against one […]
The NBA announced on Monday night that Dallas Mavericks do-everything forward Rookie of the Year for the 2025-26 season. Flagg averaged 21.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.9 blocks, and 33.5 minutes per game in 70 games in 2025-26. He started every single game in his rookie campaign. Flagg joins former Maverick Luka […]
When the Dallas Mavericks selected Cooper Flagg last June, the franchise was saved, but there were still questions about Flagg’s upside. Those questions were answered, as Flagg had one of the best scoring seasons for a teenager ever, and left no doubt about his future. Season Review Flagg’s season started off poorly, as he averaged […]
The NBA first round is well underway, and while the Mavericks aren’t participating, there are still lessons to be learned. As the Mavericks approach a pivotal offseason, they should focus on the trends that emerged during the playoffs. Certain types of players thrive within the heightened physicality and focus of the playoffs, while others fail. […]
Nikola Jokic, three-time NBA MVP and in the running for yet another one this year, is not one to shy away from physicality. At 6’11, 284 lbs, the Denver Nuggets big man is hard to contain under the basket, but he has another asset that opponents fear more: His vision and playmaking. So in order […]
The Dallas Mavericks season came to an end in a resounding win over the Bulls last week, quieting things down in terms of team-related news for a few days. As he has always done, Dallas’ adopted son, Dirk Nowitzki, comes through yet again to give us some feel-good news to report on. Today, April 21st, […]
The Dallas Mavericks didn’t end up here by accident. This wasn’t just bad luck or one bad stretch. This was a season defined by hesitation. They didn’t fully commit to competing, but they also didn’t fully commit to losing until it was too late. The result was a middle ground that, in the NBA, is […]
The season from hell is over. I could not be more relieved, as watching my favourite team organically tank their way to oblivion was getting more and more frustrating with every game. Amid the blissful end of the season and the chaos of the Cooper Flagg-Kon Kneuppel Rookie of the Year debate, you might be […]
I see that our previous lounge passed 1,000 comments recently and while I try to get to these every month, the things start to break around 500 comments. Someone sass me if I don’t get these up! Here’s that lounge thread (renamed moving forward per my editor) in case you need to carry over a […]
Today’s prompt for the staff was easy: what’s your favorite moment from the season? Bryan: December 23, 2025. Denver comes to town on national tv as the Mavs are at the peak of annoying me by going on that brief winning streak earlier in the month, just to go right back to being a dreadful […]
Azzi Fudd sat at her press conference Thursday between Dallas Wings general manager Curt Miller and new head coach Jose Fernandez to talk about the No. 1 overall pick’s arrival to Dallas. Yet as the press conference began, it quickly became clear the focus was on last year’s No. 1 pick, Paige Bueckers. Bueckers spoke […]
On Monday, the NBA released the top-selling jerseys from the 2025-26 regular season. While the list of course features many mainstays, popular players like Steph Curry and LeBron James, Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg appeared on the list with the ninth-best-selling jersey. This news came as a bit of a surprise to me, at least. […]
It was in June last year, when I knew. That day, I decided to test my extremely ambitious then 11 year-old’s ability to handle pressure. Technical skills, vision and talent is great in sports, but it means nothing if you can’t handle real pressure. If you fold when it counts, you are not ready and […]
With both the NCAA Tournament and NBA regular season done and dusted, it’s now time to turn our attention to the NBA Draft, where the Dallas Mavericks are set to have multiple first-round picks and three selections in the draft overall. The process over the next few weeks gets a bit murky, but these are […]
When Azzi Fudd’s name was announced as the first overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft, there was little surprise throughout the Dallas Wings fanbase. The pick had felt like a forgone conclusion in the days leading up to the draft—Dallas’ free agent activity, coupled with not-so-subtle hints from the social media team, telegraphed the […]
The NBA regular season is over, which means award discourse season before the playoffs start is in full swing. Some awards, like MVP and DPOY, are all but announced, with overwhelming favorites expected to win. However, the race for Rookie of the Year is a much different story. Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel are the […]
The 2025–26 Mavericks season didn’t just fall short of expectations. It unraveled almost immediately, forcing everyone involved to confront how fragile the foundation really was. This was a team that entered the year expecting to compete right away, expecting to be playing meaningful basketball deep into April, and instead looked disjointed from the opening week. […]
Azzi Fudd wasn’t the only addition to the Dallas Wings’ roster on draft night on Monday. Dallas selected Zee Spearman out of Tennessee with the 31st overall pick of the 2026 WNBA Draft. It was the first pick of the third round of the draft. The Wings gave up their second-round pick this year and […]
The Dallas Wings’ second straight No. 1 overall draft pick is in. With the first pick of Monday’s 2026 WNBA Draft, the Wings selected UConn shooting guard Azzi Fudd, who will be reunited in Dallas with her former college teammate and last year’s No. 1 overall pick, Paige Bueckers. Fudd averaged 17.6 points per game […]
Mercifully for your Dallas Mavericks, the 82-game grind that is the NBA regular season has come and gone. Just about the only two bits of drama over the last two months of this disaster was whether or not they could lose enough games to earn some lottery balls, and if they could get Cooper Flagg […]
The Dallas Mavericks had a miserable season by basically every metric. Right from the beginning, as the Mavs endured Anthony Davis injuries, point Cooper Flagg and countless clutch losses, you knew where this season was heading. The Mavericks themselves admitted this, firing Nico Harrison for his negligence in November, then promptly trading away the crowned […]
Game 82 is in the books for the Dallas Mavericks, as they took on the Chicago Bulls Sunday night in what resulted in a 149-128 win. The Mavericks finish the season with a 26-56 record, good for either the seventh or eighth worst record in the league, as the Mavs and Pelicans end the season […]