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Player Grades: Recapping Mavericks vs. Kings

The Dallas Mavericks played a late game against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. Dallas was looking for a win after having lost the last four to the Kings and managed to stop the slide with a 100-98 victory. Let’s get to the grades! Cooper Flagg: B+ 20 PTS / 8 REB / 6 AST / 1 STL / […]

2026 Dallas Mavericks Trade Rumor Tracker

The NBA Trade deadline is a wild time every year. Even when it’s boring, the anticipation, the rumors, and the conversations continue at a rapid pace. This year should be no different, and for the Dallas Mavericks, the range of outcomes is far and wide. The Mavericks have actually made an in-season trade for seven […]

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Mavericks vs Kings Preview and Injury Update: Late, Late game

The Dallas Mavericks (13-23) visit the Sacramento Kings for the second time in as many weeks. Dallas is coming off an improbable win over the Houston Rockets. Sacramento is riding a five game losing streak and have lost those five games by an average of 24 points! They’re in need of a win in a […]

SB Reacts: Dallas Mavericks trade season

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mavericks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Please take our survey There’s going to be a lot happening in the coming days and […]

MMBets Game of the Week: PAC-12 After Dark, but Make it the NBA

Tonight, your Dallas Mavericks are on National TV to face off against the Sacramento Kings in Wine Country. It’s a battle between two flailing teams, as the Mavs (13-23) have lost four out of five. Meanwhile, the Kings (8-28) haven’t won since beating the Mavericks last year. With an outrageous start time and two bad […]

3 things to watch as the Mavericks meet the Kings

The Dallas Mavericks (13-23) return to the road and attempt to continue their return to winning Tuesday against the Sacramento Kings (8-28) with a 10pm CST tipoff at Golden One Center. Dallas halted a four-game skid Saturday with an upset win against the Houston Rockets, 110-104. The Kings’ 115-98 loss Sunday to the Milwaukee Bucks […]

MMB Lounge: Trade season baby

Well I did the thing again where I forgot to make a new lounge around 500 comments. I really want y’all to get on me about this. It’s important to you which makes it important to me. Here’s the old one for good measure. Trade season is essentally the next 32 days. We’ll see what […]

Mavericks vs Rockets Preview and Injury Update: Texas basketball

The Dallas Mavericks (12-23) host the Houston Rockets (21-10) on Saturday night. The Mavericks are riding a four game losing streak straight towards the dregs of the Western conference, most recently receiving belt to behind by the Philadelphia 76ers in a home game Thursday. The Rockets pummeled the Brooklyn Nets on New Year’s Day and […]

Cooper Flagg gets Rookie of the Month honors again

The Dallas Mavericks are on a four-game losing streak after a New Year’s Day loss to the 76ers. Ongoing trade rumors continue to heat up, raising questions about what this team will look like once the February trade deadline hits. It’s a bit of a tumultuous time to be a Mavs fan. As he has […]

NBA Power Rankings Watch: the Maverick hauntings of 2025 in the new year

The Dallas Mavericks’ hellscape 2025 is now over. A fresh calendar and fresh opportunities lay on the horizon for this team, as they try to remove any and all hauntings of a truly insane self-sabotage. Now, the calendar move to January doesn’t mean the problems disappear. This week’s Power Rankings Watch really drives home that […]

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Who is the better player: Luka Doncic or Cooper Flagg? 

It’s not that they look very much alike. Or come from the same continent or culture. Or were raised in the same basketball tradition. Or play the same position. Or arrived to the league with similar accomplishments.   Cooper Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers are two very different […]

Player Grades: Recapping Mavericks vs. 76ers

The Dallas Mavericks, losers of three straight, kicked off 2026 by hosting the 76ers on Thursday night. Looking to draw even in their season series with Philadelphia, Dallas instead extended their overall losing streak with a 123-108 loss. Let’s get to the grades! Ryan Nembhard: C 9 PTS / 2 REB / 3 AST / […]

Mavericks vs 76ers Final Score: Dallas verb Philadelphia, 123-108

The Dallas Mavericks fell to the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night, 123-108. Tyrese Maxey once again roasted Dallas, scoring 34 points to go along with eight rebounds and 10 assists. Max Christie was the high point man for Dallas with 18. The Mavericks attacked the paint early and often in the opening quarter, which paid […]

Mavericks vs 76ers Preview and Injury Update: Philly comes to Dallas

The Dallas Mavericks (12-22) host the Philadelphia 76ers (17-14) Thursday evening in a match up on New Years Day. The Mavericks are coming off a few days of rest following an annoying loss to the Blazers in Portland where they got down huge early and couldn’t claw all the way back in. The Sixers played […]

Grading the Mavericks: win or lose, clutch basketball is a good time

The Mavericks were 1-3 this past week and fell to 12th place in the West. They beat Denver (131-130) in a nationally televised thriller, then dropped three straight to Golden State (126-116), Sacramento (113-107), and Portland (125-122). Cooper Flagg led the team in scoring this past week with 24.5 points per game. Kyrie Irving (knee) […]