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Mavs YouTube Roundup: Fire Nico Chants Actually Worked Edition
Can I be honest with you? Today is the first day the RoundUp has felt like getting back on the horse and aggregating the whole of YouTube because—well—we’ve been depressed just like (many of) you have. I think today is a good day to call 2025 in the Dallas Mavericks universe what it has been […]
Player Grades: Recapping Mavericks vs. Suns
The Dallas Mavericks were once again sporting their beautiful Hardwood Classic green jerseys as they took on the Phoenix Suns in a new era of Dallas hoops, sans the leadership of Nico Harrison. On a night where hope returned to the Metroplex, the good vibes were unfortunately dashed with the Mavs losing 123-114. Let’s get […]
Stats rundown: 3 Stats from The Mavs’ 123-114 Loss to the Suns
The Mavericks continue to put forth the effort, oftentimes playing well enough to win, but ultimately commit too many team errors to get over the hump. Tonight they lost 123-114 in a game they fought their way back into, and outscored Phoenix 33-28 in the fourth (a margin that narrowed due to some end-of-game free […]
3 things from the Mavericks 123-114 loss to the Suns
The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Phoenix Suns 123-114 Wednesday night in Dallas. It was the Mavericks fifth loss in the last sixth games, as Dallas drops to a disappointing 3-9. This was the first game since the firing of general manager Nico Harrison. It was evident the team had a bit more life to […]
Mavericks vs Suns Preview and Injury Update: Reigniting the Phoenix Rivalry
The Dallas Mavericks (3-8) host the Phoenix Suns (6-5) on Wednesday night. Dallas is playing their first game since the team fired Nico Harrison from his role as general manager. The Suns are riding a three-game win streak, having recently defeated the Pelicans on Monday night. Here’s the main things you need to know before […]
MMBets: Remember when Mavs-Suns used to mean something?
For much of this young 2025-26 season, the Dallas Mavericks have been a complete disaster. The beatings kept coming as morale steadily declined. However, morale is up these days after the news of yesterday, which saw Nico Harrison fired as the team’s general manager. Does that mean the Mavericks can pull their way out of […]
Max Christie is leading the NBA in corner 3-pointers made so far this season
Here’s the latest evidence that the Dallas Mavericks (3-8) need to chuck the two-timeline nonsense out the window and focus on the team’s young core of players. Amid all the torment and injury struggle, all the insincere win-now rhetoric and the roster construction favoring tall men with long arms, one of the only effective offensive […]
Nico Harrison is gone… now what?
When the Mavericks announced the firing of General Manager Nico Harrison, it felt as if a storm cloud had finally cleared over the Dallas Mavericks. This came after an utterly miserable 9 months following the Luka trade, filled with anger and resentment. But now we can move forward as Mavericks fans, and begin to look […]
Mavericks State Media Transmission: You peasants are welcome — we await your ceaseless adulation
Trotsky. Ceaușescu. Khrushchev. Sadat. Gorbachev. Hussein. Gaddafi. And now, Harrison. Figureheads come and figureheads go, am I right, comrades? But the Great Eagle, immutable, clean and bright, continues to soar overhead. We here at the Great Adelsonian Politburo, and in particular those of us in the upper echelon of the Mavericks State Media Apparatus, wish […]
Grading the Mavericks: the witch is dead, and the Phoenix rises
The Mavericks were 1-3 this past week, and remain in 14th place in the West. The lone win came against Washington (111-105), while the three losses came in Memphis (118-104) and at home to New Orleans (101-99) and Milwaukee (116-113). Cooper Flagg, for the first time in his young career, led the team in scoring […]
Allen Iverson calls Luka Doncic a “killer,” wishes he could’ve played with him
Allen Iverson made an appearance on the Stephen A. Smith show last month, and Smith asked the former Philadelphia 76ers superstar which current NBA players he would’ve played with if he could. After naming Shaquille O’Neal, Joel Embiid, and Nikola Jokic, Iverson made a pick that shocked Smith, but will delight Dallas Mavericks fans. “Luka,” […]
Former Mavericks coach Richie Adubato dies at 87
Former Mavericks head coach Richie Adubato has died, according to a statement from his family over the weekend. He was 87. Adubato compiled a 106-228 record at the Mavericks’ helm from 1989-93 after serving as an assistant for head coaches Dick Motta and John Macleod starting in 1986. The New Jersey native was a head […]
Mavericks vs. Suns Preview: 3 storylines within Dallas’ first game of the Post-Nico Harrison Era
The Dallas Mavericks (3-8) will usher in their No Nicos Era on Wednesday when they host the Phoenix Suns (6-5) at American Airlines Center. Win or lose, this game represents an inflection point in franchise history, and we’re glad it’s here. Moving on begins now. Some former fans may rush back into the fold, others […]
More Mark Cuban is not the way forward
As soon as Nico Harrison’s sudden and overdue ousting hit the news circuit Tuesday morning, the entire basketball world exploded. The noise had reached a fever pitch after Dallas’ heartbreaking home loss to the Bucks on Monday, a night that featured Cooper Flagg’s breakout game amid controversial “Fire Nico” chants. Action on the Harrison front […]
How Dallas Mavericks fans helped get Nico Harrison Fired
The Dallas Mavericks fired general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday morning, following what will likely be remembered by most as the worst nine months any fanbase has ever faced in sports history. This came after Harrison made the daring move to trade fan favorite Luka Doncic to Western Conference rival Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony […]
Patrick Dumont publishes open letter to the Dallas Mavericks community
As of approximately 10 a.m. CST, Nico Harrison is no longer the general manager of the Dallas Mavericks. Reported first by NBA insider Marc Stein today, Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont has parted ways with the four-years-tenured general manager, a move that was widely called for by fans and spectators through the end of the 2024-2025 […]
Stats rundown: 3 Stats from The Mavs’ 116-114 Loss to the Bucks
Through the first 10 games of the season, the Mavericks have been a mess on both sides of the floor. Heading into Monday night’s matchup with the 6-4 Milwaukee Bucks, Dallas was just 3-7. With a paint defense that was 26th in the NBA and Giannis Antetokounmpo coming to town, it seemed like this was […]
Michael Finley, Matt Riccardi to take over Mavericks’ basketball operations on interim basis
In the wake the firing of now former Dallas Mavericks’ general manager Nico Harrison, Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi have been tapped to run the team’s basketball operations on an interim basis. ESPN’s Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon were the first to report the interim replacements late Tuesday morning on X, formerly Twitter, before the […]
The Dallas Mavericks are firing Nico Harrison
The Dallas Mavericks fired general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday at a closed-door meeting, first reported by NBA insider Marc Stein and confirmed by ESPN’s Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon. The decision comes four years into his tenure as Mavericks head of basketball operations and immediately begins a search for a new general manager. The […]
Nico Harrison is finally on the hot seat
To say the last six or so months of Mavericks basketball has been weird would be the understatement of the century. Since the Luka Doncic trade in February, most Mavericks fans have been wondering when general manager Nico Harrison would be fired, as the Mavericks have toiled the Western Conference with a losing record since […]
Dybantsa, Brown Jr. headline massive week for college basketball
If you were able to separate from the turmoil that is surrounding the Dallas Mavericks, you saw a very engaging opening week of college basketball. Many of the top prospects had fantastic weeks, including AJ Dybantsa for BYU, Darryn Peterson at Kansas and Koa Peat for the Arizona Wildcats. However, this week two brings even […]
Player Grades: Recapping Mavericks vs. Bucks
The Dallas Mavericks were sporting their beautiful Hardwood Classic green jerseys when they welcomed the Milwaukee Bucks to the American Airlines Center Monday night. Languishing as the 14 Seed in the West, Dallas was looking to improve on their 3-7 record but could not get the job done as they fell 116-114. Let’s get to […]
Mavericks vs. Bucks Recap: 5 thoughts after Dallas’ harrowing 116-114 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks
Dallas Mavericks (3-8) found yet another way to pull defeat from the jaws of victory on Monday night in their 116-113 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks (7-4) at American Airlines Center. The Bucks came into Dallas in a vulnerable spot, on the second night of a back-to-back set in a game in which Giannis Antetokounmpo […]
Mavericks vs Bucks Preview and Injury Update: Standing tall at home
The Dallas Mavericks (3-7) host the Milwaukee Bucks (6-4) on Monday night in Dallas. The Bucks are coming off the front end of a back-to-back against the Rockets which they lost. Dallas came home after defeating the Washington Wizards on Saturday night. There’s plenty of drama going on in Dallas tonight with Nico Harrison apparently […]
If Nico Harrison is on the way out, there’s only one man who can right the ship
It seems the tide may finally be turning on the Nico Harrison era of Dallas Mavericks basketball. After months of outrage, protests, billboards, chants, and awkward public encounters with the Mavericks GM, it seems the owner of the Dallas Mavericks has finally had enough. Patrick Dumont has been largely silent since the infamous Luka Dončić […]
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