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Dallas nears 3-year deal with Barea (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:02:08 PDT

If this off-season has proved anything to the Dallas Mavericks , it's that there is never a shortage of players...

Clippers' Kaman joins German Olympic team (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:24:36 PDT

Los Angeles Clippers center Chris Kaman could be headed to Beijing to compete in this summer's Olympics —...

Mavs take flyer on former dunk champion Green (AP)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:56:26 PDT

Former slam dunk champion Gerald Green signed a one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. The 6-foot-8, 200-pound swingman is known mostly for his exploits in the last two dunk contests, winning it in 2007 and finishing second to Dwight Howard this year. In games that count, he has career averages of 8.1 points and 2.2 rebounds.

Mavs sign G-F Gerald Green (PA SportsTicker)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:43:43 PDT

The Dallas Mavericks added some youth and athleticism Thursday, signing swingman Gerald Green.

Mavericks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:27:04 PDT

The temptations were out there for the Mavericks to make a move or move their pick, but with Shan Foster still available when their turn came up in the second round, the decision was made to hold steady.

"It was a very long wait," Rick Carlisle said after making his first draft selection as Mavs coach. "We're very happy with the guy we got. We had a list of 'A' candidates, 'Bs' and 'Cs' and Shan Foster was the last 'A' on our list."

Carlisle was referring to the list of players the Mavs thought might fall to the 51st pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. The 6-6 swingman out of Vanderbilt was the SEC Player of the Year as a senior, averaging 20.3 points while shooting 52 percent. The Mavs were sold on his combination of 3-point range, maturity and athleticism.

"We are really...

Source: Diop headed back to Dallas (AP)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:37:02 PDT

The Dallas Mavericks had to give up DeSagana Diop to get Jason Kidd. Now, the 7-foot center is headed back to Dallas. Diop agreed Wednesday to a $31 million, five-year contract with the Mavericks, according to a person close to the negotiations who requested anonymity because NBA rules prevent the deal from being signed until next week.

Johnson ready for challenge of leading NBA refs (AP)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:45:16 PDT

Ron Johnson spent 32 years in the military leading people through difficult situations. He quickly found another challenge when he retired from the Army. Johnson is the NBA's new senior vice president of referee operations, where the two-star general will oversee a department that has spent the last year dealing with the fallout from the scandal involving Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty to betting...

Gerald Green gets another chance (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:10 PDT

After tempting us in Boston, flaming out in Minnesota, and barely showing up in his hometown of Houston,...

Harris leaves Mavs, joins Bulls as assistant coach (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:08:36 PDT

Del Harris, who served as assistant coach to Don Nelson and Avery Johnson with the Dallas Mavericks over a...

NBA referees will report to new commander-in-chief (AP)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:19:14 PDT

Hiring a two-star general to supervise five dozen referees might sound like overkill to some, but not NBA commissioner David Stern. From where he sits, anyone or anything who could put an end to the persistent whispers that some of his league's games are -- how should we put this? -- manipulated can't begin work soon enough.

Team-by-team draft grades (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:54:00 PDT

Teams receive report cards for their performance in the 2008 draft.

Nuggets make offer to G Smith (PA SportsTicker)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:24:35 PDT

The Denver Nuggets on Friday made a qualifying offer to restricted free agent guard J.R. Smith, who has spent the last two seasons with the team after being acquired from the Chicago Bulls in July 2006.

Create-a-caption: Samaki Walker, 1996 (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:15:45 PDT

We continue our quest to caption/name some of the worst (er, best) suits in NBA Draft history.

Charles Barkley enters celeb poker event in Vegas (AP)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:00:27 PDT

Charles Barkley is headed back to the tables in Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament about a month after pledging not to gamble. He says it's all for charity. The former NBA star is scheduled to play in a celebrity poker tournament at the 2008 World Series of Poker on July 2. The "Ante Up for Africa" event is designed to raise money and awareness for the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Celtics, Lakers favorites to win 2009 NBA title (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:48:00 PDT

In case you're curious, here are the current odds for the 2009 NBA championship, courtesty of Bodog: Boston...

Behind the box score, where we have a champion (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:51:02 PDT

Boston Celtics 131, Los Angeles Lakers 92 There's no point in getting too crazy with this recap, clutching at...

Obama's 'NBA Dream Team' cabinet (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:20 PDT

It's no secret White House hopeful Barack Obama is an enthusiastic basketball fan. He plays pick-up ball...

Cuban-Nelson dispute headed to arbitration (PA SportsTicker)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:48:24 PDT

The dispute between Dallas Mavericks owner and former coach Don Nelson will be settled by arbitration.

Basketball's Coaching Conundrum (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:03:00 PDT

A cutthroat coaching culture wastes millions, with little result.

Carlisle looking to build relationships with players in Dallas (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:16:00 PDT

No Dallas Mavericks player knows Rick Carlisle better than Jerry Stackhouse does. He had Carlisle as a coach for...

Lakers' bright future centers on Bynum (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:51:00 PDT

Even from his seat on the bench, Andrew Bynum already has some Lakers dreaming of next season.