http://www.mavsnews.com Dallas Mavericks NBA Blog with Mavericks news, commentary and general opinion on the Dallas Mavericks Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:39:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last game: Jan 20, Dallas Mavericks 94 - Washington Wizards 93 Next game: @ Philadelphia 76ers, Jan 22 7:00pm ET http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/quick-look/ Josh Howard came back a little too early and is back out of the lineup for a while longer. Dirk has been playing great basketball, Jason Kidd is making this team go. The bench is proving a big time lift especially the front line. The Mavs arent flashy or exciting to watch ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/jason-kidd-making-the-mavs-go/ Dallas Mavericks – Age maybe a major concern for the Mavericks, the time to win is right now for this team. Jason Kidd has lost a step or two but uses his intellect to remain a capable defender. The addition of Shawn Marion should help the Mavericks transition game, Marion ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/dallas-mavericks-season-preview/ After contemplating joining the New York Knicks, Jason Kidd decided he'd be better off in Dallas and agreed in principle to re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks for three years, totaling up to $25 Million. Quite a steep price to pay for an aged point guard, but that's the price Mark ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/mavericks-will-retain-kidd-25-mill3-years/ Every since blowing a 14-point lead in Game 3 of the 2006 NBA Finals to the Miami Heat and eventually relinquishing a 2-0 series lead, it's almost as if the Mavericks have became irrelevant in the basketball world.  Now the question is rather or not the Mavericks can ever get ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/will-the-mavericks-ever-get-over-the-hill/ David Moore of the Dallas Morning News reports: The Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys have joined forces in an effort to bring the NBA All-Star Game to the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington as early as 2010, multiple sources said Tuesday. No bid has been submitted and executives stress all that ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/dallas-courts-2010-nba-all-star-game/ By: Dustin Chapman Newest Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle has pledged to amend his coaching style by running more of an up-tempo setting with his new club. DALLAS -- Rick Carlisle is ready to let Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks run. And run. And run some more. "When you play with Jason ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/carlisle-plans-to-push-the-tempo-in-dallas/ Alrite, Dallas had no reason to be down by 16 points in the third quarter against a .500 team in the Eastern Conference, but the best teams have to win ugly sometimes, too.  I think Dallas is doing a great job by winning a lot of games, but one game I'm ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/even-good-teams-win-ugly/ This is pretty peculiar... we always talk about how great it is when J-Ho scores 20 or more, and Dallas is 10-1 this season in those situations, but ever notice that Dirk averages 23.7 PPG and 11 RPG in those games? Not including tonight's win over Seattle, Dirk was averaging ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/josh-howard-scoring-20/ Avery Johnson put it best. "Dirk is a warrior." Can anybody deny that? He plays a day after a sinus injury, after having a horrible shootaround, and for all we know, maybe he's still nursing that ankle he hurt in that Seattle game. Nowitzki is just a beast. No denying ... http://www.mavsnews.com/Dallas-Mavericks/dirk-is-a-warrior/