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A former girlfriend of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for violating probation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Cristal Taylor admitted in court on Monday that she failed to check in with her probation officer in a 12-year-old forgery and theft case. She ...
Ryan Hollins won't have to wait a week to learn his status for next season. He'll be playing for the Timberwolves. The Mavericks aren't matching the Minnesota offer sheet signed by restricted free agent center on Monday. Hollins, an athletic 7-fooet heading into his fourth season, is receiving a three-year contract ...
A federal judge dismissed a civil insider-trading lawsuit against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on Friday, dealing the Securities and Exchange Commission a rare high-profile setback. U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater ruled that the SEC could not hold Cuban liable for insider trading because the agency didn't allege the billionaire ...
An NBA offseason that was supposed to be dull and boring has been anything but. The Dallas Mavericks continued to revamp their team Wednesday evening, formally acquiring forward Shawn Marion from the Toronto Raptors in a multi-team deal that was still working toward finalization Thursday morning. As first reported on ...
The Mavericks lost a future Hall-of-Fame point guard for nothing in free agency not so long ago. Whether or not Steve Nash's defection set the franchise back is up for debate. Dallas did reach The Finals two years after the the guy who became a two-time MVP left. History didn't repeat itself ...

For the 10th straight season, the Mavs' forward averaged over 20 ppg (22.7 ppg) and earned his fourth career All-NBA first team honor.
The Denver Nuggets are leaving all the animosity with the Dallas Mavericks' players, fans and owner behind and heading to their first Western Conference finals since 1985. Behind 30 points from Carmelo Anthony and 28 from Chauncey Billups, the Nuggets beat the Mavericks 124-110 on Wednesday night to wrap up their ...
So much for the idea that the Dallas Mavericks would be devastated by the way Game 3 ended. Dirk Nowitzki wasn't about to let them get swept. Nowitzki scored 19 of his 44 points in the fourth quarter, including a high-arching shot with 1:05 left that put the Mavericks ahead for ...
The difference in athlete paled in comparison to the difference in attitude. The Nuggets were everything the Mavericks were not in the opener of the Western Conference semifinals Sunday afternoon, starting with the way they view themselves. "We've got a few sparkplugs around here," said Kenyon Martin, just one of the ...
Jason Terry is a Mavericks' cornerstone, a huge reason behind the team's success and a favorite who endears himself to fans with his boundless enthusiasm. Dirk Nowitzki, though, wanted more out of him and relayed as much last summer. When the most successful and decorated player in franchise history talks, it's ...