Mavs Waive Delonte West & Set Roster
The Dallas Mavericks announced on Monday that they have request waivers and have chosen to cut Delonte West from the team after suspending him twice in the last two weeks.
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The Dallas Mavericks announced on Monday that they have request waivers and have chosen to cut Delonte West from the team after suspending him twice in the last two weeks.
The Mavericks waived forward Chris Douglas-Roberts and forward/center Melvin Ely on Sunday, leaving them with still one roster move still to make by Monday.
Shawn Marion scored 24 points, Eddy Curry added 11 one day after he was claimed off waivers, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Charlotte Bobcats 99-82 on Friday night in the final preseason game for both teams.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says no decision has been made about Delonte West's future with the team after the guard was suspended for the second time in two weeks.
The Dallas Mavericks announced on Thursday that free agent center Eddy Curry has been awarded to the team on a waiver claim. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Last week, Delonte joined his coach in declining to detail the specifics of the behavioral issue. On Thursday, he seemed to be accusing someone (or projecting that someone) of doing something in violation of that.
The Dallas Mavericks announced on Thursday that they have again indefinitely suspended Delonte West for "conduct detrimental to the team."
Kevin Durant scored 18 points and James Harden added 16 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to an 88-66 preseason victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
One big kink in the plan is that Nowitzki won't be playing with Elton Brand, Darren Collison, Dahntay Jones, Chris Kaman and O.J. Mayo at the start of the season.
Centers will no longer be guaranteed a spot in the NBA All-Star game. NBA.com is reporting that the league will announce a change to its All-Star ballot on Wednesday.
Dirk Nowitzki was at times hopeful, at times humorous and at times a bit defiant as the Dallas Mavericks icon met the media Tuesday in his first post-surgery interview.
Nowitzki has never missed more than nine games in a season during his 14-year career, but the Mavericks are likely to be more than 10 games into the season before he returns.
As the NBA has decided to "crack down on flopping" with its new shiny fines for such an offense, there have been a few additions to the rule book and what will be enforced this season.
The Mavs got an 87-74 win over the Hornets on Monday. "We're doing it every way you can do it,'' Mavs coach Rich Carlisle said. "If we were a sex manual, it'd be a bestseller.''
Rookie Mike Scott scored 17 points, Lou Williams and Ivan Johnson had 13 apiece and the Atlanta Hawks beat the depleted Dallas Mavericks 110-94 in a preseason game on Saturday night.
