5 Things About The Western Conference Race
The NBA season was barely over for two weeks, and the Houston Rockets found themselves in another heated competition to gain ground in the Western Conference.
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The NBA season was barely over for two weeks, and the Houston Rockets found themselves in another heated competition to gain ground in the Western Conference.
NBA player Lamar Odom has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence in connection with his arrest in August.
Former Mavericks player Lamar Odom was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence. Odom has also played with the Lakers and Clippers, and is now a free agent.
The 7-foot free agent center who spent the first eight years of his career with the Clippers said Monday on Twitter that he had agreed to join that other Los Angeles team.
The Rockets offered a play-by-play of their dinner with Dwight. The Lakers have more leaks than the Titanic. But the Mavs have kept a seal on the details of their Dwight pitch.
The Dallas Police Department is joining the effort to bring NBA player Dwight Howard to the Mavericks by appealing to his need for a high level of security.
Now that the Clippers and Lakers are out of the NBA playoffs, the questions now in LA is -- Where will Dwight Howard and Chris Paul go?
Dwight Howard's season with the Los Angeles Lakers could not have gone better – for the covetous Dallas Mavericks, that is.
With a loss to the Phoenix Suns and a win by the Los Angeles Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks have been eliminated from the playoffs for the first time in 12 seasons.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Kobe Bryant might not be the only person upset with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban's comments about the Lakers possibly amnestying the future Hall-of-Famer.
Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships from the '80s Showtime dynasty to the Kobe Bryant era, died Monday, his assistant said.
The Mavericks are worth a staggering $685 million, the fifth highest total in the NBA, according to an annual study released by Forbes. The average team is worth $509 million.
At 34 years old, Kobe Bryant has become the youngest player in NBA history to eclipse 30,000 career points, and only the fifth overall to hit that mark.
The Dallas Mavericks will sign veteran point guard Derek Fisher on Thursday, coach Rick Carlisle announced after a 101-78 loss to Chicago.
Mike D'Antoni's agent says the Los Angeles Lakers have signed the former coach of the Suns and Knicks to a four-year contract to replace Mike Brown.
A report from USA Today says the Los Angeles Lakers have fired coach Mike Brown after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge of the team.
First Eddy Curry and now Troy Murphy. What a week for the Dallas Mavericks. According to Yahoo! Sports, the Mavs have reached a one-year agreement to sign Murphy, a forward.
Before tipoff on Tuesday, Dallas GM Donnie Nelson said that the goal "is to protect the hill until our Big German cannon is back in our arsenal." And then the Mavs beat the Lakers 99-91.
Not only has Eddy Curry landed a new job in the NBA, but it's appearing to be a starting job. Ladies and gentleman, check out the state of your 2012-13 Dallas Mavericks!
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.
In an interview with CBS Sports, Kobe Bryant said that it's two-and-out for the five-time champ.
Mavs owner Mark Cuban is happy to put pressure on the new-look Lakers, who added Steve Nash and Dwight Howard over the summer. He recently questioned the team's chemistry.
The Dwight Howard saga is finally about to end, according to reports. A four-team deal involving the Nuggets and 76ers will send the disgruntled Magic center to the Lakers.
Any new offers for Dwight Howard likely won't be good enough to get a deal done, or they would have come sooner. But some teams will always want to talk. Like the Mavericks.
The NBA unveiled its full 82-game regular-season schedule on Thursday night. The Mavericks open the season in Los Angeles against Steve Nash and the Lakers.
