Nowitzki Curious Who'll Help Mavs Defend Crown
With owner Mark Cuban trying to clear the salary cap for next offseason, some players are likely to get longer, more lucrative deals elsewhere.
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With owner Mark Cuban trying to clear the salary cap for next offseason, some players are likely to get longer, more lucrative deals elsewhere.
Sounds weird I know, but give me C.J. Wilson over Tyson Chandler.
While the Dallas Mavericks' season opener against the Miami Heat was packaged with the welcome news that the NBA lockout had heard its death knell, the league on Tuesday released the team's full 66 game schedule.
Jason Terry has returned to the Dallas Mavericks' practice court for the first time since the team's championship parade in June.
Embrace the summer of 2011, because repeating in 2012 – especially without Tyson Chandler – will be a tough task!
The Mavs can get started defending their championship title on Thursday, as NBA facilities across the country will be unlocked for players to practice.
A day that included 15 hours of talks ended with a tentative agreement between NBA players and owners. If the two sides ratify the agreement, the first game for the Dallas Mavericks will be on Christmas Day.
With the end of the second-longest NBA lockout in league history finally approaching, a Dallas man is hopeful he may finally be able to fulfill a dream.
It appears the wait is over for North Texas basketball fans: A tentative agreement between NBA owners and players was struck early Saturday, following a 149-day lockout.
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End:
Welcome to the NBA Lockout, where ushers, vendors, Mavs ManiAACs, Mark Followill and sports bar owners suffer significant dents to their livelihood and where hoops junkies like myself are left to dust off the TiVo playlist to get our basketball fix.
With the lockout ongoing and the cancellation of the NBA season looming, New School with Shan & RJ on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas is doing their part.
Now that NBA players are preparing to take the labor fight with the owners to the courtroom, some legal experts expect them to face a daunting challenge in an antitrust lawsuit.
Union executive director Billy Hunter says the players' association is prepared to file antitrust action against the NBA. He says this is the best situation for "players can get their due process.''
Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks, Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks are among the players participating in Wednesday's session with the union leadership.
With labor talks set to resume Saturday, a group of NBA players has reportedly discussed decertifying their union.
The Dallas Mavericks are the defending NBA champions, but they may not have a chance to defend their title this year.
Marques Haynes, the dribbling specialist who was the first Harlem Globetrotter to become a Hall of Famer, has been hired by the NBA D-League's Texas Legends to help the front office.
After 18 years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and six more at the Dallas Observer, sportswriter Richie Whitt has found a new home here at CBSDFW.COM. Come in. Have a seat. Prop up your feet. Take a load off. And enjoy the almost daily blog ramblings of a true sports fanatic.
After two days of making some progress on salary cap issues, the two sides brought the revenue split back into the discussion and got stuck on both.
The talks Wednesday into Thursday morning were about the salary cap system, and Commissioner David Stern said they likely will stick with that issue when they resume.
Officials from the NBA and players' association will meet Wednesday, less than a week after three days of talks with a federal mediator couldn't produce a deal to end the lockout, a person with knowledge of the plans said.
The NBA players' association, not Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, proposed the elimination of the salary cap during negotiations aimed at ending months of labor strife, a league official said.
The NBA will announce the cancellation of two more weeks of games Tuesday, according to the New York Daily News. David Stern has already canceled the preseason and the first two weeks of the season.
