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General / May 7, 2008 / 9:57 am

Meet Dirk’s Next Coach

Dirk. Photo. Monte Isom
Word is that the Mavs, barring any snags in negotiations, could announce who’ve they’ve hired to replace Avery Johnson as early as Friday of this week.
Check it out HERE, and then go HERE for some insight into how the front office decisions go down in Big D.

General / May 6, 2008 / 5:49 pm

Mark Cuban Says He Did it For the Money

Kidd Photo. Jordan Hollander
Mark Cuban’s Blog Maverick is in our list of regular sites to visit. Cuban is always straight up with his posts and doesn’t hold back.
At the end of last week, he put up this post, breaking down every aspect of the Jason Kidd/Devin Harris trade. It’s a great look inside the […]

Hoopla / Apr 30, 2008 / 10:10 am

Who Cares?

Josh Howard (photo. Monte Isom)
Last night capped a nightmarish series for Josh Howard. His 12.6 ppg and 29.2 percent shooting for the series were disappointing for sure, but everyone has a bad string of games every now and then. It’s the off-court drama that has made it that much worse. First there was the infamous […]

Hoopla / Mar 13, 2008 / 9:01 am

Q&A With Sir Charles

Sir Charles and Bounce’s Bobbito Garcia
Star-Telegram writer Jan Hubbard got up with Charles Barkley yesterday in Dallas to talk about Dirk, the Jason Kidd trade, the state of the game and the Mavs chances this year.
Our favorite part of the interview was what he had to say about MJ:
“We’ve been giving Michael a hard […]

General / Feb 19, 2008 / 1:29 pm

FINALLY

The Jason Kidd trade is official.
This time around, there didn’t seem to be much suspense over whether or not the deal would go through. Reportedly Kidd will be in Dallas for a 3 P.M. press conference and Devin Harris is already with the Nets.

Hoopla / Feb 13, 2008 / 2:29 pm

BREAKING NEWS: KIDD TRADE “IMMINENT”

From Marc Stein at ESPN.com:
Sources told ESPN.com that talks between the Mavericks and Nets, which had seemingly stalled, grew serious after the teams played Sunday night in New Jersey and have moved them to the brink of completing the NBA’s third blockbuster deal of the month.
Although sources say that the teams are still sorting […]

General / Feb 11, 2008 / 5:23 pm

Not Going to Happen, Pt. II

Mark Cuban claims that a deal for Jason Kidd doesn’t make sense:
With the NBA trade deadline just over a week away, don’t expect the Mavericks to make a play for New Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd.
With a courtside seat Sunday night in New Jersey, Dallas owner Mark Cuban tried to silence talk of a […]

Hoopla / Jan 31, 2008 / 10:09 am

The Kidd Watch

This morning ESPN’s Marc Stein has the latest on the proposed Jason Kidd three-way deal that would end up with him back in Dallas, racking up dimes at an alarming rate.
Among the obstacles holding up the deal? The Mavs’ reluctance to give up Devin Harris (We’re always backers of seizing the opportunity to win […]

Hoopla / Jan 30, 2008 / 10:53 am

“Step Away From Your Crack Dealer”

Yesterday afternoon, TrueHoop posted this exchange between a writer for the Sporting News and Mark Cuban about the Jason Kidd-to-Dallas rumors that seem to be everywhere in a post called “Mark Cuban: Dallas Not Shopping for Point Guards”:
Stan McNeal of the Sporting News put together an idea for a Jason Kidd-to-Dallas trade that made sense […]

Hit List / Jan 29, 2008 / 8:05 am

NBA Hit List: Snoop Edition (1.29.08)

The D-O-double-G
After we showed Jay-Z some love in last week’s Hit List, the Dime West Coast contingent (b.k.a. Austin & Nay) demanded we give their side its due shine this week — which is funny considering that this is the week our Seattle natives get to watch their team assume worst-of-the-worst status. So with that, […]