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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 / 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 […]

General / Feb 11, 2008 / 10:51 am

Cuban Embers

Did Mark Cuban spark the Shaq/Marion deal?
What got the ball rolling in the Shaq-for-Matrix deal? The Miami Herald’s Dan LeBatard reported on Sunday that the trade originated from a conversation between Mark Cuban and Miami owner Micky Arison. Ten days ago, Cuban asked Arison whether the Heat would buy O’Neal out of the remaining $100 […]

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 […]

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