Lakers swingman Danny Green, of Long Island, said James may sit out the first month of the season if Dec. 22 is opening night. Let him — as long as King James suits up opening night for the ring ceremony and on Christmas, the bonanza day of its television partners. “Certainly, it creates some challenges,’’ Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told The Post. “But challenging times require … [Read more...] about
“I miss the place,” he said. “I miss, of course, the Mavs, I miss the competing, but that’s part of the cycle of life. At some point everything has to have an end. I’m enjoying my time with the family and friends and I traveled a lot before the pandemic hit.” … [Read more...] about
It’s starting to seem silly to use the sleeper label for Aleksej Pokusevski. He has teams’ attention ahead of the draft even though he played only 11 games in Greece’s second division. According to league sources, Pokusevski could be gone before the 20s depending on who’s on the board by the time the Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves (via Nets) and Dallas Mavericks … [Read more...] about
Dirk Nowitzki: “But you never know. I don’t think it was necessarily in Steve’s future. I don’t necessarily think that he ever wanted to coach. But given the right opportunity and the right time, and he said he wanted a new challenge. To me, I don’t see that in my future. But as you see with Steve, you never say never. So we’ll see. But to me, it would be very hard to do it … [Read more...] about
In spite of the pandemic, it still was an eventful summer for Nowitzki. His old friend Steve Nash, who teamed with Nowitzki and Michael Finley to help put the Mavericks back on the NBA map in the early 2000s, got the head coaching job with the Brooklyn Nets, a plum assignment with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving returning this coming season. Nash reached out to Nowitzki to gauge … [Read more...] about
There are NBA Draft projections that have TCU shooting guard Desmond Bane going somewhere in the depths of the second round. We don’t see it that way, and indications from the Dallas Mavericks are that they value Bane more highly as well, as two sources tell us the Mavs are “hosting” Bane for a pre-draft visit. … [Read more...] about
The Rockets had already begun work on putting together a staff expected to include at least two former head coaches. Talks had already begun with Jeff Hornacek and Nate McMillan. John Lucas, the Rockets director of player personnel who was a candidate for the head coaching position, is expected to receive an offer to remain the team in some capacity and also could be made a … [Read more...] about
Luka Doncic: well deserved!! Dallas Mavericks assistant Stephen Silas is finalizing a deal to become the next head coach of the Houston Rockets, sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 28, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js … [Read more...] about
Adrian Wojnarowski: Rockets were sold on Silas’ offensive ingenuity, his pedigree w/ Rick Carlisle, Steve Clifford and his father, Paul Silas. Silas has coached some remarkable guards in his NBA career, including Luka Doncic, Kemba Walker, Steph Curry. Now he gets to run offense for Harden-Westbrook … [Read more...] about