"I took time off" Kyrie Irving Gets Honest About His Slow Start In New Season
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The Dallas Mavericks fall to the Toronto Raptors last night 127-116. Although NBA superstar, Kyrie Irving, had 22 points (8-19 from the field) we have yet to see the offensive explosion this young NBA season from the potential hall-of-famer.
Episode 1011: Jim Irsay and the Colts, CFP Rankings, TCU, Alabama, Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers
Episode 1011: Jim Irsay and the Colts, CFP Rankings, TCU, Alabama, Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers
- Jim Irsay is full of surprises!
- Why Jeff Saturday?
- What about the Rooney Rule?
- CFP Rankings
- TCU has a shot!
- Is Alabama over?
- Preview Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers
Mavs Win 6th Straight with Win Over 1st Place Chicago Bulls
The surging Dallas Mavericks extended their win streak to six games with 113-98 win over the Chicago Bulls.
RF Sports Radio Eps 1007: Cowboys, Mavs Media Day, Ben Simmons, NBA Talk
RF Sports Radio Eps 1007: Cowboys, Mavs Media Day, Ben Simmons, NBA Talk
Mavs Monday: 2021-22 Dallas Mavericks Media Day with KP - Is Porzingis the most important player this year?
Mavs Monday features a media interview with Kristaps Porzinigs and the changes for the upcoming NBA season.
Mavs Rookies on Display In Win Over Bucks, 112 - 102
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| Drew Hinton/Dallas Mavericks |
The Dallas Mavericks beat the Milwaukee Bucks to open the NBA preseason 112-102. Two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 25 points. Maxi Kleber led the Mavericks with 13 points.
National Showcase Bowl Series Will Be LIVE
You can watch the National Showcase Bowl Series LIVE right here on NTXGame.com
Should Mavs Fans Really Be Excited?
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| Jalen Brunson, Luka Doncic, and Rick Carlisle. Photo credit Jerome Miron |
As a fan first, even I sipped the kool-aid of what adding two young accomplished players with Dennis Smith, Harrison Barnes, and Dirk Nowitzki to the starting five could give the Mavs the fractional chance of having a winning season and getting back to the playoffs. Boston was able to do it young talent. Utah and Philadelphia both were lead by young, rookie talent.
For full disclosure, I was content knowing that Dallas would select the freakish Mo Bamba from Texas, by way of Harlem, New York. I was set that we would do the obvious and select this kid on pure upside alone. If he could become an outside shooter with inside presence, we would have a building block piece with Dennis Smith for a fastbreak offense.
I also relegated that with the pick of Bamba, our best hope was to get back in the NBA lottery next year and add young talent to a young roster. But, it typical Mavs fashion, we tend to think we are only one or two players away from winning. This was clearly a last attempt to use the 40-year old legs of Dirk to carry our hopes in the playoffs. The additions of two young accomplished rookies, one budding star, with a hall-a-fame coach and hall-of-fame player, are just enough to get MFFL's excited. Perhaps, too excited.
Let's let the excite prevail for a minute. If the Mavs want to make a run this upcoming season it will take some obvious gambles in free agency? DeMarcus Cousins, returning from a ruptured Achilles, or DeAndre Jordan or Dwight Howard, may not interest you at all if you have the future of the franchise in mind. It will take a lot of money to woo any free agent to come here, especially any current or past All-Star. Yet, the Mavs front office will not have the same reservations as us fans.
There is no doubt that the Mavs will pay top dollar for any of those three players. The other option is to offer Houston Rockets stand out Clint Capela a huge offer with the hopes that it will not be matched by his current employer. After all, they have to re-sign Chris Paul and woo LeBron, perhaps. Dallas area native Julius Randle has become a name to look for if the Lakers become the landing spot for two max players to join forces.
Either way, Cuban has the cap space to spend so he will spend if it offers him the chance to get back in the playoffs one more year with Dirk.
This "all in" strategy has its own share of consequences. In order to move up in the draft to acquire their next foreign superstar, we gave up next year's first-round pick unless we finish near the bottom of a bottomless league. Tanking in the NBA to get a top-5 pick has become an art form. This is the most heated race of the year, not getting a top 5 playoff seed.
Here lies the proverbial line in the sand for us. Do you want them to win at all costs? A nod to the aggressive nature we have been groomed to accept from a franchise that wouldn't let a championship team have the chance to repeat simply because they wanted to be different.
Or, do you want to truly see the team rebuild? Are you comfortable with 33 win seasons, marketing around the inevitable departure of Nowitzki, and the promise of a process?
The truth is I haven't decided myself. I suspect other Mav's fans feel the same way.
2017 UIL Texas State 6A High School Football Championship Broadcast
ALLEN VS LAKE TRAVIS 3:00PM CST
WACO MIDWAY VS CY-FAIR 7:00PM CST
DFW 6A High School Football Rankings Week 2
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| DeSoto Eagles still ranked #1. |
Our weekly 6A DFW Area High School Rankings for Week 2 are here folks! Did we get it right?
1. DeSoto (1-0)
2. Allen (1-0)
3. Duncanville (1-0)
4. Sachse (1-0)
5. Southlake Carroll (1-0)
6. Rockwall (1-0)
7. Coppell (1-0)
8. Arlington Martin (1-0)
9. Mansfield (1-0)
10. Denton Guyer (1-0)
11. Plano (1-0)
12. Flowermound Marcus (1-0)
13. Cedar Hill (0-1)
14. Euless Trinity (0-1)
15. Jesuit (0-1)
16. Rockwall Heath (1-0)
17. Hebron (0-1)
18. Arlington (1-0)
19. Mesquite Horn (1-0)
20. Arlington Bowie (0-1)
2. Allen (1-0)
3. Duncanville (1-0)
4. Sachse (1-0)
5. Southlake Carroll (1-0)
6. Rockwall (1-0)
7. Coppell (1-0)
8. Arlington Martin (1-0)
9. Mansfield (1-0)
10. Denton Guyer (1-0)
11. Plano (1-0)
12. Flowermound Marcus (1-0)
13. Cedar Hill (0-1)
14. Euless Trinity (0-1)
15. Jesuit (0-1)
16. Rockwall Heath (1-0)
17. Hebron (0-1)
18. Arlington (1-0)
19. Mesquite Horn (1-0)
20. Arlington Bowie (0-1)
DeSoto Head Coach Peterman Show Episode 1
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| DeSoto Eagles head coach Todd Peterman set to open the season. |
MAVERICKS SIGN CENTER NERLENS NOEL
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| Nerlens Noel will remain in Dallas for one more year. Photo credit: Scout.com |
MAVERICKS SIGN CENTER NERLENS NOEL
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed center Nerlens Noel. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Noel (6-11, 220), who was acquired by the Mavericks from the Philadelphia 76ers in a trade-deadline deal on Feb. 23, averaged 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 1.0 steal, 1.1 blocks and 21.9 minutes in 22 games (12 starts) with Dallas last year.
For the 2016-17 season, Noel posted averages of 8.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.0 assist, 1.3 steals, 1.0 block and 20.5 minutes in 51 games (19 starts) with Philadelphia and Dallas.
The three-year veteran out of Kentucky holds career averages of 10.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.5 blocks and 27.6 minutes in 193 games (152 starts) with the Sixers and the Mavericks. He has shot 51.1 percent from the floor for his career.
A native of Malden, Mass., Noel was originally selected by the New Orleans Pelicans with the sixth overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. His rights were later traded to Philadelphia along with a future first-round pick in exchange for Jrue Holiday and Pierre Jackson.
As a rookie in 2014-15, Noel averaged 9.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.8 steals, 1.9 blocks and 30.8 minutes per game in 75 games (71 starts) while garnering NBA All-Rookie First Team honors.
In his lone season at Kentucky (2012-13), Noel averaged 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 2.1 steals, 4.4 blocks and 31.9 minutes en route to earning First Team All-SEC, SEC Defensive Player of the Year and SEC Rookie of the Year honors. On Jan. 29, 2013, Noel set the UK single-game record with 12 blocked shots in a victory over No. 16 Ole Miss.
Noel suffered a torn ACL in a game against the Florida Gators on Feb. 12, 2013, ending his 2012-13 season. Despite the injury, Noel declared for the 2013 NBA Draft following his freshman year. He missed the entire 2013-14 NBA season recovering from knee surgery.
The 23-year-old was the top-rated player by both ESPNU recruiting and Scout.com coming out of high school and was rated the second-best prospect by Rivals.com
The Mavericks’ 2017-18 training camp roster is now set at 20 players.
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