Dirk Nowitzki News

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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and a cast of politicians, theater folk and friends gathered Friday evening to pay tribute to Jeff West, and they exhorted one another to work harder to improve Dallas in honor of the memory of Jeff West.

While this is not the type of title defense they were likely envisioning at the start of the season, it should have been expected after Mark Cuban sacrificed much of the roster to clear maximum cap space for this offseason.

A ton of variables may affect the free agency and trade possibilities for the Dallas Mavericks this offseason.

Q: We are heading into the time of year when many parts of the U.S. have blizzards.

Speculation of a big offseason acquisition this summer watered down the Dallas Mavericks ' chances to defend the title.

For the 12th straight season, Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki is on the All-NBA team.

It is not that hard to build an NBA championship-caliber roster*.A Take a look at the long history of the league and the teams that have held up the Larry O'Brien Trophy have plenty of lot of common themes in how they were assembled.A In order to win a ring, you need your superstars, defensive stoppers and your Brian Scalabrines.A Using last ... (more)

With the start of NBA free agency still over a month away, it's far too early to panic about the Dallas Mavericks off-season, but this Deron Williams quote in a recent SI.com piece by Sam Amick can't make Mavericks fans feel too good: The source said Williams' preference, however, is for the Nets to improve the roster sufficiently enough that he ... (more)

Twenty Mavs fans won an online auction and a chance to meet Dirk Nowitzki in the Mavs locker room! Thanks to the winning bidders, Kroger customers and a donation by Dirk himself, $47,240 was raised for the North Texas Food Bank's Food 4 Kids program.

The Oklahoma City Thunder swept the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki in the first round of the playoffs.

Playoff basketball is on every night now, but it's not quite the same as watching the Mavericks play.

Warriors David Lee attempts to shoot the ball over Dirk Nowitzki and Ian Mahinmi of the Dallas Mavericks on April 12, 2012 at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

We all know Dirk Nowitzki is an outstanding player and he validated his ticket to the Hall of Fame when the Mavericks won the NBA Championship in 2011.

With the 2012 NBA Draft just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to put together the best starting lineup the Toronto Raptors could have currently, had they picked the best player available every time they drafted.

The Oklahoma City Thunder's James Harden was awarded the Sixth Man of the Year award last week and joined the ranks of some of the best players of all time who just happened to come off the bench.

Welcome to the Gallery of Shame, one of my weekly columns along with Stat Central and Building the Perfect NBA Player , in which I scour the Internet for the most odd, creepy and strange pictures from this week in the NBA .

It has now been just over a week since the 2011 NBA Champions were swept unceremoniously out of the first round.

Just a day after the Dallas Mavericks negotiated a new 4-year contract with coach Rick Carlisle, he checked in with 105.3 The Fan's RAGE to talk about staying in Dallas and the future of the Mavs.

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