Dirk Nowitzki News

If this off-season has proved anything to the Mavericks, it's that there is never a shortage of players who can fill out a roster.

Clippers center Chris Kaman could be headed to Beijing to compete in this summer's Olympics -- as a German.

Diop agreed Wednesday to a $31 million, five-year contract with the Mavericks, according to a person close to the negotiations who requested anonymity because NBA rules prevent the deal from being signed until ...

Dirk Nowitzki has been chasing an Olympic dream since he was a 10-year-old boy and has not lost sight of his ambition even though he is now one of the top players in the NBA.

It's been reported in the Dallas Morning News that Charles Rhodes will join the Dallas Mavericks summer league team in Las Vegas.

The story was relayed by someone close to Jason Kidd in New Jersey, where Kidd returned after the disappointing end to the Mavericks' 2007-08 season.

Jun. 27--Piano players are hot commodities for the Mavericks these days. With appealing chances to move up in the NBA draft lacking, the Mavericks spent Thursday night biding their time and finally took ...

Veteran sportswriter Mike Kahn is a frequent contributor to FOXSports.com. We could debate talent, chemistry and the legitimacy of the choices.

Sixteen years after the U.S. Dream Team initiated an Olympic and global basketball renaissance, and four years after the worst Olympic showing in U.S. history caused unprecedented self-examination, there is ...

Rick Carlisle clicked through pics from his big German vacation Friday morning, pausing intermittently to tell stories and explain what exactly I was looking at.

Rick Carlisle understands that no matter how the Mavericks fill out their roster around Dirk Nowitzki next season, their success starts with the 7-foot former MVP.

The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team, which will include Dallas Mavericks' guard Jason Kidd, is one of the top honors an athlete or coach can have, and former Mavs coach Don Nelson said Wednesday that it's a ...

Mark Cuban has been articulate and consistent in his criticism of an Olympic model he considers hypocritical.

Everyone seems to be talking about change these days. John McCain. Barack Obama.

No Dallas Mavericks player knows Rick Carlisle better than Jerry Stackhouse does.

Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson beat his protege, Mavericks coach Avery Johnson, in the first game of the teams' playoff series.

Squint hard enough and you can see these two in Mavericks' blue. Well, not really.

By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News esefko@dallasnews.com Rick Carlisle is headed to Germany this week to spend some quality time with Dirk Nowitzki, but Carlisle will be hard pressed to top the experience ...

Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki faked so many falls during this year's playoff series with the Hornets that fans at the Arena took to chanting: "Stop the flop! Stop the flop!" It was impossible to embarrass ...

For the past week, I've been mired in basketball history Web sites and chatting up the rest of the Statesman Journal on my latest whimsical project.