Dirk Nowitzki News

This year is the 12th time the Dallas Mavericks have been involved in the NBA Draft lottery, which started in 1985.

The Dallas Mavericks ended their streak of 12-straight appearances in the NBA Playoffs this season as their run to try and capture the eighth-seed in the Western Conference fell short.

Dirk Nowitzki 's intention to take a "significant pay cut" next summer will be part of the Mavericks ' sales pitch in July as they attempt to sign a superstar in free agency.

The Mavericks missed the playoffs this season for the first time in 13 years, and if we've learned anything from Mark Cuban over time, it's that mediocrity in Dallas won't be tolerated for very long at all.

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Mark Cuban has always been one to think outside the box. On Monday, the billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner took to his blog to announce that he's looking to redesign the Mavs' uniforms for the 2015-16 season, and he wants to crowd-source a design from the public.

On Saturday, I wrote an article explaining why the Chicago Bulls might play things conservatively over the course of the next year as far as free agency and potential trades are concerned, and it had everything to do with maintaining cap space for the unbelievably stacked free agency class of 2014.

It's no secret that the Dallas Mavericks need to revamp their lineup. Dirk Nowitzki is getting older and, although he's still a really good player, Dallas needs to start looking at younger superstars to add on their roster.

After a 41-41 season, the Dallas Mavericks found themselves in an unfamiliar place in 2013 - out of the postseason.

Dirk Nowitzki: Another big European stiff. That's what they said about Dirk Nowitzki when the big German was drafted in 1998 and immediately traded by Milwaukee to the Mavericks for Robert "Tractor" Traylor.

ESPN 1500 in Minnesota reports that the Minnesota Timberwolves might target free-agent G O.J. Mayo this summer.

The Dallas Mavericks will be looking to restructure their roster during the off-season after they failed to make the NBA Playoffs in the 2012-2013 season.

A LOOK AT 5 PROSPECTS THE MAVERICKS COULD TAKE AT NO. 13 IN THE NBA DRAFT/ After an up and down season that saw the Mavs miss the playoffs for the first time since Mark Cuban has taken over as the owner, Dallas must now turn its attention to free agency and the draft.

As the position evaluation moves on, we land at the power forward spot. Needless to say, the Mavs haven't had to worry about filling this position in terms of a starter for an entire season for a long time.

The Mavericks may not have been known as a defense-first team during their 12-year playoff run, but they always managed to do enough on that side to supplement their high-powered offense.

Back in September , we profiled Roddy B, the enigmatic, formerly untouchable, perpetual tease from Guadalupe.

Not in the small-birds-could-live-in-there quantity that his facial hair grew to during the Mavericks' vow to not shave during the season until they got back to .500. But there was significant growth.

Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki raises his MVP trophy followed by teammates Jason Terry and Tyson Chandler as they exit the charter with owner Mark Cuban carrying the Larry O'Brien trophy after the team's arrival at Love Field in Dallas, Monday, June 13, 2011.

Was a bit disturbed the other day to hear Mark Cuban offer this statement to our friends over at the Two Man Game in response to a question about whether the Mavs failure to go after guys like Goran Dragic last summer is something they might try to redress this summer: ""We don't try to win the summer.

As the NBA playoffs dribble into the second round to the inevitable Miami Heat slobberfest brought to you by ESPN, we here in the greatness that is Fort Worth/Dallas are left to our YouTube highlights of that fun title run.