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Over the summer and throughout training camp, the Dallas Mavericks stressed the importance of roster depth.

Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images. "Let's be bad guys." -Jayne Cobb If last season's Mavs had one defining flaw, it would be their lack of a team identity.

The Mavericks got Tim Thomas back on Wednesday, and I can't stress how important this could be for them before the season is done.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 11 of his season-high 41 points in overtime, as the Dallas Mavericks edged the San Antonio Spurs, 99-94, at American Airlines Center.

An hour before his team was set to tip off a key Southwest Division game at American Airlines Center on Wednesday night, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was talking about the giant chemistry project he'd undertaken.

It's unlikely that Shawn Marion will play Wednesday night against the San Antonio Spurs because of a sprained left ankle.

The Mavericks had a static Monday in the hours leading up to their stirring overtime victory in Milwaukee.

How beautiful is youth! How bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a frie nd! a -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Winning isn't always pretty, but in games like the Mavs' win over the Pistons, you can always appreciate the little things.

Although the tactical details of basketball can be rather complicated, the underlying strategy is surprisingly simple.

Erick Dampier. An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, wrapped in a headband. No Mavs player has caused fans more disgust, delight, optimism and pessimism in the past five years.

Ankle injury sidelines Howard Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard, left, seen shooting over Toronto Raptors forward Amir Johnson last weekend, is sidelined with an ankle injury.

It is a general truism that every NBA player possesses at least one NBA skill. It didn't take long for Keith Bogans to discover his.

The reeling Minnesota Timberwolves hope to put the brakes on an ugly, eight-game skid without their best player when they host Dallas at Target Center on Friday.

The Mavericks ' inconsistent offense received a big boost Saturday night with the return of swingman Josh Howard .

For the second season in a row, the Mavericks made a trip to San Antonio when the Spurs were missing two prongs of their superstar tripod.

The Mavericks have slipped in ESPN.com's weekly NBA Power Rankings for the first time this season.

Dallas Mavericks players, Mavs owner Mark Cuban and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert got the voting started today for the upcoming 2010 NBA All-Star game, which will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Feb.

A tussle in Texas headlines the NBA schedule tonight as Houston travels north to take on Dallas with revenge on its mind.

The Mavericks have had it easy so far. Six games, 14 days? That's practically a vacation by NBA standards.

I'm officially off of the ledge. After an opening night loss that sent me into a spiral of shame and intravenous drug abuse, the Dallas Mavericks seem to be finally realizing their potential.