Shawn Marion News

The red carpets were flying on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, May 26, day two of the Memorial Day Weekend.

It is no secret that Lamar Odom 's value suffered heavily this season. After taking offense to his inclusion in a possible trade out of LA, he himself requested to be separated from the Los Angeles Lakers .

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

The defending champs from Dallas had one of the worst title defenses of the last few decades, being swept in the first round by the Zombie Sonics.

As you can read below, a couple of articles came out today, including this one by Royce Young and this one by Sam Amick , quoting an anonymous source who is pretty sure Deron wants to stay in Brooklyn, and that the Lakers are on the list, too.

I'm not sure what these "voters" were watching. Maybe just passing through their TV and caught a few SportsCenter highlights.

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

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

Dirk Nowitzki - B - After beginning the season completely out of shape and out of sorts, Dirk played his way back into shape and became the player the Mavericks need every season to have a chance at postseason glory.

By Reginald McIntyre Jr NBA Writer Rick Carlisle and the Dallas Mavericks have agreed to a new contract that will keep their head coach intact until at least the 2015-2016 NBA season.

With the release of Tyson Chandler, Caron Butler, DeShawn Stevenson and J.J. Barea prior to the start of the 2011-2012 season, coupled with the acquisition, and later release, of Lamar Odom, it's easy to get confused as to what the intentions of this season were for Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks.

In some ways 2011-12 was a very disappointing season for the Dallas Mavericks. After all, they were the defending NBA champions and they were swept out of the playoffs in the first round.

While most of the buzz around the Mavs' 2012 free agency surrounds Deron Williams , it is painfully clear that Dallas needs more production from the center spot.

In the first of our series of looks at how the Toronto Raptors ' compare to this year's playoff teams, the HQ's Scott Campsall looks at how the Dinos match up against the first club that was knocked out of this year's dance, the defending champion Dallas Mavericks .

Despite all of the injuries sustained by franchises already booted in the first round, and those strongly predicted to taste defeat soon, there have been emerging questions brought upon by those absences and the shift of spotlight.

In what I am deeming as divine action rather than a simple coincidence, the pilot episode of FX's 'Sons of Anarchy' appeared on my DVR the night before the Dallas Mavericks would see their season come to a crashing end by losing Game Four against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

James Harden scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter as Oklahoma City rallied for a 103-97 victory Saturday night to sweep the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks out of the playoffs.

Since before the 2012 NBA season began, we've become accustomed to hearing rampant speculation connecting Deron Williams and the Dallas Mavericks .

It wasn't until late June before Mark Cuban, who went into a self-imposed cone of silence, opened his mouth, a time of unprecedented restraint that took everyone in basketball by surprise, even the NBA's front office.

Looking To Coach: A The end of the line for any NBA coach is tough. What tends to start as promise and upside usually ends in finger pointing and disappointment.