NBA coaches often have varying goals in the preseason. For some, it's about building chemistry with a new team, perhaps learning new plays, players and tendencies. Other teams use exhibition games for conditioning purposes. So Coach Kidd decided to use Wednesday's preseason opener to get some of the guys just trying to make the team some extended run.
Jason Kidd raised the profile of the Dallas Mavericks in his first season as coach, and with a highly anticipated second season on the horizon, Coach Kidd is in high demand.
Since taking over as Head Coach of the Dallas Mavericks last summer, in his conversations with the team, Jason Kidd has preached two things: trust and belief in one another. Those two characteristics have become mantras of the Mavs, repeated ad nauseum throughout the season. On Thursday night in front [...]
Even coaches aren't immune to the latest wave of COVID-19 hitting NBA clubs this winter as the Omicron variant sweeps the U.S.
Wednesday night was a reunion of sorts for a team that shocked the world a little over 10 years ago, the 2011 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks. The group came together to honor its star: Dirk Nowitzki.
Through nine games this season, the Dallas Mavericks have played a bunch of nail biters resulting in wins, and been on the wrong side of a few long scores. On Monday night at home against the last place Pelicans, the Mavs finally flipped the script.
The Dallas Mavericks watched a 17-point halftime lead slip away on their home floor on Saturday night, but star Luka Doncic wasn't about to let the win slip away too. Despite three defenders in his face, Luka drained a high-arcing step-back three from the left wing as time expired, sending [...]
Jalen Brunson scored 31 points, including 13 of Dallas' 15 in the final four-plus minutes to guide the Mavs to their fifth win of the season, and a bounce back from Tuesday's loss to the Miami Heat, with a 109-108 victory over the Spurs in San Antonio on Wednesday night.
Things couldn't have gone much better for Coach Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks in their home opener on Tuesday night at American Airlines Center.
The Dallas Mavericks rebounded from a tough loss in their opener with a resounding win over the Toronto Raptors on the road Saturday night to give Jason Kidd his first official win as head coach of the Mavs.