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Dallas Mavericks & Houston Rockets Make Offers to Chandler Parsons & Dirk Nowitzki
An interesting move by the Dallas Mavericks – signing Chandler Parsons to an offer sheet which forces the Houston Rockets to match it in three days led to a reply from their Texas rivals, who made a max contract offer to Dirk Nowitzki, who isn’t planning on playing anywhere or for anyone but for the Mavs.
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NBA Rumors: Dallas Mavericks Feel Dirk Nowitzki & Carmelo Anthony Can Co-Exist
The 2013-2014 NBA season is officially over, so it’s time for the rumor mill to hit high gear. No one is mentioned as often in connection with potential offseason moves as much as Carmelo Anthony. The Dallas Mavericks believe they have a good shot at landing him, and are using Dirk Nowitzki to do the pitching for them.
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Dallas Mavericks – Refusing to Follow the Script
The San Antonio Spurs are the better team and the number one seed. So what? The Dallas Mavericks aren’t in the playoffs just to provide some background for a championship bid from last year’s finalists, and another outstanding performance from Monta Ellis led the Mavs to a 113-111 win and yet another game 7 in a postseason that’s breaking quite a few records in terms of first round length.
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San Antonio Spurs – Back on the Righteous Path
The Dallas Mavericks deserve plenty of credit from turning their series against the San Antonio Spurs into much more than your normal #1 vs #8 first round playoff encounter. The Spurs still came away with the 93-89 win, barely, thanks to a big game from Manu Ginobili and the idiotic decision made by DeJuan Blair to kick Tiago Splitter in the head, resulting in his ejection.
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Dallas Mavericks – All the Right Moves
The Dallas Mavericks couldn’t get anything going against the San Antonio Spurs in the regular season, but come the playoffs and everything is different. They’ve taken a 2-1 lead with a 109-108 win, closing the victory with a game-winning 3-pointer from Vince Carter right after Manu Ginobili thought he had everything wrapped up for his own team.
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Mavericks Over Spurs – A Blowout No One Expected
Even the Dallas Mavericks, feeling very confident going into game 2 after letting a lead slip away from them in the series opener, didn’t expect to look so good and beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-92 to make it an even 1-1 behind big offensive nights from Shawn Marion and Monta Ellis, but more than anything the defensive adjustments from Rick Carlisle.
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Dallas Mavericks – Dirk Nowitzki Needs to Give Them More
Some might say this is the last chance for Dirk Nowitzki to make an impression in the postseason. The Dallas Mavericks need him to play like he is desperate if they actually want to put themsleves in a position to make this series longer than four or five games.
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Dallas Mavericks – Dirk Nowitzki, Back in the Playoffs
A year after bearding their way through the season and not making the playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks are back where they’re used to be, which means postseason basketball, following a 101-98 win over the Phoenix Suns after huge night from Monta Ellis who got plenty of help from Dirk Nowitzki.
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Dallas Mavericks – Dirk Nowitzki Paving His Way to the Hall of Fame
As if Dirk Nowitzki needed any more achievements or milestones to assert his place in the basketball hall of fame a few years from now, he led the Dallas Mavericks to a 95-83 win over the Utah Jazz while passing Oscar Robertson and move into 10th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
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Dallas Mavericks – Playoffs Not Getting Away
For the Dallas Mavericks, no slip up is affordable in the race to make the Western conference playoffs and they took a big step towards it with a 113-107 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, led by Dirk Nowitzki in an excellent performance, while their opponents find it difficult to keep players healthy, be it luck or something completely different.