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• NBA Hall of Famer Steve Nash joins Amazon Prime's NBA broadcast team alongside Dirk Nowitzki, Blake Griffin: Report

Hall of Fame point guard Steve Nash will take on a new role in media as he joins Amazon Prime's NBA broadcast team next season....2025
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• Steve Nash Hired By Amazon, Not Looking For Return To Coaching

Steve Nash has signed on to join Amazon Prime's NBA broadcast team for the 25-26 season, marking the network's first year of coverage under its new 11-year, $20 billion rights deal with the league. Nash will work across both studio and game coverage beginning in October, joining a team that already includes studio host Taylor Rooks and analysts Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin, who were announced a...2025
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• Stan Van Gundy Hired By Amazon As Game Analyst

Amazon has hired Stan Van Gunde to be a game analyst as they acquire media rights to the NBA. Van Gundy will join Ian Eagle, who has been designed as its No. 1 play-by-play announcer. Amazon has also shown interest in Richard Jefferson who is now part of ESPN's No. 1 crew with Mike Green and Doris Burke. Dwyane Wade and Steve Nash are also candidates for analyst roles with Amazon. Taylor Rooks, Di...2025
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• The cold-blooded firing that drove Dirk Nowitzki away from Mavericks

The Luka Doncic trade was not a standalone instance of Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison betraying those in the organization....2025
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• Nico Harrison ‘Drove Away’ Dirk Nowitzki Before Luka Doncic Relationship Soured
Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison made decisions which forced Dirk Nowitzki to distance himself from the franchise. This was well before Luka Doncic was traded. In an ESPN exclusive, insider Tim MacMahon detailed how Harrison firing Casey Smith, Mavs director of health and performance, in the summer of 2023 was a clear inflection point […] The post Nico Harrison ‘Drove Awa...2025
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• Report: Nico Harrison Fired Casey Smith While Smith Was Visiting His Dying Mother
According to NBA insider Tim MacMahon of ESPN, Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison fired Casey Smith while Smith was visiting his dying mother. Smith was the Mavericks’ director of health and performance. He had a close relationship with Dirk Nowitzki and Luka Doncic. “A few days after returning to Dallas’ Love Field from the Hall […] The post Report: Nico Harriso...2025
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• Nico Harrison's Friction With Luka Doncic's Camp Contributed To Mavs' Trade Decision

The friction between Nico Harrison and his front office against Luka Doncic's camp factored into the decision made by the Dallas Mavericks to trade him to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell ESPN. One of the first fractures came when Harrison fired Casey Smith, who joined the Mavericks in 2004 as head athletic trainer and eventually became the team's director of health and performance. The reaso...2025
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• The Cowboys are the biggest winner of the Luka Doncic trade

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Mavericks debacles shows incompetence is bigger in Texas. There’s no greater gift for a sports organization than a distraction when times are bad, and the Cowboys should be sending a gift basket to the Mavericks. The weekend trade of superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers was so hamfisted, so incompetent, so mind-boggling stupid that it made every...2025
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• Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Prop Betting Odds Courtesy Of BetOnline
Here's a look at betting odds for the upcoming fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson on Netflix. BetOnline has released some fun prop betting odds for the upcoming fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson on November 15. Prop bets include such fun statements as what will Mike Tyson say after the fight and if that phrase will be, "Nintendo." President-elect Donald Trump is also favored to be in att...2024
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• What Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and an ESPN film can teach us about basketball and rhythm

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images ‘Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience’ reminds us that rhythm and basketball are endlessly intertwined. Rhythm is everywhere. In the wind blowing the leaves around in your backyard, the chatter of a toddler, a child singing to herself, the waves crashing on the beach — and all over sports. The rhythmic back-and-forth of a tennis match. The rhythm of fe...2024
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images A look back through NBA history will reveal that there is deeper context for almost every NBA championship, making the asterisk discussion stupid (at least in its current form). Asterisks are wonderful things. With a simple little star after any word, one is enabled to write outrageous things all over the internet while maintaining plausib...2024
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• Joel Embiid’s decision to play for USA and not Cameroon has no room for criticism

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Who Embiid plays for at the Olympics has become the stupidest internet argument. The 2024 Olympic games in Paris is going to be a statement for Team USA men’s basketball. Years of hearing how the “world is catching up” and one year removed from a pathetic fourth place showing at the FIBA World Cup has lit a fire under the United State to prove ...2024
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• 3 reasons Mavericks can win NBA Finals over Boston Celtics

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Mavericks are the underdog in the NBA Finals, but there’s still a pathway to a championship. For most of this season, the Dallas Mavericks looked like they didn’t have enough talent around Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to breakthrough in a loaded Western Conference. That all changed at the Feb. 8 trade deadline, when Dallas — sitting at No. 8 in the W...2024
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• Serge Ibaka was an NBA pioneer, on and off the court

Photo by Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images Will Serge Ibaka be remembered for basketball, scarves or getting Kawhi Leonard to eat beef penis pizza? Only time will tell. Napoleon Bonaparte carved Europe into one of the largest empires the world has ever seen. He ended the terror of the French Revolution. He implemented a code of law still used in parts of the world, such as the Canadian pro...2023
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• Cowboys news: Dallas offensive line will depend on moves at tackle
Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images The latest news on the Dallas Cowboys. Open Market: Shopping for Cowboys OTs in 2023 - DallasCowboys.com , Patrik Walker Jason Peters has proven to be able to do whatever the Cowboys ask of him, but will it guarantee a playing spot next year? FRISCO, TX — One of the biggest question marks surrounding the Dallas Cowboys a year ago was the direction of their o...2023
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• Dirk Nowitzki won't rule out return next season
It seems like a given that Dirk Nowitzki is playing out the final season of his storied professional career, which has been spent entirely with the Dallas Mavericks. However, after the All-Star Game on Sunday Nowitzki was asked about whether new teammate Kristaps Porzingis has tried to convince him to come back next season, and his answer was revealing. “Briefly, but I’m going to make that decisio...2019
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• Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Prop Betting Odds Courtesy Of BetOnline
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• Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat Keep Evolving Together in Order to Breed Success
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• Kristaps Porzingis on Knicks Fans, Vegas, NBA Idols and Life in the U.S.
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• DeAndre Jordan to Mavericks: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Warriors Players Celebrate NBA Title with 15-Liter, $12K Bottle of Champagne
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"Fans parading coffins and creatively constructed signs around their beloved Dirk Nowitzki statue are being joined outside by those who tried to go to the game, but got thrown out of the stadium for screaming “FIRE NICO” on the Jumbotron."

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"Dirk Nowitzki, NBA World Go Bonkers As Luka Doncic Scores 73 Points vs. Hawks"

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"The 2006-2007 season was one of the best of Dirk Nowitzki’s career, but the Dallas Mavericks legend says it hardly felt that way at the time."

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"Mavericks to unveil statue for Dirk Nowitzki before Christmas Day game vs. Lakers"

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"[…] The post LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and the toughest NBA titles stars have won since 2000 appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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"Also, will Luka Doncic have the better career than Dirk Nowitzki?"

2019
"LeBron and the Miami Heat were defeated by Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks in a big upset"

2018
"Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony became the 21st player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points on Saturday against the Pistons, joining LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki as active players to hit the mark."

2017
"The post WATCH: Vince Carter Blocks Dirk Nowitzki’s Fadeaway appeared first on SLAMonline."

2016
"The NBA has five players who have been with their current teams for at least 13 years, and besides Bryant and Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, the Spurs have the other three: Tim Duncan (18 years), Tony Parker (14), and Manu Ginobili (13)."

2015
"Just seven other players amassed more win shares than Wade during that time: LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Chauncey Billups, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Steve Nash."

2014
"Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki are the exceptions, though neither has risen to the level of worldwide popularity and unmitigated scrutiny that Bryant has both enjoyed and put up with throughout his time playing professional basketball."

• The Mavericks can’t undo the Luka trade, but they could try not salting the wound

Photo by Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Mavericks’ tone-deaf response to the Luka Doncic trade could use some adjustments, and we have a few suggestions Let’s check on Dallas Mavericks fans. In the wake of the earth-shattering Luka Doncic trade, things could be…uh, going better. Fans parading coffins and creatively constructed signs around their beloved Dirk Nowitzki st...2025
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• What Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and an ESPN film can teach us about basketball and rhythm
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• Dirk Nowitzki admitted it ‘would’ve been fun’ to stay in Milwaukee after 1998 draft
Yes, Dirk Nowitzki spent his entire 21-year NBA career in Dallas and it is clear that this partnership ended up being pretty great, especially considering he conquered a league championship and eventually earned a Hall of Fame induction. However, ever wondered what would’ve happened if the German had stayed in Milwaukee? Let’s just try and […] The post Dirk Nowitzki admitted it ...2024
• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history
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• Joel Embiid’s decision to play for USA and not Cameroon has no room for criticism
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• 3 reasons Mavericks can win NBA Finals over Boston Celtics
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• Chris Paul, the NBA’s mercenary fixer, is ready for another postseason run

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Chris Paul enters another postseason run with the Golden State Warriors ready to yell, scream and execute his way as far as he can, even if it is (again) unlikely to end in a championship. People are incomprehensible. A basketball play is a simple thing, with simple objectives. You draw up a plan and you execute. You teach fundamentals, principles t...2024
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• Serge Ibaka was an NBA pioneer, on and off the court
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• Daily Dime: The Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic have silenced their doubters forever
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Michael Malone and the rest of the Nuggets have made sure no one can ever question their championship credentials again. Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared on Marc Stein’s Substack and is syndicated with permission by SB Nation. To subscribe to Marc’s Substack, sign up here: 1. No doubting Denver anymore There ...2023
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• Harrison Barnes survived years of losing to help teach the Kings how to win
Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images Former NBA champion Harrison Barnes providing leadership for the surging Kings as they head into the NBA playoffs for the first time in nearly two decades. The news of Harrison Barnes being traded came in the middle of a game, trickling down from Twitter to the bench in a real-time game of telephone. Cameras caught the moment it hit Barnes that h...2023
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• Kevin Durant Becomes Eighth Player In NBA History To Score 30,000 Points

Kevin Durant became the eighth player in NBA history to score 30,000 points on Tuesday night, hitting the mark in the Phoenix Suns' 119-112 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. The 36-year-old forward reached the point total with a free throw in the third quarter. Durant was most recently voted to his 15th All-Star Game. Durant joins LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael J...2025
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• Luka Dončić drops 14 points in Lakers debut vs. Jazz as Dirk Nowitzki watches in support

Lakers fans welcomed Luka Dončić with open arms on Monday night....2025
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• Luka Dončić drops 14 points in Lakers debut as Dirk Nowitzki watches in support

Lakers fans welcomed Luka Dončić with open arms on Monday night....2025
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history
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• 3 reasons Mavericks can win NBA Finals over Boston Celtics
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• Chris Paul, the NBA’s mercenary fixer, is ready for another postseason run
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• Victor Wembanyama is unlike anything the NBA has seen before

Photo by Jim Poorten/NBAE via Getty Images Wembanyama is the NBA’s newest game-changer. You get a surreal sensation when witnessing something you’ve truly never seen before. It’s simultaneously awe-inducing and confounding, tearing apart our expectations and asking us to process how to make sense of what we’ve witnessed. Never before have we seen anyone in the NBA like the San Antonio Spu...2023
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• Daily Dime: The Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic have silenced their doubters forever
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• NBA Finals predictions: Nuggets vs. Heat expert picks for NBA championship
Photo by Eric Espada/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s make predictions for Heat vs. Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Finals. No one could have predicted the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat would be the last two teams standing in the 2023 NBA Finals when the playoffs began. Denver and Miami came from opposite ends of the bracket — the Nuggets as the No. 1 seed in the West, the Heat as the No. 8 and final s...2023
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• Harrison Barnes survived years of losing to help teach the Kings how to win
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• Report: Nico Harrison Fired Casey Smith While Smith Was Visiting His Dying Mother
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• Dirk Nowitzki Gets Honest About Mark Cuban’s Role in Luka Doncic Trade
Even though Mark Cuban publicly stated he would sooner divorce his wife than trade Luka Doncic, the former happened. Although Cuban isn’t in charge of basketball operations at the Mavericks anymore, and he made that very clear following the trade, Dallas legend Dirk Nowitzki doesn’t think Cuban’s off the hook completely. “I don’t think he […] The post Dirk Nowitzki Gets Hon...2025
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• The Mavericks can’t undo the Luka trade, but they could try not salting the wound
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• Mark Cuban Urged Nico Harrison To Not Trade Luka Doncic

Mark Cuban urged Nico Harrison to not trade Luka Doncic to the Lakers, sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Stein adds that by the time that Cuban found out about the deal, Harrison had already verbally agreed to the trade with the Lakers. It was reported that Harrison operated in stealth due to potential backlash from the Mavs fanbase. Cuban also reportedly told Doncic for years that he wa...2025
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• The Cowboys are the biggest winner of the Luka Doncic trade
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• What Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and an ESPN film can teach us about basketball and rhythm
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• Joel Embiid’s decision to play for USA and not Cameroon has no room for criticism
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• 3 reasons Mavericks can win NBA Finals over Boston Celtics
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• Chris Paul, the NBA’s mercenary fixer, is ready for another postseason run
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• Victor Wembanyama is unlike anything the NBA has seen before
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• Can the NBA Ever Replace Kobe Bryant?
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• Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat Keep Evolving Together in Order to Breed Success
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• Michael Jordan Comments on Shortening NBA Season and Game Length
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• Dirk Nowitzki's Career Deserves Better Ending Than Dallas Mavericks Can Provide
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• Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Willing to Play Kevin Durant 1-on-1 for All-Star Spot
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• Kobe Bryant Comments on Difference Between His Contract and Tim Duncan's
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• Hassan Whiteside Has Gone from Novelty to Necessity for Miami Heat
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• Dirk Nowitzki Considers Kobe Bryant the Best Player of His Generation
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• Dirk Nowitzki's Career Deserves Better Ending Than Dallas Mavericks Can Provide
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• Though Enticing, Rajon Rondo of Today an Investment Lakers Lucky Not to Make
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• The Mavericks can’t undo the Luka trade, but they could try not salting the wound
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• The Cowboys are the biggest winner of the Luka Doncic trade
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• Get to know Teresa Weatherspoon, Phil Handy, and the other 4 Unrivaled coaches

Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/NBAE via Getty Images Everything you need to know about the six head coaches who will lead Unrivaled clubs this winter. Unrivaled — the new 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league — launches next Friday, Jan. 17 in Miami. 36 of the best players in the WNBA will be participating, including Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart (the league’s two co-founders),...2025
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• Dirk Nowitzki, Blake Griffin Added To Amazon's NBA Studio Coverage

Amazon has added Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin to its NBA studio coverage starting next season, sources told Andrew Marchand of The Athletic. Nowitzki and Griffin will join host Taylor Rooks in its studio coverage. Ian Eagle will be Amazon's lead play-by-play announcer. Amazon is also reportedly in talks with Dwyane Wade over a role in the studio or in-game....2025
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• Dirk Nowitzki Set To Join Amazon As Broadcaster

Dirk Nowtizki is set join Amazon Prime Video's coverage of the NBA starting next season. Nowitzki retired from the NBA in 2019 after spending his entire career with the Dallas Mavericks. Ian Eagle is reportedly going to join Amazon as their lead play-by-play announcer....2024
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• Kevin Durant’s longtime trainer will coach these 5 WNBA stars this winter

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Adam Harrington, a former NBA player and longtime Brooklyn Nets assistant, is one of six head coaches headed to Miami for Unrivaled in January. Over a decade ago, basketball trainer Adam Harrington began a long relationship with Kevin Durant. Durant was in the midst of an MVP season on the Oklahoma City Thunder — and Harrington was one of...2024
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• Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Prop Betting Odds Courtesy Of BetOnline
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• LeBron James Believed To Prefer Retirement Tour Exit From NBA Over Offseason Announcement

When LeBron James is ready to step away from the game of basketball, ESPN's Dave McMenamin reports he expects it to be announced before he plays his final games in the NBA. In recent years, all-time greats such as Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki announced their plans to retire well in advance, while Tim Duncan waited until shortly after his final season to make his announcement. "I mean LeBron signe...2024
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history
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• 3 reasons Mavericks can win NBA Finals over Boston Celtics
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• Mavs star Luka Doncic reaches Dirk Nowitzki level after magical buzzer-beater vs. Celtics
It’s long been known that Luka Doncic is set to be Dirk Nowitzki’s successor in Dallas. The two are Europeans drafted by the Mavs to be the franchise cornerstone, and so far, the Slovenian phenom has lived up to expectations. Luka-mania has captivated the hearts of Mavericks fans everywhere, as Doncic has led the team […] The post Mavs star Luka Doncic reaches Dirk Nowitzki level...2021
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• Paul Pierce takes savage shot at ex-Celtic while dishing on arguments with Danny Ainge
Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce sat down with Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix in an intriguing tell-all befitting of his nickname ‘The Truth’. The Celtics icon dished on a handful of topics, including the whole livestream video scandal that got him kicked off of ESPN as well as his past desire to join Dirk Nowitzki on […] The post Paul Pierce takes savage shot at ex-Cel...2021
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• Mavericks don’t use scandals as excuse for poor play vs. Lakers

“Once you’re out there, you don’t necessarily really think about what is going on off the floor." —Dirk Nowitzki...2018
• Dirk Nowitzki on Mavericks sexual harassment allegations: “It’s very disappointing. It’s heartbreaking.”

Dirk Nowitzki is the face of the Dallas Mavericks franchise, the best player in Dallas history, the future Hall of Famer who led them to a title. Nowitzki was not named in the bombshell story detailing sexual harassment in the Mavericks’ workplace, nor were any of the players, coaching staff, or basketball operations people. It was...2018
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• Dirk Nowitzki ‘disgusted’ by Mavericks allegations
Dirk Nowitzki had a strong reaction to the allegations made about the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.SI published an article detailing the hostile workplace the Mavericks harbored over the past two decades. The article describes the team’s former CEO as serial sexual harasser; says the team’s website reporter is a repeat woman beater; and they say the team’s human resources head was dismissive ...2018
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• Nobody Compares to Stephen Curry in the Clutch, at Any Position
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• Bleacher Report's Official 2015-16 NBA All-Star Ballot
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• Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat Keep Evolving Together in Order to Breed Success
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• NBA Insider: Iceman to Klay Thompson: Nice Shooting, Kid, but Record Still Mine
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