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Bleacher Report ranked Cooper Flagg as the NBA’s best 19-year-old entering the 2026-27 season after the Dallas Mavericks star averaged 24.7 points per game over the closing stretch of his rookie year.

LOS ANGELES —Dwight Powell remains the most significant free-agent big man available to the Los Angeles Lakers, according to California Post reporter Khobi Price, a day after Los Angeles lost Jonathan Kuminga to the Minnesota Timberwolves on a two-year deal. Powell celebrated his 35th birthday in July and is currently...

DALLAS — Myles Turner has pledged $1 million to Empowering the Masses, a Dallas nonprofit that works on food insecurity, through his W.A.R.M. foundation. The pledge was announced Aug. 27. It is structured as a conditional distribution of $100,000 a year over the next 10 years. Turner was born in Bedford...

MANILA — Former Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said he would consider returning to an NBA bench at some point, in an interview with Rappler's Delfin Dioquino during his first trip to the Philippines. Kidd, 53, is in Manila for NBA House Philippines 2026, a free fan event running Saturday...

DALLAS — Expectations may not be very high for the Dallas Mavericks going into the 2026-27 season, but 2016 NBA champion Richard Jefferson isn't totally writing them off when it comes to the Western Conference postseason picture. Jefferson and his co-stars on the "Road Trippin' Show" recently made some early...

MANILA — Former Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd kept LeBron James, benched Luka Dončić, and cut Cooper Flagg when asked to sort the three in a start, bench, cut game during an interview with ALL-STAR Magazine released Thursday. Kidd wouldn't answer until he knew which James was on the table....

MANILA — Former Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd named LeBron James as the career comparison for Cooper Flagg during an interview with ALL-STAR Magazine released Thursday. Kidd coached Flagg for one season in Dallas. He also coached Luka Dončić for three and a half seasons before the February 2025 trade...

This NBA trade idea sends Kyrie Irving from the Dallas Mavericks to the Detroit Pistons and P.J. Washington from Dallas to the Golden State Warriors.

NEW YORK — The one-of-one Cooper Flagg Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card is going to auction. Fanatics Collect will offer the card in its September Premier Auction, which runs from Sept. 10 through Sept. 24. The card carries a PSA Gem Mint 10 grade. Jason Williams, the South Carolina collector...

Stephen Curry is expected to sign an extension with the Golden State Warriors once he becomes eligible on Saturday (8/29), according to Anthony Slater of ESPN. Curry will make $62.6 million next season in the final year of his contract. The future Hall of Famer is eligible for a two-year,...