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Klay Thompson has entered a phase of his career where the games matter, but the teaching might matter even more. And on Saturday night at Intuit Dome — after waking up expecting to sit, then erupting for 17 fourth-quarter points to lift the Dallas Mavericks past the LA Clippers —...

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg packed a weekend’s worth of NBA history into two nights in Los Angeles, turning a back-to-back against the Lakers and Clippers into a defining early chapter of his rookie season. On Friday, the 18-year-old became the youngest player in league history to record 10 assists,...

The Dallas Mavericks arrived at Intuit Dome battered, undermanned and dealing with one of their strangest pre-game sequences of the season. They left with a season-saving win powered by an 18-year-old who keeps rewriting the record books. Cooper Flagg scored 35 points, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to...

The Dallas Mavericks will be without six rotation players Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, a stretch of absences that will again force head coach Jason Kidd to reconfigure his lineup and lean heavily on inexperienced groups. Anthony Davis, who made his return Friday after missing a month with...

The Dallas Mavericks came close to finally stacking wins together, but a late push wasn’t enough in a 102-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. Dallas fell to 5-13 after missing a chance to win consecutive games for the first time this season, overshadowing a 22-point performance from...

An NBA trade idea sending Anfernee Simons to the Dallas Mavericks, Daniel Gafford to the Boston Celtics and Klay Thompson to the Brooklyn Nets has been created. NBA writer Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea: Dallas Mavericks get: Anfernee Simons (from Celtics), Haywood Highsmith (from Nets)...

An NBA executive told DallasHoopsJournal that he expects the Dallas Mavericks to trade Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, D'Angelo Russell and Daniel Gafford. The Mavericks are expected to overhaul their roster after firing general manager Nico Harrison. Davis, Thompson and Gafford can be traded at any point. Meanwhile, Russell can't be...

Anthony Davis and Klay Thompson both understand that there's a high chance the Dallas Mavericks trade them, sources told DallasHoopsJournal. The Mavericks are widely expected to trade Davis and Thompson after firing general manager Nico Harrison. Davis is making $54.1 million this season, while Thompson is making $16.7 million. Neither...

Klay Thompson didn’t finish the game on the floor, didn’t play in overtime, and logged only three minutes in the fourth quarter. But during the first three quarters of Dallas’ 138–133 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Thompson gave the Mavericks exactly what they needed: stability, spacing, and a veteran...

Before Cooper Flagg delivered one of the most composed second halves of his young NBA career, before he powered the Dallas Mavericks’ 138–133 overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers with poise beyond his 18 years, he spent most of the first two quarters fighting frustration. Flagg attempted just three...