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DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks general manager Mike Schmitz said Friday the team has no timeline for hiring its next head coach and is focused on identifying the right traits before making the decision. Schmitz addressed the search during a roundtable with reporters at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks parted...

Jason Kidd's departure from the Dallas Mavericks was, in hindsight, not much of a surprise. The 2025-26 season was not a good one, and the debate that has overshadowed the Mavericks organization for the last year, Luka Dončić's trade to the Los Angeles Lakers, seems to now surround Kidd's involvement...

Every NBA team needs a direction. The Dallas Mavericks may have found theirs. The organization just hired Masai Ujiri as its team president. This is a big deal. Ujiri is not your average NBA executive. He has distinct preferences that can shape a team's identity. Specifically, Ujiri values length, size,...

DALLAS — Despite a significant organizational reset for the Dallas Mavericks, team president Masai Ujiri made one thing clear during a media availability on Wednesday: Kyrie Irving remains a key part of the franchise's future. Following the organization's decision to move on from head coach Jason Kidd, Ujiri repeatedly emphasized that...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks and head coach Jason Kidd have mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced Tuesday, ending a five-year run that included a trip to the 2024 NBA Finals, a Western Conference Finals appearance in 2022, and a season of organizational upheaval that began with the...

CHICAGO — Mike Schmitz stood at the NBA Draft Lottery podium Sunday afternoon at Chicago's McCormick Place two days into his job as the Dallas Mavericks' general manager, in the same building where he spent years working the same event as a member of the media. Schmitz, 35, was hired Friday...

CHICAGO — The Dallas Mavericks will select ninth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft after the results of Sunday's NBA Draft Lottery at Chicago's McCormick Place. It marks the fifth time in franchise history that the Mavericks have held the No. 9 pick and the first time Dallas has selected in...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks held the introductory press conference for new president of basketball operations and alternate governor Masai Ujiri on Tuesday, with the longtime NBA executive addressing local media for the first time since taking the job. Ujiri did not commit to Jason Kidd returning as head coach next...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks named Masai Ujiri President and Alternate Governor on Sunday, hiring the executive who built the Toronto Raptors' 2019 NBA championship team to lead their basketball operations. Ujiri will oversee roster construction, player personnel, and scouting, and work with team leadership on the franchise's basketball direction,...