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DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki said Monday that Zaccharie Risacher still has room to grow into what the Dallas Mavericks traded for, in a phone interview with Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News. Nowitzki said president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri has made a lot of changes in Dallas and...

NEW YORK — The NBA announced Wednesday that the Los Angeles Clippers will lose five first-round draft picks and pay a $30 million fine for violating the salary cap circumvention rules in its collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Players Association. The penalties were released with a summary report...

RICHARDSON, Texas — Dallas Mavericks rookie Morez Johnson Jr. had a busy Wednesday, stopping at three Mavs Academy Hoop Camps across the metroplex. He finished the day at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, where he took some time to speak to reporters about his experience at camp. “It was...

DALLAS - The Dallas Mavericks announced Friday that they have signed first-round pick Sergio De Larrea to his rookie contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. He will wear No. 55 for Dallas. The signing closes the book on more than a week of speculation over...

DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks rookie Morez Johnson Jr. gave his introductory press conference on Thursday at the American Airlines Center.  After being selected with the ninth pick in Tuesday’s NBA Draft, Johnson Jr. touched on what he can bring to Dallas and his relationship with Dusty May, the Mavericks’ newly hired...

DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks general manager Mike Schmitz said the selection of Morez Johnson Jr. at No. 9 in the 2026 NBA Draft fit the toughness, motor, and competitiveness the front office set out to add, calling the Michigan forward a proven winner at one of the youngest ages in his...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks hosted an official Mavs Draft Watch Party at The Echo Lounge on Tuesday evening to celebrate their newest draftees.  At the event, the MavsTV crew, consisting of Mark Followill, Dana Larson, Devin Harris, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Brian Demaris, and Chuck Cooperstein, broadcast The MavsTV Draft Show....

DALLAS — Morez Johnson Jr. said he never saw Dusty May's jump to the NBA coming, and that learning his college coach had taken the Dallas Mavericks job made being drafted by Dallas a day later all the more surreal. Johnson won a national championship under May at Michigan this past...

DALLAS — Morez Johnson Jr. said his frontcourt fit alongside Cooper Flagg could become a problem for opponents, calling the pairing potentially "dangerous" after the Dallas Mavericks drafted him No. 9 overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. Johnson, a national champion at Michigan this past season, will join a Dallas core...

DALLAS — Morez Johnson Jr. described his selection by the Dallas Mavericks at No. 9 in the 2026 NBA Draft as the realization of a goal he had carried since childhood, calling the move to Dallas "insane" moments after his name was called Tuesday. Johnson, a national champion at Michigan this...