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DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki spent part of Monday discussing the Dallas Mavericks' new leadership structure in a phone interview with Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News. Dallas brought in Masai Ujiri as president of basketball operations in May. About two weeks later, the Mavericks moved on from Jason Kidd...

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...

Anthony Davis moved quickly to correct the public narrative after being traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the Washington Wizards. What he did not move quickly to do was commit to the direction of the franchise that acquired him. That tension — between clarification and commitment — has defined the...