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Cooper Flagg stood in front of reporters Wednesday at NBA Draft media day with a calm demeanor that belied the magnitude of the moment. Within 24 hours of speaking, the 18-year-old will be selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, officially making the leap from...

Kyrie Irving is staying with the Dallas Mavericks on a new long-term deal. He intends to decline his $43 million player option for the 2025-26 season and intends to sign a new three-year, $119 million contract with the Mavericks, a source confirmed to dallassportsjournal.com/. The deal includes a final-year player...

Sean Sweeney is departing the Dallas Mavericks to join the San Antonio Spurs as associate head coach under head coach Mitch Johnson, dallassportsjournal.com/ has confirmed. Sweeney, who joined the Mavericks in 2021, was not looking to leave Dallas for anything other than a head coaching role but was not offered...

Dallas Mavericks center Dwight Powell exercised his $4 million player option for the 2025–26 season ahead of the June 24 deadline, sources told dallassportsjournal.com/. The decision finalizes the third and final year of the three-year, $12 million contract he signed ahead of the 2023–24 season. Powell, who turns 34 in...

Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford has agreed to sign a three-year contract extension worth $54 million with no player option in the final season, sources confirmed to dallassportsjournal.com/. The extension will keep Gafford under contract through the 2028–29 season. He is set to earn nearly $14.4 million in 2025–26 before...

Kyrie Irving faces a pivotal offseason decision as he weighs whether to exercise his $43 million player option for the 2025-26 season or enter unrestricted free agency. But even before his recent comments about the franchise’s direction, all indications pointed to Irving remaining with the Dallas Mavericks, sources told dallassportsjournal.com/....

The echoes of bouncing basketballs filled the gym at the Tarrant County Juvenile Services facility Thursday — a gym that, until this week, hadn’t seen new paint or a fresh court in decades. For Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Jared Dudley, it wasn’t the court itself that mattered. It was what...

The Dallas Mavericks will face the Detroit Pistons in the 2025 NBA Mexico City Game, marking another milestone in the league’s growing international presence. The game will take place Saturday, Nov. 1, at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, the NBA and Zignia Live announced Tuesday. It will be the NBA’s...

The Dallas Mavericks are adding longtime NBA coach Jay Triano to their coaching staff as an assistant, sources confirmed to dallassportsjournal.com/. Triano, 65, brings more than two decades of NBA coaching experience to Dallas, including stints as both a head coach and lead assistant for offense. He will serve as...

Dennis Smith Jr. is among the players scheduled to participate in the Dallas Mavericks’ annual minicamp in June, league sources confirmed to dallassportsjournal.com/, as the team continues to evaluate options to address backcourt depth heading into the 2025-26 season. Like most NBA teams, the Mavericks hold a veteran minicamp each...