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DALLAS — President Donald Trump said he does not understand the Dallas Mavericks' trade of Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers and said the deal should be redone, in a keynote address delivered from the American Airlines Center stage on the opening night of the Republican National Committee's midterm...

CERNOBBIO, Italy — La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Wednesday that EuroLeague's club owners will meet Oct. 5 at Villa d'Este on Lake Como. The agenda includes a potential NBA offer to acquire the competition. Olimpia Milano is organizing it. The formal name is the Assembly of Syndicate Shareholders of EuroLeague...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are targeting Nov. 18 for a tribute to former coach and general manager Don Nelson, Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday. For now, Nov. 18 is the tentative date. The Mavericks have yet to announce the tribute or spell out publicly what...

DALLAS — American Airlines Center will house the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars at least through the 2030-31 season. Both franchises announced on Monday in a joint statement that they have reached an agreement that "resolves the outstanding matters between the two organizations," ending a lawsuit filed in Texas Business...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks announced on Tuesday that they are partnering with Legends Global as team owner Patrick Dumont’s representative and the leader of premium sales for its future venue development.  After announcing that Dallas was entering into option agreements for the potential purchase of approximately 104 acres at the...

DALLAS — When Rich Paul reached the Dallas Mavericks on his free agency whiteboard for LeBron James, he skipped the roster entirely and reduced the pitch to four words: oil, golf, Macau and Africa. Paul summed it up on the "Game Over" podcast with Max Kellerman by telling him, "A lot comes with...

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...

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,...

DALLAS — Jason Kidd addressed reporters Friday morning at American Airlines Center in a rare shootaround media session, offering his most direct public comments yet on the Luka Dončić trade and the subsequent remarks made by former owner Mark Cuban that appeared to place blame for the deal squarely on...