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The Miami Heat Glow While Torching the Dallas Mavericks

By TJ Macías • November 10, 2014

Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . You can point fingers all you want. You can complain till you’re the same shade of blue on Dallas Mavericks’ home court. You can make excuses: “It’s Refgate 2.5!...

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Flashes of Light: Dallas Mavericks Coruscate in Home Opener

By TJ Macías • October 31, 2014

Fragments of the Dallas Mavericks’ opening day loss against the San Antonio Spurs still festered and rotted on the lips of the Dallas media circuit. The ghost of the loss followed the team back from...

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Houston Rockets Win the Game, But Dallas Mavericks Win the War

By TJ Macías • October 08, 2014

Image courtesy of TJ Macias/ Baller Mind Frame . New was the key word of Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center. With a sense of calm alacrity, Dallas Mavericks’ small forward Chandler Parsons emerged...

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Dallas Mavericks Media Day: Locked and Reloaded in Big D

By TJ Macías • October 01, 2014

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NBA Season Preview: Dallas Mavericks Team Preview

By TJ Macías • September 29, 2014

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Four one-sided NBA trades that work

By Joe Levine • March 25, 2014

Image courtesy of Nicholas LA Photography/Flickr . Will Linsanity return to Madison Square Garden? Trades in the NBA are a funny thing. Rather than focusing on whether a deal will make their team better or...

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Peeling Mark Cuban's onion

By J. Lowery • November 20, 2013

First off, let’s have a brief discussion about a misused metaphor. Onions are frequently offered as pictures of complexity and depth. It’s all about the layers, folks. There’s just one problem: multiple layers do not...

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Fantasy Basketball Daily

By Frankie Buckets • November 06, 2013

The season may be young, but fantasy basketball is in full swing. With such a small sample size, it's important to know when to act, and when not to overreact. So don't go dropping Larry...

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Dallas Mavericks Preseason Game 1: Popcorn reactions

By J. Lowery • October 09, 2013

Don't forget to check out our 2013-14 NBA Ultimate Season Preview ! The Dallas Mavericks played their first 2013-14 NBA preseason game versus the New Orleans Pelicans, losing a close 94-92 game on Monday. Here...