New York Knicks: Out Of Town Articles
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
The Mavericks aren’t in the playoffs for the first time since 2000, so we have to find something to fill the time this spring. Might as well keep up with the players from the Mavs’ title team who are scattered throughout the postseason. We’ll have daily updates as long as Mavs championship alums are still alive in the playoffs.Jason Kidd: It’s gotten to the point that...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
The Mavericks aren’t in the playoffs for the first time since 2000, so we have to find something to fill the time this spring. Might as well keep up with the players from the Mavs’ title team who are scattered throughout the postseason. We’ll have daily updates as long as Mavs championship alums are still alive in the playoffs. (This one is a day late due to Mother's...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
The Mavericks aren’t in the playoffs for the first time since 2000, so we have to find something to fill the time this spring. Might as well keep up with the players from the Mavs’ title team who are scattered throughout the postseason. We’ll have daily updates as long as Mavs championship alums are still alive in the playoffs.Jason Kidd: The Knicks didn’t sign Jason...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
The Mavericks aren’t in the playoffs for the first time since 2000, so we have to find something to fill the time this spring. Might as well keep up with the players from the Mavs’ title team who are scattered throughout the postseason. We’ll have daily updates as long as Mavs championship alums are still alive in the playoffs.Jason Kidd: This was classic late-career Kidd. He...
ESPN (Marc Stein) —
The Mavericks' D-League affiliate in Frisco announced Friday that former Mavs guard Delonte West is scheduled to finally play for the Texas Legends this weekend.West, waived by the Mavericks in late October after a rocky training camp, committed to join the Legends in late January but didn't actually report to the team -- coached by former Mavs forward Eduardo Najera -- until this month.The...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
The Mavericks got shut out of the All-Star selections to snap a 13-year streak, but Dallas’ title team will be represented during the NBA’s midseason showcase.Coaches picked Knicks center Tyson Chandler as one of the East’s seven reserves. It will be the first All-Star appearance for Chandler, a dozen-year veteran who was Defensive Player of the Year last season and the soul...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
DALLAS – The questions about Mark Cuban’s strategy started being questioned before the ink was even dry on Tyson Chandler’s contract with the New York Knicks.The outrage increased as the defending champion Mavericks, or what was left of them, stumbled through their least successful season in a dozen-year span, concluding with a first-round sweep. The roars are reaching a...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
The Mavericks arrived back home with a three-game losing streak. When will it end?Maybe not this month.The Mavs don’t play a team with a losing record for the rest of the calendar year. The .500 Nuggets, whom the Mavs face at home Dec. 28, are Dallas’ worst foe over the next two weeks. The Mavs are 1-9 against teams with winning records this season, the lone win coming over the New...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
The Mavericks will release power forward Troy Murphy to make room on the roster for point guard Derek Fisher, sources said.The 32-year-old Murphy, who signed with the Mavs in early November, averaged 4.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in 14 games during his Dallas tenure. He shot 36.1 percent from the floor and 31.4 percent from 3-point range.Murphy, who started last week’s win over the New...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
All due respect to Derek Fisher, the proud owner of five NBA championship rings, but the fact that the Dallas Mavericks are signing him is a sign of desperation.It’s a sign of just how much they miss the savvy and steady hand of Jason Kidd, who surprised the Mavs with his reverse-of-direction decision to sign with the New York Knicks this summer.It’s a sign of just how much Delonte...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
DALLAS – In coach Rick Carlisle they trust.Chris Kaman and Elton Brand are a couple of proud NBA veterans who would prefer to start, as they’ve done throughout their careers. However, they accept that won’t always be the case with the Mavericks.Brand had started all 11 games before he came off the bench in Wednesday’s win over the Knicks. He was back in the starting...
ESPN (Richard Durrett) —
DALLAS -- Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle was asked what he felt he learned about his team late in Wednesday's game, when they let a 12-point lead get down to one before hanging on for a 114-111 win over the New York Knicks."That our pick-and-roll defense was horrible," Carlisle said, matter-of-factly. "That was the first thing. We’ve got to be better in that area. I like the way we...
ESPN (Richard Durrett) —
DALLAS -- Dallas Mavericks forward Troy Murphy missed Friday's practice with an upper respiratory illness that kept him out of most of Wednesday's win over the New York Knicks. Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said the club will see how Murphy feels on Saturday before determining whether he's available for the game against the Los Angeles Lakers, but club officials said Murphy was able to work...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
Our weekly look at which Mavs stocks have risen and fallen the most:STOCK UPVince Carter – Even with a sore hamstring, he had a vintage Vinsanity performance in Wednesday’s win over the Knicks, lighting it up for 25 points in 23 minutes on 9-of-17 shooting, including 5-of-10 in 3-point range. He carried the Mavs in the fourth quarter, when he scored 14 points. The 35-year-old sixth...
ESPN (Tim MacMahon) —
DALLAS – With his bald head and gray whiskers creeping into his beard, Vince Carter gleefully looked across the American Airlines Center court during pregame warmups.The 35-year-old Maverick counted not one, not two, not three but four New York Knicks older than him.That, combined with the fact that his jumper felt as good as it had all season, suddenly made Carter feel young again,...