Older Misc News
[Check the Mavs News section for more details and older stuff.]
- 1/31 Placed Luka Doncic (sprained right ankle) and Dereck Lively
(broken nose) on IL.
- 1/30 Dereck Lively was selected to play in the Rookie-Sophomore
game to take place All-Star weekend in Indiana. The players were selected
by voting by assistant coaches.
- 1/29 Dereck Lively suffered a broken nose late in the Orlando game.
- 1/29 Activated Dwight Powell. Powell returned to action wearing
protective goggles.
- 1/27 Activated Maxi Kleber and OMax Prosper and placed Dante Exum
(sore right knee) and Derrick Jones (sprained left wrist) on IL.
- 1/26 Luka Doncic scored 73 points in the Atlanta game, tying the
4th most points in NBA history (old Mavs high point record was 60). He
also set the team record for most points in a half with 41 points (old:
34).
- 1/26 Derrick Jones suffered a sprained left wrist at the end of the
1st half of the Atlanta game in a scary fall and did not return.
- 1/26 Placed Maxi Kleber (dislocated small right toe) and OMax
Prosper (no injury) on IL.
- 1/26 The NBA re-scheduled the 1/19 Dallas at Golden State game and
also shuffled 2 other Dallas games. The 1/19 games was rescheduled for
4/2 at 9pm at Golden State. The 4/2 Golden State at Dallas game was moved
to 4/5 at 7:30pm. And the 4/5 Atlanta at Dallas game was moved to 4/4 at
7:30pm
- 1/25 Luka Doncic was named as an All-Star starters as voted on by
the fans, players, and media. The All-Star game is Feb 18 in Indiana.
- 1/24 Activated Seth Curry and Dante Exum and placed Kyrie Irving
(sprained right thumb) and Dwight Powell (left eye corneal abrasion) on
IL.
- 1/23 An agreement was reached where local ABC channel WFAA wil
broadcast 10 games instead of Bally Sports Southwest. The games are: 3/1
at Boston, 3/7 Miami, 3/9 at Detroit, 3/11 at Chicago, 3/13 Golden State,
3/29 Sacramento, 4/5 Atlanta, 4/9 at Charlotte, 4/10 at Miami, and 4/12
Detroit.
- 1/22 Kyrie Irving suffered a sprained right thumb early in the 1st
quarter of the Boston game but continued to play.
- 1/22 Activated Josh Green and OMax Prosper and placed Seth
Curry (sprained left ankle) on IL.
- 1/18 The NBA postponed the January 19 game at Golden State due to
the death of Golden State assistant coach Dejan Milojevic. The new date
for the game will be announced later.
- 1/17 Activated Luka Donci and Derrick Jones and placed Josh Green
(ill) and OMax Prosper (no injury) on IL.
- 1/15 Activated Dereck Lively and OMax Prosper and placed Derrick
Jones (right calf contusion) on IL.
- 1/13 Activated Maxi Kleber.
- 1/11 Placed Luka Doncic (sprained right ankle) and Maxi Kleber
(dislocated small right toe) on IL.
- 1/9 Maxi Kleber (dislocated right small toe) did not play in the
Memphis game.
- 1/9 Activated Maxi Kleber and placed Greg Brown (no injury) and OMax
Propser (no injury) on IL.
- 1/7 Activated Luka Doncic, Richaun Holmes, Markieff Morris, and
Grant Williams.
- 1/5 Activated Greg Brown and placed Luka Doncic (right ankle
swelling), Dereck Lively (sprained left ankle), Markieff Morris (ill), and
Grant Williams (sprained right ankle) on IL.
- 1/3 Grant Williams suffered a sprained right ankle early in the 4th
quarter of the Portland game and did not return.
- 1/3 Dereck Lively suffered a sprained left ankle during the 3rd
quarter of the Portland game and did not return.
- 1/3 Activated A.J. Lawson and placed Dante Exum (right heel
contusion) and Richaun Holmes (personal reasons) on IL.
- 1/1 Dante Exum did not play in the 2nd half due to a sore heel.
- 1/1 Activated Seth Curry and Kyrie Irving and placed A.J. Lawson
(no injury) on IL.
- 12/30 Activated Luka Doncic and placed Seth Curry (ill) on IL.
- 12/28 placed Luka Doncic (sore left quad) on IL.
- 12/28 Signed Brandon Williams to a 2-way contract and released
Dexter Dennis.
- 12/27 Activated Josh Green.
- 12/27 The NBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the Dallas
Mavericks to the Sands Corp (Miriam Adelson and Sivan and Patrick Dumont).
The $3.5 billion sale agreement was reached last month with Mark Cuban for
73% of the team. Cuban retained 27% ownership of the team and control of
basketball operations.
- 12/25 Luka Doncic scored his 10,000th career point during the
Phoenix game.
- 12/25 Activated Dereck Lively and placed Greg Brown (no injury) and
Dexter Dennis (no injury) on IL.
- 12/23 Activated Luka Doncic and Dante Exum.
- 12/22 Activated Greg Brown and Dexter Dennis and placed Luka Doncic
(strained left quad) and Dante Exum (lower left leg contusion) on IL.
- 12/20 Placed Greg Brown (no injury) and Dexter Dennis (no injury)
on IL.
- 12/18 Activared Richaun Holmes and placed Dereck Lively (sprained
left ankle) on IL.
- 12/18 The NBA named Luka Doncic and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) as
Players of the Week for the week ending 12/17. Doncic averaged 36.8
points, 8 rebounds, and 11.5 assists as Dallas went 3-1. Antetokounmpo
averaged 36 points and 12.8 rebounds as Milwaukee went 4-0.
- 12/17 Former Maverick Eric Montross died at age 52 due to cancer.
- 12/16 Dereck Lively suffered a sprained left ankle during the 1st
quarter of the Portland game and did not return.
- 12/16 Activated Seth Curry and placed Richaun Holmes (ill) on IL.
- 12/14 Activated Derrick Hones and placed Seth Curry (ill) on IL.
- 12/12 Activated Greg Brown, Dexter Dennis, Tim Hardaway, and Grant
Williams and placed Derrick Jones (left quad contusion) on IL.
- 12/11 Placed Tim Hardaway (back spasms) and Kyrie Irving (right
heel contusion) on IL.
- 12/8 Kyrie Irving suffered a right heel contusion during the 2nd
quarter of the Portland game and did not return.
- 12/6 Luka Doncic had a rare 1st half triple-double with 29 points,
10 rebounds, and 10 assists in 20 1st half minutes.
- 12/6 Activated Dante Exum, Tim Hardaway, and Kyrie Irving and
placed Greg Brown (no injury), Dexter Dennis (no injury), and Grant
Williams (sore right knee) on IL.
- 12/2 Activated Greg Brown and Luka Doncic and placed Josh Green
(sprained right elbow) and Kyrie Irving (sore right foot) on IL.
- 12/1 Activated Dexter Dennis and A.J. Lawson and placed Luka Doncic
(birth of daughter), Dante Exum (birth of daughter), and Tim Hardaway (back
spasms) on IL.
- 11/29 The NBA added the 2 regular season games for the teams that
did not qualify for the in-season tournament (Dallas finished 2-2 in the 4
regular season games that also applied for the in-season tournament
qualification). Wednesday December 6 vs Utah at 7:30pm and Friday
December 8 at Portland at 9:30pm were added to the schedule.
- 11/28 Activated Dereck Lively.
- 11/25 Placed Dereck Lively (lower back contusion) on IL.
- 11/22 Dereck Lively suffered a lower back contusion in the 3rd
quarter of the LA Lakers game and did not return.
- 11/22 Activated Seth Curry.
- 11/19 Placed Seth Curry (sore right hip) on IL.
- 11/18 Activated Kyrie Irving.
- 11/15 Placed Kyrie Irving (sprained left foot) on IL.
- 11/10 Activated Dereck Lively and placed Maxi Kleber (dislocated
right small toe) on IL.
- 11/8 Activated Maxi Kleber and placed Dereck Lively (ill) on IL.
- 11/3 Activated Kyrie Irving and placed Maxi Kleber (dislocated
right small toe) and Markieff Morris (ill) on IL.
- 11/3 Jason Kidd did not coach the Denver game due to illness.
Assistant coach Sean Sweeney coached in his place.
- 11/1 Maxi Kleber suffered a injured left foot in the 2nd quarter of
the Chicago game and did not return.
- 10/30 Placed Kyrie Irving (sprained left foot) on IL.
- 10/25 Placed Greg Brown (no injury), Dexter Dennis (no injury),
and A.J. Lawson (no injury) on IL.
- 10/25 Start of the 2023-24 regular season.
- 10/23 Signed Josh Green to a 3 year, $41 million contract
extension, making him signed through 26-27.
- 10/21 Converted Dexter Dennis' and Greg Brown's contracts into
2-way contract (joining A.J. Lawson as the 2-way players on the roster).
- 10/20 Luka Doncic (strained left calf) and Jaden Hardy (sprained
ankle did not play in the Detroit pre-season game.
- 10/20 Released Tony Bradley.
- 10/19 Signed Tony Bradley to a training camp contract.
- 10/17 Released Taze Moore.
- 10/16 Signed Taze Moore to a training camp contract.
- 10/14 Released Mike Miles, Jordan Walker, and Joe Wieskamp.
- 10/10 Kyrie Irving (sore groin) did not play in the Real Madrid
pre-season game. Luka Doncic only played the first 5 minutes due to
his strained left calf (and only played that as he REALLY wanted to
appear in the game against his first professional team).
- 10/9 Luka Doncic suffered a strained left calf during practice.
- 10/5 Tim Hardaway (sore right hamstring), Mike Miles (ill), and
Derrick Jones (ill) did not play in the first pre-season game vs Minnesota
in Adu Dhabi.
- 9/29 Mavs PR director Scott Tomlin announced that he was leaving
the Mavs to join Dirk Nowitzki's company. Tomlin had been with the Mavs
for the past 20 years including head of PR for the last 4 seasons.
Best of luck, Scott!
- 9/27 Held first training camp practice, with media day on 9/29.
The team got an early training camp start due to having 3 pre-season games
overseas (2 in Abu Dhabi and 1 in Spain).
- 9/22 Signed Dexter Dennis to a non-guaranteed contract.
- 9/16 Re-signed Markieff Morris to a 1 year, $3.2 million contract.
- 9/7 Dallas free agent Christian Wood sign a 2 year, $5.7 million
contract with the LA Lakers.
- 8/29 Releaesd JaVale McGee.
- 8/18 Signed free agent Derrick Jones Jr. to a 1 year,
minimum contract [it is guaranteed for the full season].
- 8/14 signed Greg Brown, Jordan Walker, and Joe Wieskamp to training
camp contracts.
- 8/12 The NBA released the 2023-24 season schedule.
- 8/12 Dirk Nowitzki was enshrined to the Basketball Hall of Fame in
Sprintfield, Mass. Steve Nash and Jason Kidd presented Nowitzki for
enshrinement (Dirk said that he wanted to be 3 and also asked Don Nelson,
but Nelson could not make it). [I was there, it was AWESOME! DIRK!!!! ]
- 7/17 Dallas signed 1st round draft pick (#24) Olivier-Maxence
Prosper to a 4 year, $13.87 million rookie contract. [First round draft
picks have a set salary range based on their draft pick number.]
- Mavs 2023 Summer
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- 7/14 Dallas signed Mikes Mile to a 2-way contract.
- 7/14 Dallas signed Brooklyn free agent Seth Curry to a 2 year, $8
million contract with the 2nd year at the team's option.
- 7/14 Dallas signed free agent Dante Exum to a 1 year conttract.
Exum had played overseas the past 2 seasons.
- 7/12 TRADE: In a sign-and-trade and 3-team trade, Dallas traded
Reggie Bullock and a 2030 2nd round draft pick and received Grant
Williams, a 2025 2nd round draft pick (SA) and a 2028 2nd round draft
pick; Boston traded Grant Williams and received a 2024 2nd round draft
pick (SA), a 2030 2nd round draft pick (Dal), and the right to swap 2nd
round draft picks with Dallas in 2025; and San Antonio traded 2nd round
draft picks in 2024, 2025, and 2028 and received Reggie Bullock and the
right to swap 1st round draft picks with Dallas in 2030.
Williams was first signed to a 4 year, $54 million contract.
- 7/9 Re-signed free agent Dwight Powell to a 3 year, $12 million
contract.
- 7/8 Signed first round draft pick (#12) Dereck Lively to a 4 year,
$22.3 million rookie contract. [First round draft picks have a set salary
range based on their draft pick number.]
- 7/7 Re-signed free agent Kyrie Irving to a 3 year, $126 million
contract with the 3rd year at the player's option.
- 7/6 Dallas made a 3 year, $33 million offer to restricted free
agent Matisse Thybulle, but Portland wasted no time and match the offer.
Thus Thybulle remains with Portland.
- 7/6 TRADE: The draft-day-trade became official: Dallas traded cash to
Sacramento for Richaun Holmes and the draft rights to first round draft
pick (#24) Olivier-Maxence Prosper. Dallas used the trade exception the
obtained in the Sacramento-Bertans trade to make this trade happen.
- 7/6 TRADE: The draft-day-trade became official: Dallas traded Davis
Bertans and the draft rights to first round draft pick (#10) Carson
Wallace to Oklahoma City for the draft rights to first round draft pick
(#12) Dereck Lively.
- 7/5 There is a rumored that Dallas has reached a sign-and-trade
agreement with Boston and Grant Williams for a 4 year, $53 million
contract. The trade can not occur until after the July Moratorium ends
July 6.
- 7/4 Named Alex Jensen as an assistant coach.
- 7/1 Reportedly reached a 3 year, $12 million contract agreement to
re-sign free agent Dwight Powell. The contract can not be signed until
after the July Moratorium ends July 6.
Patricia Bender
pbender@eskimo.com
Not affiliated with or representing anyone besides myself.