2023-24 Misc News

6/28 There is a report that Dallas has reached an agreement to trade Tim Hardaway and 3 2nd round draft picks (2025 Toront 2nd, 2 2028 2nd) to Detroit for Quentin Grimes. This is not official yet. The move would free up some money, which Dallas might use towards re-sigining Derrick Jones.
6/27 In tne 2nd round of the 2024 NBA Draft, Dallas traded the rights to #58 Ariel Hukport and cash to New York for #51 Melvin Ajinca. [The #58 originally belonged to Boston, but came to Dallas via Charlotte and the P.J. Washington trade. Dallas' #54 pick went to Sacramento (Richaun Holmes trade) and then on to Boston from some Sac-Bos traded.]
6/26 Dallas had no activity in the 1st round of the NBA draft. The #24 pick went to New York to complete the Kristaps Porzinigis trade. [In a change, the first round of the draft and the second round of the draft would take place on seperate days.]
6/17 Boston defeated Dallas 106-88 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to take the series 4-1 and win the 2024 NBA Championship.
6/6 Activated OMax Prosper.
6/4 Signed GM Nico Harrison to a contract extension.
5/30 Activated Dereck Lively.
5/28 Activated Maxi Kleber and placed Dereck Lively (neck sprain) on IL.
5/26 Derreck Lively suffered a sprained neck during the 2nd quarter of Game 3 vs Minnesota and did not return.
5/24 Luka Doncic hit the game winning 3-pointer over Rudy Gobert with 3 seconds left in the 109-108 win of Game 2 at Minnesota.
5/21 Luka Doncic was named to the All NBA First Team with a 98 of 99 1st Team votes with 1 media member putting him on the 2nd Team (seriously, that person needs to lose their voting rights) for a total of 493 points. He joined Nikola Jokic (Den) 495 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 495 points, Giannis Antetkounmpo (Mil) 473 points, and Jayson Tatum (Bos) 427 points on the First Team.
5/20 Derrick Lively was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Lively received 26 1st team votes and 67 2nd team votes for a total of 119 points, the highest point total on the 2nd team (lowest on 1st team was 161), from 99 media members.
5/18 Dallas defeated Oklahoma City 117-116 in Game 6 of the 2nd round to take the series 4-2 and advance to the Western Conference Finals!
5/8 Luka Doncic finished 3rd in the NBA Most Valuable Player voting. Doncic received 566 points including 4 1st place votes from 99 media members. (Winner Nikola Jokic (Den) had 926 points including 79 1st place votes and runerup was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) with 640 points including 15 1st place votes.)
5/7 Activated Tim Hardaway and placed Maxi Kleber (sprained right shoulder) on IL.
5/7 Signed head coach Jason Kidd to a contract extension.
5/3 Dallas announced that Maxi Kleber is out with a separated right should and will be re-evaluared in 3 weeks.
5/3 Dallas took the First Round series vs the LA Clippers 4-2 and advances to the 2nd round of the playoffs where they will face Oklahoma City.
5/3 Maxi Kleber suffered a separated right should during the 2nd quarter to the LA Clippers game and did not return.
4/26 Placed Tim Hardaway (sprained right ankle) and OMax Prosper (sprained left ankle) on IL.
4/26 The NBA named Luka Doncic as the winner of the NBA Cares Community Assist Award for April.
4/23 Tim Hardaway suffered a sprained right ankle during the 1st quarter of Game 2 vs the LA Clippers and did not return.
4/21 Dallas only scored 8 points in the 2nd quarter and 30 points in the 1st half vs the LA Clippers (both Mavs records for low 2nd quarter and 1st half points). Dallas never led in the game.
4/21 Note: Alex Fudge, Greg Brown, and Brandon Williams are not on the playoff roster as 2-way players are not eligible for the playoffs. All 15 players on the playoff roster can be active for a game (no 12 or 13 maxium).
4/14 Finished the 2023-24 regular season with a record of 50-32. Dallas has the #5 seed in the Western Conference and will face the LA Clippers in the 1st round.
4/14 With Dallas locked into the #5 seed, Dallas did not play many of the rotation players in the game at Oklahoma City.
4/14 Dante Exum (sprained right foot) and Derrick Jones (sprained left shoulder) did not play in the Oklahoma City game.
4/14 Placed Daniel Gafford (sore right elbow), Maxi Kleber (lower back spasms), and P.J. Washington (sprained right ankle) on IL.
4/12 With the loss to Detroit, locked into the #5 seed of the Western Conference for the playoffs.
4/12 With only a small chance of moving up to the #4 seed, Dallas rested key players and limited others to low minutes in the Detroit game.
4/12 Activated Alex Fudge and placed Luka Doncic (sore left ankle) and Kyrie Irving (sore left hamstring) on IL.
4/10 Clinched the Southwest Division title.
4/10 Activated Josh Green and placed Alex Fudge (no injury) on IL.
4/9 Formally clinched a (non-playin) playoff berth.
4/8 The NBA named Kyrie Irving and Kristaps Porzingis (Bos) as Players of the Week for the Week ending 4/7. Irving averaged 31.8 points and 5.3 rebounds as Dallas went 3-1. Porzingis averaged 19.8 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks as Boston went 4-0.
4/7 Dante Exum nailed a 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer to send the game into overtime, where Dallas out-scored Houston 18-7 for a 147-136 win.
4/7 Activated Luka Doncic.
4/5 Placed Luka Doncic (sore right knee) on IL.
4/4 Activated Alex Fudge and Brandon Williams.
4/2 Placed Dereck Lively (sprained right knee) on IL.
4/2 The NBA named Luka Doncic and Jalen Brunson (NY) as Players of the Month for March. Doncic averaged 32.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 10.1 assists as Dallas went 11-4. Bruson averaged 28.8 points and 5.8 assists as New York went 9-5.
4/1 The NBA named Luka Doncic and Dejounte Murray (Atl) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 31. Doncic averaged 32.5 points, 11 rebounds, and 9.5 assists as Dallas went 4-0. Murray averaged 28.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 10.3 assists as Atlanta went 3-1.
3/31 Dereck Lively suffered a sprained right knee at the end of the Houston game and did not return.
3/31 Activated OMax Prosper.
3/25 Placed OMax Prosper (no injury) on IL.
3/21 Activated OMax Prosper.
3/19 Placed OMax Prosper (no injury) on IL.
3/17 Kyrie Irving nailed the game winning 20-foot lefty hook/push shot at the buzzer against Denver.
3/17 Activated Luka Doncic and OMax Prosper and placed Josh Green on IL. Green is expected to be out a while with a sprained right ankle.
3/14 Josh Green suffered a sprained ankle during the 1st quarter of the Oklahoma City game and did not return.
3/14 Placed Luka Doncic (sore left hamstring) on IL.
3/13 Luka Doncic experienced soreness in his left hamstring during the 4th quarter of the Golden State game and did not return.
3/11 Activated Dereck Lively.
3/11 The NBA named Luka Doncic and DeMar DeRozan (Chi) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 10. Doncic averaged 37.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 10.7 assists as Dallas went 2-1. DeRozan averaged 29.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 6.3 assists as Chicago went 3-1.
3/9 Placed Dereck Lively (personal reasons) on IL.
3/5 Activated A.J. Lawson and placede Alex Fudge (no injury) and OMax Prosper (no injury) on IL.
3/4 The NBA named Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum (Bos) as Players of the Month for February. Doncic averaged 33.4 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 10.3 assists as Dallas went 8-3. Tatum averaged 27.2 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 6.7 assists as Boston went 9-1.
3/4 Signed Alex Fudge to a two-way contract.
3/3 Converted A.J. Lawson's two-way contract to a regular contract with 3 more years at the team's option.
3/1 Activated Maxi Kleber and placed A.J. Lawson (no injury) on IL.
2/28 Activated Dante Exum and OMax Prosper and placed Maxi Kleber (dislocated right small to and nasal fracture) on IL.
2/27 Max Strus (Cle) hit a 70-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Cleveland a 121-119 win over Dallas.
2/25 Placed OMax Prosper (no injury) on IL.
2/22 Activated Maxi Kleber and placed Brandon Williams (no injury) and A.J. Lawson (no injury) on IL.

2/18 In the All-Star Game in Indiana, Luka Doncic started for the losing West team.

East 211, West 186  at Indiana
West                                                   REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Luka Doncic            23   3-10    1-6     0-0     7  2-7   7  1  0   0   0

2/16 As part of All-Star Weekend in Indiana, in the Rookie-Sophomore competition, Dereck Lively helped Team Jalen win the competition. The format for the competition was 4 teams (including 1 NBADL team) with 2 rounds. The games were played to a target score, 40 in the 1st round and 25 in the finals.

First Round
Team Jalen 40, Team Tamika 35
Team Jalen                                            REB
Player               MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Dereck Lively (Jal)    7   3-3     0-0     0-0     6  0-1   0  0  0   0   0 

Finals
Team Jalen 26, Team Detlef 13
Team Jalen                                            REB
Player               MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Dereck Lively (Jal)    4   3-3     0-0     0-0     6  0-0   1  0  0   0   0

2/14 Activated Dereck Lively and placed Maxi Kleber (recovery dislocated right toe) on IL. Lively played with a face mask.
2/12 Luka Doncic received 5 stitches on his chin after taking a charge during the 3rd quarter of the Washington game. He returned to action in the 4th quarter.
2/12 The NBA named Luka Doncic and Donovan Mitchell (Cle) as Players of the Week for the week ending February 11. Doncic averaged 31.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 8 assists as Dallas went 4-0. Mitchell averaged 27.8 points and 5 assists and Cleveland went 4-0.
(2/8 none of the traded players were available in the New York game)
2/8 At the trade deadline, Dallas made 3 trades:
- 1) Agreed to swap 2028 1st round draft picks with Oklahoma City in exchange for an Oklahoma City 2024 1st round draft pick
- 2) Traded Richaun Holmes and Oklahoma City's 2024 1st round draft pick to Washington for Daniel Gafford
- 3) Traded Grant Williams, Seth Curry, and a 2027 1st round draft pick (top 2 protected) to Charlotte for P.J. Washington
2/5 Activated Kyrie Irving and OMax Prosper.
2/5 Dereck Lively underwent surgery to repair a nasal fracture.
2/3 Tim Hardaway scored his 10,000th career point during the Milwaukee game.
2/3 Activated Luka Doncic and Derrick Jones and placed OMax Prosper (no injury) on IL.
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.]
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
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