Topic: Dallas Mavericks

Nowitzki's Mavs get their revenge over Miami

The National Basketball Association season started with "The Decision" and ended with vindication.The Los Angeles Lakers were chasing history by pursuing another title and the Miami Heat were partying on South Beach even before the season started, but it was the Dallas ...

Mavericks retool for another championship run

(Reuters) - Fans of the Dallas Mavericks may find themselves wondering who all the new faces are when the team raises their championship banner to the rafters on Christmas Day as the curtain goes up on a shortened National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

Cohesiveness, fitness favors Miami Heat in 2011-12

(Reuters) - The starter's gun sounds Christmas Day on an National Basketball Association (NBA) sprint of a season that will reward cohesiveness and fitness in a compressed 66-game campaign that has the Miami Heat as clear front-runners.Miami's 'Big Three' of LeBron James, ...

NBA star Nowitzki gets German sports award

NBA star Dirk Nowitzki has been named Germany's Sportsman of the Year, the first basketball player to take the award.In a poll of 1500 sports journalists, the 33-year-old, who led the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA title in June and took the ...

Timberwolves sign ex-Mavericks guard Barea

(Reuters) - The Minnesota Timberwolves injected some energy into their backcourt by signing free agent guard Jose Juan "J.J." Barea, the National Basketball Association (NBA) club said on Thursday.Terms of the contract offer were not disclosed.The 27-year-old Barea, a native of Puerto ...

Mavericks trade away Fernandez, Brewers to Nuggets

(Reuters) - The NBA champion Dallas Mavericks continued their roster changes on Tuesday by trading away Spanish guard Rudy Fernandez and forward Corey Brewer to the Denver Nuggets.The Nuggets, who announced their new acquisitions, sent Dallas a second-round pick in exchange for ...

Mavericks sign Odom from Lakers

(Reuters) - The Dallas Mavericks have signed forward Lamar Odom from the Los Angeles Lakers, the reigning NBA champions said on Sunday. The prospect of trading the two-time NBA champion had been criticized by Los Angeles' top player Kobe Bryant but still ...

Lakers' Bryant unhappy with Odom departure

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was scratching his head Sunday amid reports that the club was shipping Lamar Odom to Western Conference rivals -- and NBA champions -- Dallas."To be honest with you, I don't like it," Bryant said at the ...

Knicks finalize deal for Chandler

The New York Knicks finalized their acquisition of Tyson Chandler from Dallas on Saturday, sending Ronny Turiaf to Washington as NBA teams continued to wheel and deal in preparation for the lockout-shortened season.As expected, the Knicks said Saturday they had waived Chauncey ...

Knicks acquire Chandler in three-team deal

(Reuters) - The New York Knicks have acquired center Tyson Chandler from the Dallas Mavericks as part of a three-team trade, the Knicks said on Saturday."Signing a player of Tyson's caliber, with championship experience, to this roster, is an opportunity we could ...
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