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Nico Harrison’s vision for the Dallas Mavericks to win an NBA title in the near future depends heavily on the return of point guard Kyrie Irving to the team’s lineup. Irving has a player-option on his contract that – if he decides to pick up that option – will pay him $43.96 million next season. Or if Irving decides to opt-out of the contract and become an unrestricted free agent, the Mavs can negotiate a longer contract. But first things first.

2 months ago | mavs.com | Dwain Price

MEMPHIS – Thanks in large part to a bushel of injuries that severely affected their seeding in the Western Conference, this was a very trying season for the Dallas Mavericks. One year removed from advancing to last season’s NBA Finals, the Mavs posted a 39-43 record in the regular season, which ended Friday with a 120-106 defeat at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies in a Western Conference tournament play-in game.

2 months ago | mavs.com | Dwain Price

MEMPHIS – Over and over again, members of the Dallas Mavericks kept saying Memphis kept speeding them up during the Grizzlies’ 120-106 win over the Mavs in a Western Conference tournament play-in game on Friday night at FedEx Forum. It was a recurring theme coming from the Mavs, whose season ended prematurely during that unfortunate loss to the Grizzlies. “They just sped us up and turned us over,” guard Klay Thompson said. “We dug ourselves too big of a hole. “It sucks.

2 months ago | mavs.com | Dwain Price

MEMPHIS – Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane and Ja Morant combined for 68 points in leading the Memphis Grizzlies to a 120-106 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night at FedEx Forum in a Western Conference play-in tournament game. The loss ended the season for the Mavs, who were trying to become the NBA’s first No. 10 seed to advance to the playoffs since the play-in tournament was implemented in 2021.

2 months ago | mavs.com | Dwain Price

MEMPHIS – With Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving running the show, the Dallas Mavericks were mainly a spectacular guard-oriented show that had fans on pins and needles because of the extraordinary things they could do on the basketball court. But with Dončić now playing for the Los Angeles Lakers and Irving out for the season following surgery to repair his torn left anterior cruciate ligament, the Mavs have turned to a potent front line headed by Anthony Davis to punish opponents.