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Previewing Yet Another Mavs-Clippers Playoff Matchup
What is different about Clippers-Mavericks this time around? Kyrie and D.
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Publications
The Ballad of Lance Von Erich
This month, A24’s The Iron Claw will bring the tragic tale of the Von Erich dynasty to the big screen. The strangest part of that story? When the family plucked a bodybuilding real estate agent out of obscurity and convinced the world he was kin.
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Basketball
Previewing Yet Another Mavs-Clippers Playoff Matchup
What is different about Clippers-Mavericks this time around? Kyrie and D.
Basketball
Watch Out, People. The Wings Had a Great Draft.
Rookie Jacy Sheldon will D up on Caitlin Clark in the team's one preseason game in Arlington.
Basketball
The Moment the Mavs’ Season Turned Around
A little over a month ago, Dallas' season was on the brink. Now the Mavericks are the team no one wants to face in the postseason. Here's what changed.
Basketball
Kyrie and Luka: A Love Story
It didn't work last season, but the dynamic duo this year is showing us something special.
Basketball
The Mavs’ Next Two Games Will Show Us Their Soul
The Kings beat up the tiny Mavs in their first two games this season. Then the Mavs got bigger.
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Basketball
A Full-Throated, Air-Tight Argument for Luka as MVP
We sometimes take his brilliance for granted. Let's do better.
Basketball
What Have We Learned About P.J. Washington, the Mavs’ Talented Conundrum?
The 25-year-old is an unusually versatile player who is already doing good things in Dallas. That doesn't necessarily make him the easiest fit long term.
Podcasts
Let’s Attempt to Have a Nuanced Conversation About Tim Hardaway and Jason Kidd
Dallas’ sixth man is playing his worst basketball as a Maverick. Everything else isn’t so straightforward—including the choice his head coach must make for what comes next.
Basketball
The Luka Doncic Mavericks Are Deeper Than They’ve Ever Been
That doesn't mean Dallas is deep by contender standards just yet. But it's a start for a team accustomed to too few useful players and too little diversity in its style.
Basketball
Let’s Talk About Tim Hardaway Jr. (Plus Other, More Positive Mavs Things)
StrongSide editor Mike Piellucci, The Athletic's Tim Cato, and StrongSide contributor Austin Ngaruiya discuss the sixth man's extended slump and what Dallas could do to address it.