Forbes • October 17 2024

Dallas Mavericks And TEGNA Expand TV Broadcasts Into New Markets

More than a month after the Dallas Mavericks and TEGNA announced a historic over-the-air television broadcast deal, the partners are expanding broadcast distribution into new markets before the start of the regular season.
On Thursday, the Mavericks and TEGNA announced that eight additional stations would broadcast games that were not exclusively televised nationally. They join six TEGNA-owned stations to bring Mavericks games into the homes of some 14 million Texans for free over the air.
“Prov...

Forbes • September 6 2024

Dallas Mavericks And TEGNA Announce Multi-Year Broadcast Agreement

The Dallas Mavericks announced Friday that they reached a broadcast agreement with TEGNA. The multi-year deal will bring all Mavericks games not exclusively televised nationally to approximately 10 million people in Texas for free over the air.
“We are looking forward to giving Dallas Mavericks fans every opportunity possible to watch our exciting team build on the momentum of its incredible run to the NBA Finals last season,” Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont said in a statement. “Our new agree...

Forbes • August 31 2024

Luka Doncic Visits China With Other Jordan Brand Athletes

Luka Doncic and other Jordan Brand athletes, such as Jayson Tatum, Zion Williamson and Paulo Banchero, are participating in the brand’s inaugural China Family Tour. The players will tour locations in Beijing and Shanghai while connecting with China's youth.
Doncic and his peers started their Chinese tour in Shanghai, where they visited the Nike Shanghai campus, took boat rides along The Bund — a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai — and met with fans.
After ar...

Forbes • August 23 2024

Bally Sports’ Parent Terminates Contract With The Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks games will no longer air on Bally Sports Southwest. Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of the Bally Sports regional sports networks, is ending its contract with the Mavericks, pending NBA approval. Diamond is also terminating its contract with the New Orleans Pelicans.
The move to terminate the contracts with the Mavericks and Pelicans came as Diamond continued trying to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Friday, Diamond announced an agreement to continue airing games for...

Forbes • July 1 2024

How The Dallas Mavericks Signed Klay Thompson To A 3-Year, $50 Million Deal

Free agent and four-time NBA champion Klay Thompson is taking less money to join the Dallas Mavericks. Thompson agreed to a three-year, $50 million deal with Dallas on Monday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Thompson had four-year contract offers worth more money from other clubs, but the five-time All-Star decided to join the Mavericks, hoping to pursue a fifth championship. Texas’ lack of state income tax also factored into Thompson’s decision. The Los Angeles Lakers were also pursuing...

Forbes • June 30 2024

Dallas Mavericks Sign Naji Marshall To A 3-Year, $27 Million Deal

The Dallas Mavericks are signing forward Naji Marshall, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Marshall agreed to a three-year, $27 million deal to join Dallas.
Dallas will use a significant portion of its $12.9 million midlevel exception to sign Marshall, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reports. The signing indicates that the Mavericks will not be able to re-sign free agent forward Derrick Jones Jr.
Re-signing Jones was a top priority for GM Nico Harrison heading into free agency. However, Jones’ move to Klutc...

Forbes • June 30 2024

How The Dallas Mavericks Can Sign Klay Thompson In Free Agency

Veteran shooting guard Klay Thompson appears set to leave the Golden State Warriors in free agency. The Dallas Mavericks have emerged a possible destination for the four-time NBA champion, and the two parties will talk about the possibility of Thompson joining Dallas during free agency’s negotiating period, Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times reports.
Thompson signing with the Mavericks would give the club a potent sharpshooting threat to play alongside Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. According t...

Forbes • June 28 2024

Dallas Mavericks Trade Tim Hardaway Jr. To Detroit Pistons For Quentin Grimes

The Dallas Mavericks are making moves to bolster their backcourt. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the team traded veteran Tim Hardaway Jr. and three second-round draft picks to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for shooting guard Quentin Grimes.
Wojnarowski notes that the second-round picks are a 2025 selection via the Toronto Raptors and two in 2028.
Swapping Hardaway for Grimes gives Dallas some financial flexibility. According to ESPN's Tim MacMahon, it allows the team to offer Derrick...

Forbes • May 6 2024

Jason Kidd Signs Multi-Year Contract Extension With Dallas Mavericks

Jason Kidd isn’t leaving Dallas any time soon. The head coach of the Dallas Mavericks signed a multi-year contract extension to remain with the organization, the team announced Monday.
“We are excited to have coach Kidd continue to lead our team throughout the coming years with this well-earned contract extension,” Dallas Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont said in a statement. “Kidd led our team to two playoff appearances in three seasons, and we are looking forward to his leadership in continuin...

Forbes • February 11 2024

Daniel Gafford And P.J. Washington Impress In Dallas Mavericks Debuts

It did not take long for the Dallas Mavericks’ newest additions to prove their worth. Two days after joining the team in separate trades, center Daniel Gafford and forward P.J. Washington Jr. came off the bench, helping Dallas blow out the Oklahoma City Thunder, 146-111.

"They were great, they were great,” Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd said in a postgame press conference. “Offensively, defensively, they didn't seem nervous. They were really good. That first quarter, I think [the Mavs] set a f

Forbes • February 8 2024

Charlotte Hornets Trade P.J. Washington To The Dallas Mavericks For Grant Williams, Seth Curry And First-Round Pick

The Dallas Mavericks are acquiring forward P.J. Washington in a trade with the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for forward Grant Williams, guard Seth Curry and Dallas’ 2027 first-round draft pick, according to multiple reports. The draft pick includes light protections.

This season, Washington, 25, is averaging 13.6 points on 44.6% shooting and 32.4% on three-pointers. He has appeared in 44 games, starting 17, and is also averaging 5.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 29.4 minutes per game for the bel

Forbes • February 8 2024

Washington Wizards Trade Center Daniel Gafford To The Dallas Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks and the Washington Wizards have agreed to the parameters of a trade that would send center Daniel Gafford to Dallas in exchange for Richaun Holmes and draft compensation, according to multiple reports.

Now in his fifth season in the league, the 6-foot-10 Gafford has started 45 games for Washington and averages 10.9 points on 69% shooting, 8.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 steals and 2.2 blocks in 26.5 minutes.

The addition of Gafford will give the injury-plagued Mavericks som

Forbes • January 18 2024

Before Amazon Bought Stake In Bally Sports, Mark Cuban Was Looking For Ways To Expand Mavericks Viewership

Amazon will partner with Diamond Sports as part of a proposed debt restructuring agreement in which Amazon would be a minority stakeholder in the company, Diamond announced Wednesday. Diamond owns Bally Sports whose networks own the broadcast rights to 37 professional sports teams, including the Dallas Mavericks.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, where Diamond Sports filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2023, must approve the agreement first, but it ha

Forbes • January 3 2024

Mark Cuban Sells More Assets To New Dallas Mavericks Owners

Mark Cuban is selling more of his assets to Miriam Adelson and Sivan and Patrick Dumont, the majority owners of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. A company set up by the Sands Corp., Village Walk RE 2 LLC, purchased more than a dozen acres from Cuban directly across Interstate 35 from the American Airlines Center, where the Dallas Mavericks currently play, the Dallas Morning News reports.

Cuban has owned this parcel of land in the Dallas Design District since 2016 and confirmed the sale of the property

Forbes • January 1 2024

Dante Exum Has Rejuvenated His NBA Career With The Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison gambled when he offered guard Dante Exum a contract last summer. The former No. 5 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft had played in Europe since 2021, for Barca in Spain and KK Partizan in Serbia, after his NBA career, pock-marked by injury and disappointment, seemingly fizzled out.

In Europe and with the Australian national team during the 2021 Olympics and 2023 FIBA World Cup, Exum rejuvenated his career and caught the eye of Harrison. With the Ma

Forbes • December 28 2023

What Selling The Dallas Mavericks Means For Mark Cuban And The Future Of The Team

Mark Cuban’s sale of the Dallas Mavericks is official. On Wednesday, the NBA Board of Governors voted 29-0 to approve Cuban’s sale of the majority stake in the Mavericks to the families of Miriam Adelson and Sivan and Patrick Dumont, who own and operate the Las Vegas Sands Corp.

The sale of the Mavericks began a new era for the franchise after Cuban helmed the organization for 23 years. Cuban expressed his excitement about the deal Wednesday night, but what exactly is his role with the team now

Forbes • November 30 2023

What The Sale Of The Dallas Mavericks Means For Casino Gaming In Texas

Mark Cuban’s blockbuster sale of his majority ownership stake in the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson and the Dumont family is shaking up the sports world. In a joint statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Adelson and her son-in-law Patrick Dumont, president and COO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., confirmed that they have “entered into binding purchase agreements to acquire majority ownership and the right to serve as Governor of the Dallas Mavericks.”

Once agreed upon and finalized by the NBA Board

Forbes • November 29 2023

Mark Cuban Selling Majority Stake In Dallas Mavericks To Miriam Adelson

Mark Cuban is selling a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson and the Adelson family, NBA insider Marc Stein reports. The valuation of the sale is in the range of $3.5 billion, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.

Cuban will keep his shares of the team as part of the deal. He will also retain complete control over the Mavericks’ basketball operations despite Adleson owning a greater than 50% share of the team.

The pending deal must be finalized and approv

Forbes • November 15 2023

Luka Doncic And The Dallas Mavericks Don’t Like The NBA In-Season Tournament Courts

Eye-catching courts have been the talk of the NBA in recent weeks. The league rolled out colorful, striped courts as part of its new in-season tournament. While the courts might be grabbing a lot of attention, not everyone is happy with them.

After getting blown out by the New Orleans Pelicans, 131-110, on the Pelicans' Mardi Gras-themed green and purple in-season tournament court, some of the members of the Dallas Mavericks voiced their displeasure with the floor.

“Outside of all the colors,

Forbes • November 13 2023

Luka Doncic And Kyrie Irving Lead The Dallas Mavericks’ Fast-Paced Offense

Winning makes everything better. The Dallas Mavericks notched another victory Sunday night, knocking off the New Orleans Pelicans in the Big Easy, 136-124, bringing their record to 8-2. Kyrie Irving scored 35 points, and Luka Doncic poured in 30 to pace Dallas’ potent offense.

In a departure from previous seasons, the Mavericks are playing faster. They are getting out in transition, knocking down outside shots and leaning on their two superstars to create for themselves and others. It has trans

Forbes • October 31 2023

Luka Doncic On Record-Setting Pace As Mavericks Begin Season 3-0

Luka Doncic is in rare company. Again. As the Dallas Mavericks close out October with a 3-0 record, the Slovenian superstar is putting on a dazzling basketball skill and shotmaking display that has Dallas off to its best start since 2004.

Doncic is now the third player in NBA history to have multiple 30-point triple-doubles through the season's first three games—Oscar Robertson had three in 1961 and Russell Westbrook had two in 2016. He is also the first player to lead his team outright in poin

Forbes • October 23 2023

Dallas Mavericks’ Josh Green Agrees To 3-Year, $41 Million Extension

Josh Green is getting paid. After a breakout year last season, the 22-year-old Dallas Mavericks forward has agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $41 million, the Mavericks announced Monday.

Dallas drafted Green with the eighteenth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. He is the twelfth first-round draft pick from the 2020 draft to secure a rookie-scale extension. The deadline for extensions for the 2020 rookie class is Monday evening.

“We have seen Josh work extremely hard over his ti

Forbes • October 12 2023

Injuries To Luka Doncic And Kyrie Irving Loom Over Dallas Mavericks In Preseason

The Dallas Mavericks could not notch their first win of the preseason Tuesday, falling to Real Madrid. The loss marked the end of Dallas’ three-game globetrotting trek through the United Arab Emirates and Spain. While the loss is enough to cause some concern, the team faces more significant issues.

Luka Doncic logged less than five minutes against his former team Tuesday before checking out and joining fellow All-Star Kyrie Irving on the bench. Irving has missed two games with left groin sorene

Forbes • October 10 2023

Russ Bengston Chronicles The History Of 15 Iconic Basketball Sneakers In New Book

The story of basketball and the story of sneakers are forever intertwined. One cannot exist without the other. That’s the premise that compelled Russ Bengston, the former editor-in-chief of SLAM magazine and long-time sneaker editor at Complex, to write his new book, A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers.

Through thoughtful research and interviews, Bengston artfully chronicles iconic silhouettes like the Converse All-Star Chuck Taylor, Nike Air Jordan, Reebok Pump, and others, birthed and