Subject: Donnie Nelson

• Obituary for a Storefront

  February 2, 2007

• The Son and the Suns

  June 1, 2006

• A Summer-League, Cancer-Surviving Former Mav Tells His Inspirational Tale

  June 14, 2007

• Lil' Nellie All Growed Up

  June 27, 2007

• Donnie Doolittle

  June 28, 2007

• The Dallas Mavericks' Official Release Concerning Avery Johnson's Official Release

  April 30, 2008

• The Search For A Mavs' Coach Begins ... And Narrows?

  May 1, 2008

• Headline Coming Soon: Quincy Carter’s Career Goes to Pot. Again.

  May 2, 2008

• Meet the New Boss. Same as the Old Boss?

  May 14, 2008

• Celebs, and Donnie Nelson, Join Forces With Local Charity Aggregator

  May 20, 2008

• Delk Does Dallas

  Or, how a spare became a starter

  November 13, 2003

• It's the Year of the Ox! Is that Good for the Mavs?

  Don't know how I missed it - maybe it's because I'm from Duncanville - but Monday was the Chinese New Year. And 2009, as if you didn't know, is the Year of the Ox. In the name of Wang Zhi-Zhi, what could that possibly mean for our Dallas Mavericks? *So far it means this: The Mavs are undefeated this year. Until tonight, perhaps, when our ol' pal Don Nelson and the Golden State Warriors come a callin'. (Which reminds me, how awkward do you think the relationship is between Mark Cub

  January 28, 2009

• Net gain

  February 4, 1999

• Best Dallas Maverick

  September 25, 2003

• The Dallas Mavericks Go for Broke, But Where Is it Getting Them?

  March 5, 2009

• Meddling Maverick

  Mark Cuban aims his hands-on approach at Dallas' downtrodden southern sector.

  January 22, 2009

• Exposing bigotry, Mark Cuban saved Josh Howard from the spotlight

  Fans' racist comments made a victim of the Mavericks' anthem-dissing forward

  September 25, 2008

• Mavericks' New Coach Promises Not To Be 'Ivory Johnson'

  May 22, 2008

• After the Season Is Torched and the Coach Fired, Mavericks Begin an Overhaul

  May 8, 2008

• Mavericks Don't Need Jason Kidd

  No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

  February 7, 2008

• Mavericks Meander into the Season

  With minimal upgrades and a fragile psyche, this season could stroll off in any ol' direction

  October 11, 2007

• Can the Mavs Draft Their Way Back Into Contention?

  Danny Bollinger After him, Dallas' draft history this decade gets really bad really quick.As we prepare to watch the Lakers turn the Thuggets (L.A. in 7) into mere mortals in the Western Conference Finals, let's ponder what the Mavs can do to get back into the NBA's final four. *Re-sign Jason Kidd? *A sign-and-trade with Kidd? *Trade Erick Dampier and Jerry Stackhouse to the Suns for Shaquille O'Neal? *Use their mid-level exception on a summer free-agent crop highlighted by Ron Artest, L

  May 19, 2009

• Perfect Pair

  September 7, 2006

• White Elephants

  Mavs' draft gifts usually pale in comparison

  July 5, 2007

• Doctoring Dirk

  Why ransack the MVP's skill when we can simply reboot his psyche?

  May 24, 2007

• Definitely Dallas

  The Mavs will win the championship. Right?

  April 19, 2007

• Oscar Oversight

  Never fear, we won't let the Academy Awards ignore sports

  March 1, 2007

• I Love Josh Howard

  ...And great basketball

  February 15, 2007

• On the Rebound

  Mavs dragging old heartache into new season

  October 12, 2006

• Chumps to Champs

  Remarkable journey takes Mavs from worst to--finally--first

  June 8, 2006

• Dork Nowitzki

  Turns out the best player on the NBA's best team is a normal guy

  February 23, 2006

• Time Warp

  For the Mavs, the faces change, but the song remains the same

  October 7, 2004

• This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

  June 24, 2004

• Rejected

  What happens when doughy media types play ball? They lose. Again.

  June 24, 2004

• Ring Them Up

  For whom does the bell toll? Nellie? 'Tawn? 'Toine?

  January 22, 2004

• Street Dreams

  No holds barred

  June 26, 2003

• The Defense Rests

  Can the Mavs guard anyone? To find out, John Gonzalez gets offensive with a drunk Don, a focused Finley and a nutty Cuban.

  November 7, 2002

• What Makes Him Tick

  Plus: No Look

  October 31, 2002

• Back to the Future

  For Dirk, Don and the Mavs to compete with the Lakers, they'll have to look to an unlikely source for inspiration: the late-'80s teams of Mark Aguirre and Dick Motta

  November 1, 2001

• Neither Swish Nor Foul

  Mavs All-Star Finley says his infrequent trips to the free-throw line are not a problem. We beg to differ.

  February 8, 2001

• Erykah Badu Preps To Open Studio At South Side On Lamar Building

  Erykah Badu Over the next few months, Erykah Badu will slowly but surely move her home recording studio--filled with a blend of cutting edge and vintage hardware and equipment--from its current home location to its future one within the confines of the South Side on Lamar building just south of downtown. The goal, according to Badu's manager, Paul Levatino: They just want to do what they can to help bring more of a musical vibe into the area, which currently includes musical entities and neighbo

  May 28, 2009

• The Man Who Can Read Your Mind

  Fine, then you try to explain it. Call him the Dallas Wowboy. In my years as a sportswriter I've come to appreciate lots of athletes. For the most part, I could comprehend and sorta explain their greatness. Troy Aikman's mechanically flawless accuracy. Jason Kidd's uncanny peripheral vision. Josh Hamilton's forearm-powered bat speed. But for David Magee, I got nothing. No fathomable explanation to accept what he does, much less how he does it. Simply put, Magee knows what you're thinking.

  June 18, 2009

• Whitt's End: 6.19.09

  Whether you're at the end of you're rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If you saw the abortion that was Joe Buck Live on HBO Monday night, know this: It could have been much worse. How's that? Guess who Buck begged and pleaded to have on his virginal voyage? That's right, Tony Romo. Give Romo credit, he turned down the invite because the Cowboys had a minicamp this week. If you missed it, Howard Stern (very unfunny) comedian Artie Lange hijacked/sabotaged Buc

  June 19, 2009

• Mavs Trade Down, Try Not to Fall Asleep

  Trade proposal: Mavs Man and tonight's 24th pick for these two prospects?Like the Dallas Cowboys did a couple months ago, the Dallas Mavericks have made the decision to fortify their roster via quantity, not quality. But in an NBA Draft that features Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James Harden and a bunch of extras, that might not be such a bad idea. Unwilling and/or unable to move up into the draft's Top 5, the Mavs last night swapped first-round picks with the Portland Trailblazer

  June 25, 2009

• NBA Free Agency Commences in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

  Love him or not, gotta have him back. Right?So, the Mavs made a big deal yet? Well, GM Donnie Nelson promised a "very active summer," so let's hop to it. Actually, though NBA free agency is just hatching, Dallas may be already making progress. That is, if you consider re-signing Jason Kidd progress. Kidd may not be the Mavs' most important signing this off-season, but he's by far their most important re-signing. If Kidd walks - without compensation - I'm crowing about the disastrous Devin

  June 30, 2009

• The Mavericks' French Misconnection Marks More of the Same on Draft Day

  July 2, 2009

• Mavericks' Free Agency: Kidd Returning, Polish Hammer Looming

  The Mavs are Pole dancing. Got your $1s ready? We can no longer confuse the Dallas Mavericks' silence with inactivity. Let's hope we never confuse Marcin Gortat with the franchise's legacy of Great White Nopes. The Mavericks last night agreed to re-sign 36-year-old point guard Jason Kidd to a three-year, $25 million contract and inched closer to landing a new starting center as the Orlando Magic seem unwilling to match their offer for the 6-foot-11 Gortat. After a week on t

  July 6, 2009

• A Transaction Sure to Inject Optimism Into Your Mavericks Thinking

  I know, let's raid the rich basketball heritage of SMU and the Memphis Grizzlies! Take the White Out to yesterday's speculative depth chart and dust off Laura Miller's old parade plans, your Dallas Mavericks just signed ... drum roll ... Quintin Ross! Starred at Kimball High School. Starred at SMU. Starred at Bounced around the NBA. I'll let the Mavs trumpet his arrival: Ross (6-6, 193) joins the Mavericks after spending the 2008-09 season with Memphis. He averaged 3.9 points, 1.9 rebou

  July 8, 2009

• Pssst, Need a Job? How About a Sports Job?!

  You don't have to be able to dunk to apply.​Times are tough. Jobs are scarce, money's tight and our sports teams haven't lifted a championship trophy since 1999. We temporarily interrupt this recession depression for some good news, wrapped in an employment opportunity. The NBA's new Frisco Developmental League (D-League) franchise is holding a job fair this afternoon Noon-2 p.m. at Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Frisco. Dallas Mavericks' general manager Donnie Nelson will be on han

  September 17, 2009

• And Now ... Introducing ... Your Dallas Mavericks! At the AAC's Open-Mike Night.

  If this picture were at all legible, you'd see Donnie Nelson sitting at the table where wanna-be Humble Billys took their best shots yesterday.​So, yeah, I was only kidding, far as you know, when I mentioned that, oh, maybe I'd try out for The Voice of The American Airlines Center. As you're no doubt aware by now, Mavs man "Humble" Billy Hayes has moved out of town to tend to personal business, and owner Mark Cuban's looking for a new man to take the mic (and take it hard). So, last week, I ex

  October 7, 2009