Donnie Nelson

Actually, a Hero is More Than a Sandwich

The Newest Mavs Won't Hurt the Balance Sheet, But How Much Will They Help on the Court?

On this season of The Shark Tank ...​Rob Mahoney runs The Two Man game, an ESPN-affiliated Mavericks blog, and occasionally writes about basketball for Unfair Park. Mark Cuban and Donnie Nelson have never exactly run the Mavericks like an ordinary NBA franchise. They drafted a gangly German k ... More >>

The NBA Lockout is (Almost) Over. Here's What the Mavs Need to Do Before Christmas Day.

Editor's note: Rob Mahoney writes about the Mavericks on his ESPN-affiliated blog The Two Man Game and about basketball for The New York Times's Off the Dribble blog. Presumably his New York Times bio will henceforth note that he now writes about the Mavericks for Unfair Park. Hark: The NBA season ... More >>

The 50 Most Powerful Peeps in DFW Sports: Take 7

​Power is subjective. But when you see it -- when you sense it's immense influence -- you just know it. Each summer, as I construct my list of the 50 Most Powerful People in Metroplex Sports, the criteria gets a triple-digit tweaking. This year I deemed the allure of power  ... More >>

Franconia Preparing To Bottle, Host Donnie Nelson Meet-and-Greet Saturday, and More Beer News

His dad may be banned from bringing beers to press conferences, but Donnie Nelson can have one with you.​Dirk Nowitzki may have grown up just a few minutes away from Franconia brewmaster Dennis Wehrmann's hometown in the Franconia region of Germany, but it will be a different Dallas Mavericks pers ... More >>

Dirk Nowitzki Celebrates Birthday The Way All NBA Stars Surely Do: Vintage Wine and a Nobel Laureate

Mike Mezeul​So what do you give the man who -- all the sudden -- has everything? You throw him a surprise birthday party at a discreet wine room and invite 41 guests, including a Nobel Prize winner he's never met. After getting serenaded with "Happy Birthday" by a post-parade American Ai ... More >>

2011 NBA FINALS GAME 6 -- Mavericks 105, Heat 95: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. You knew it was going to be an intense game ... even before the game. During shootaround at American Airlines Arena this afternoon neither Dwyane Wade nor LeBron James would respond to Dirk Nowitzki calling their mocking video "childish" and "ignorant." Their response: "We have no comment." B ... More >>

Mavs Fans Deserve a Title, and Have the Scars to Prove It

The Mavericks have too many noble causes to not produce one last comeback

If This Doesn't Get You Fired Up for Tonight's Game 5, Please Stay Home

They've been showing this video at American Airlines Center during The NBA Finals and it's awesomely badass. Says Mavs' general manager Donnie Nelson, "I'm sitting in a suite and by the time that thing ends everybody in there is standing up and cheering and they've got that look in their eye. It's ... More >>

Final Destinations: 2

Mavericks revenge is a dish best served with Heat.

Before the 2011 NBA Finals Start, One More Look Back at 2006 to Put Into Perspective Why This Series is So Dang Important

Sorry to pee on your Memorial Day barbecue, but you gotta get mad one more time before we can get even. Revenge, after all, is best served ... in South Beach. I know only Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry remain for the Mavericks and Udonis Haslem and Dwyane Wade remain on the Heat from the 2006 ... More >>

The Dallas Mavericks are teasing us again with hopes of a championship run.

At the NBA Trade Deadline, Mavs are All Good. No ... Thanks?

​I don't expect a Dallas Mavericks' deal before this afternoon's 2 o'clock NBA trade deadline. Couple of reasons. First and foremost, the Mavs are 41-16 after last night's thumping of the short-handed Utah Jazz and have won 14 of 15 since Dirk Nowitzki's sprained knee healed. ... More >>

Celebrating the Long and "Pretty Impressive" Career of Texas Legend Nancy Lieberman

Via.​It was quite the big deal back in '80, when the Dallas Diamonds of the fledgling Women's Professional Basketball League signed Old Dominion star and Olympic silver-medalist Nancy Lieberman to her first pro contract. I have a hazy memory of sitting among a few packed houses at Moody Coliseum, ... More >>

Mav's First Round Pick Dominique Jones May Be The Answer, But The Team Must First Deal With Hard Questions Raised By Dirk Nowitzki's Free Agency.

A Dirk-less Dallas: Cringe at the Thought

​Some ignoamus loyal reader on this here blog recently theorized that the Dallas Mavericks sans Dirk Nowitzki could still make the NBA Western Conference playoffs. It's July 1, not April 1. Quit your kidding. Because the Mavs realize that Dirk is priority No. 1 this summer - and perhaps vice- ... More >>

The Mavericks Need to Sign Dirk Nowitzki and ...

Joe Johnson​The Dallas Mavericks will re-sign Dirk Nowitzki. General manager Donnie Nelson is flying to Germany as we speak to make sure of it, with a plan to be on Dirk's doorstep at 11:01 tonight when NBA free agency commences. But a couple of developments have me thinking that might be ... More >>

Sports Recession? Don't Tell the New Texas Legends

​Five months before their first dribble up in Frisco, the Texas Legends have already sold 13,000 tickets. Not bad for an NBA Development League franchise that doesn't yet have any players and just a month ago unveiled a logo. "We have had an absolute blast and the response from our fans has b ... More >>

NBA Dunkers Do Dallas In One Wild, Wintry Wonderful All-Star Weekend

Dirk Nowitzki Highlights Invitation-Only Opening of NBA All-Star Jam Session, Which GM Donnie Nelson Calls "Basketball Heaven"

Photos by Sam MertenReal Nowitzki with Bobblehead Nowitzki, which features a "freggin' huge" head.​While the Mavs haven't given folks a whole lot to get excited about lately with five losses in the team's final seven games heading into Sunday's All-Star Game (capped off by Tuesday night's 36-p ... More >>

Tonight on MTV, the Trip Thorugh Dallas That Helped Change Artist Sam Fuller's Life

The Buried Life - MTV ShowsTonight MTV's The Buried Life -- a show about four Canadians, I believe, crossing things off their to-do list -- takes a detour to Dallas, where the lads meet up with artist Sam Fuller, who, at the time, was living on the streets while bouncing in and out of the Austin Str ... More >>

Dirk Does Dallas: 20,000 Reasons to Cheer the Giant German

​I was there in February 1999 in Seattle for rookie Dirk Nowitzki's first points as a Dallas Maverick. Still can't believe I was at American Airlines Center last night for his 20,000th. Shortly after then-general manager Don Nelson acquired Dirk in a draft-day trade for Robert "Trac ... More >>

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 do ... More >>

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 F ... More >>

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

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 ... More >>

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

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 ... More >>

Meddling Maverick

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mavericks Meander into the Season

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

White Elephants

Mavs' draft gifts usually pale in comparison

Donnie Doolittle

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

Doctoring Dirk

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

Definitely Dallas

The Mavs will win the championship. Right?

Oscar Oversight

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

Perfect Pair

Chumps to Champs

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

Dork Nowitzki

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

Rejected

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

Best Dallas Maverick

Antoine Rigaudeau

Street Dreams

No holds barred

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.

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

Net gain

Things are looking up for the Mavs -- of course, everything's up from the bottom