Dirk’s Legacy: The All-Time Top 7 NBA Power Forwards

10 All-Star Appearances. 1 NBA MVP. 1 Ring. 1 NBA Finals MVP. 4-time All-NBA First Team 3-Point Shootout Champion Soft. Clutch. With Sunday’s victory over the Miami Heat Dirk Nowitzki filled in the final void of his Hall of Fame resume. Only things potentially left that would improve his legacy…

Why Mark Cuban Should Really Get Championship Rings for the Mavs (Updated)

Tough to tell how serious Mark Cuban is about forgoing championship rings and getting something else to commemorate the franchise’s first title. But he seems pretty committed to changing it up. “Rings are old school,” Cuban said, according to The Dallas Morning News. “Rings are done. It’s time to take…

Dallas Mavericks’ Parade: Tip-Off is Thursday, 10 a.m.

The Dallas Mavericks’ championship parade — paid for by owner Mark Cuban — will start Thursday at 10 a.m. and travel from City Hall to American Airlines Center. Eff. That. Since Cuban is buds with Jerry Jones (see: 2010 NBA All-Star Game) and seeing that a Mavs’ title parade happens, oh,…

The Champion of Championships: Where Does the Mavs’ Title Rank?

Great. But is it the greatest? When Dirk Nowitzki accessorized his lefty layup in the final minute with private tears of joy and accomplishment last Sunday night in Miami, the Dallas Mavericks symbolically threw Don Carter’s 10-gallon hat in the ring. After years of sheepishly having Brad Davis’ No. 15, A.C…

Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry: Validation with a Vengeance

The Mavericks — those soft lil’ Mav-wrecks — were headed onto their bus and into the Miami night toward South Beach for an unprecedented night of partying with 100 bottles of Rose at famed night club LIV. More important, the Mavericks were headed into a future as NBA champs. “The best thing…

Mavs, From The Finals to the Fontainebleau

Dallas, it would seem, has a new America’s Team this morning, and so we’ll get to the “news” in a moment. First, though, two Association videos — sneak peeks at the “mini-movie” to come later this afternoon. On this side, Dirk Nowtizki, who “slew the fire-breathing demon of unfulfilled expectations”;…

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

I want this NBA championship. Selfishly? You bet. As a shaggy-haired 16-year-old who wanted to grow up to be Pete Maravich, I attended the Mavericks’ first game back at old Reunion Arena. Not the regular-season debut victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Oct. 11, 1980, but the inaugural preseason…

The Top 10 Wins in the History of Your Dallas Mavericks

With any luck we’ll be re-writing this list in the coming week. But for now, last night’s pulsating win at American Airlines Center certainly is among the best in Dallas Mavericks franchise history: 10.  6.2.88 — Mavs 105, Lakers 103: Led by Sixth Man of the Year Roy Tarpley’s 20-point,…

Dirk’s Fever > Miami’s Heat

Fittingly, sitting courtside at American Airlines Center last night: Emmitt Smith. What he witnessed was perhaps Dallas-Fort Worth’s gutsiest individual performance since, well, his own masterpiece 17 years ago. Yep, on a night when he fought a 101-degree fever, Dirk Nowitzki willed the Mavericks to a heart-stopping, gut-wrenching victory that yanked the…