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    It's Now Or Never for Mavs

    Things may be worse for Mavericks than hitting 'rock bottom' against Cavaliers

    Matthew Postins
    Mar 13, 2015 | 10:52 am

    Here’s a phrase you don’t want to associate with the Dallas Mavericks as they enter the stretch run of their season: “rock bottom.” That’s the word forward Chandler Parsons used to describe the Mavs’ 127-94 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, which was actually worse than the score indicated.

    The Mavs looked listless, lost and disinterested against the second-best team in the Eastern Conference. That’s fairly inexcusable for a team playing in a ruthlessly tough Western Conference.

    “I can’t remember another game where we came out and took an L [loss] like that,” Parsons said.

    Head coach Rick Carlisle did what any respectable coach would after a game like that — he took all the blame. That’s straight out of Coaching 101 on a night like Tuesday.

    “We’re going to find out what we’re made of from here,” coach Rick Carlisle said. “When you get to this point, everyone has to come together.”

    “I saw a lack of everything out there,” Carlisle said. “And I’m taking the blame. [Tonight] it’s on me because of the score and because I said so.”

    Only, that’s not entirely true. It’s an easy excuse for a coach to make on a night like that — it’s on him. But it’s really not on the coach; it’s on the players. If motivation is a problem for players at this time of year, well then good luck trying to get them to care. Carlisle did say that after the first quarter it was the Mavs’ “worst performance of the year.” That’s tough to argue.

    But my guess is motivation isn’t the issue. It’s never one thing in situations like this. The Mavericks are slumping for a variety of reasons.

    This isn’t a Rajon Rondo problem entirely, but it’s not difficult to see that he’s not the fit the Mavs thought he would be when they traded for him. His numbers aren’t much different than in previous seasons, but he just looks disjointed in this offense.

    Tyson Chandler isn’t 100 percent, and the hip injury is hampering his defensive prowess. Guard Devin Harris has a banged-up right hand, and he aggravated it against Cleveland.

    Amar’e Stoudemire hasn’t really provided the expected juice, though he hasn’t been bad. And there’s no denying Dirk Nowitzki is in a slump, even if everyone in the locker room wants to talk around it.

    “This is not a Dirk thing; this is a Mavericks thing,” Carlisle said when asked about a slump. “You can’t go out and perform the way we did the last three quarters and point to Dirk.”

    That’s true. But no one is picking up the slack, and Carlisle alluded to the fact that the rest of the team has to step up their play.

    Where are the Mavs right now mentally? All over the place, if Tuesday’s comments are any indication.

    A somber Parsons called the loss “embarrassing.” When asked about what was said in the postgame locker room, he said that was “between us,” meaning the team.

    The new guy, Stoudemire, actually made mention of the team’s practice habits, or at least that’s how some in the media took his statement.

    “We can’t screw around in shootarounds and practice and joke around all the time and figure we’re going to win games,” said Stoudemire, dressed like something straight off The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. “This is the pros. This is the highest level of basketball. That’s how we have to play.”

    Nowitzki didn’t agree with Stoudemire’s comment. But the big German had plenty of other things to worry about.

    “Anytime you get blitzed at home for 130 [points], you have to look at everything,” he said.

    The natural question was whether the Mavericks were looking in their rearview mirror in the standings. Currently the No. 7 seed in the West, the Mavs would appear to have a comfortable lead, four games ahead of the No. 8 seed New Orleans. But this is the West, where nothing is comfortable.

    The Mavs are separated from a top 4 seed by just a couple of games. They’ve lost four of their last six games going into Friday’s game with the Los Angeles Clippers. And 11 of the Mavs’ final 16 games are against Western Conference teams in the top 10 of the standings.

    “But we can’t hang our heads for too long,” Parsons said. “The schedule isn’t getting any easier.”

    Carlisle said hard questions had to be asked about where the Mavericks are right now and said “this is not who we are.”

    That was one of Carlisle’s most honest moments Tuesday night. That was followed by a question about whether the Mavs are in a tailspin. The record lately makes it hard to deny, and Carlisle didn’t.

    “We’re going to find out what we’re made of from here,” Carlisle said. “This is the lowest point we’ve been at, and when you get to this point, everyone has to come together.”

    Whether the Mavericks “come together” or not will define the ultimate success of a season that not so long ago look destined for a long playoff run.

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    Women's Basketball News

    Dallas Wings new women's basketball stars get warm welcome from city

    Alex Bentley
    Apr 23, 2025 | 12:15 pm
    WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert and Dallas Wings No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers
    Photo courtesy of WNBA
    The Dallas Wings No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers brings big hopes for fans in the 2025 season

    The newest members of women's basketball team the Dallas Wings are already making waves: Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, and her fellow new recruits were welcomed by a press conference at Dallas City Hall on April 23 — part of the Dallas Wings' official introduction of the rookie class.

    According to a releasae, Dallas Wings draftees Paige Bueckers, Aziaha James, Madison Scott, JJ Quinerly, and Aaronette Vonleh were welcomed by Mayor Eric Johnson and City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, and gifted with cowboy hats by the City of Dallas Economic Development Corporation.

    The team will start the 2025-2026 season playing at the Memorial Arena in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Their home arena is College Park Center on the UT Arlington campus, with one exception: They'll be playing their June 27 game against the Indiana Fever, featuring superstar Caitlin Clark, at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

    Fans will have to pony up the big bucks for that epic game, with the price for two tickets starting at $255, although the upper 300 level has not yet been opened for sale. Those wanting to sit near the floor behind the baseline will run themselves a pretty $1,205 for two seats.

    After Clark joined the WNBA in 2024, almost half of the other teams in the league moved their home games against the Fever to larger arenas. All of the other Wings home games are currently scheduled to take place at College Park Center.

    If all goes as planned, 2025 will be the last season for the Wings at that venue. In 2024, the team announced plans to move to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Arena in Dallas, starting with the 2026 season.

    Bueckers joins the Wings after closing out her college career by winning her first national championship, with Connecticut dominating the previous champions, South Carolina, 82-59. She's considered by many to be the league's next superstar.

    The 2025 Dallas Wings season comes with much anticipation. Since the end of the 2024 season, the Wings have revamped their front office, which included the hiring of Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Curt Miller and Head Coach Chris Koclanes. In addition to the 2025 WNBA Draft Class, Miller made significant roster moves during free agency which included signing reigning WNBA Most Improved Player DiJonai Carrington, 2022 All-Rookie Team pick NaLyssa Smith, former Wings guard Tyasha Harris and 2020 All-WNBA Second Team member Myisha Hines-Allen.

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