"Luka is my dear friend," Nelson told Marc Stein. "And to protest his being traded from the Mavericks to L.A., I'm going to wear a pair of his new shoes. I wanted to mention that.

Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban also agrees with the idea of playing Flagg at point guard. “I’d send a text to J-Kidd, I'm like, 'point guard, point guard, point guard, let him bring the ...

The Mavericks defeated the Clippers 90-76. Former Dallas Mavericks head coach and basketball Hall-of-Famer Don Nelson made his stance clear on the team trading Luka Doncic.

This article was originally published on thesmokingcuban.com as Mavericks' rumored D'Angelo Russell plan is secretly built for Cooper Flagg stardom.

Cuban was a Mavericks fan for much of the 1980s and 1990s and purchased them in January 2000, so he knows better than anyone how fortunate the franchise is to have acquired 20-year-old Nowitzki ...

Nelson did say, however, that when the Mavs failed to re-sign Steve Nash 21 years ago despite Nelson’s insistence that it happen, it “ruined” his relationship with then-team owner Mark Cuban.

Cuban told his head coach that he wants to see Flagg play point guard and was very adamant about that opinion. The Mavericks are coming off one of the more confusing seasons that a team has had in ...