April 2021 Dallas Mavericks Wiretap

Mavericks' Three-Man Leadership Council Requested Entire Roster Play In Tuesday's Game

Oct 27, 2021 12:51 PM

The Dallas Mavericks played all 15 players in Tuesday's win over the Houston Rockets following a meeting with the team's three-man leadership council of Luka Doncic, Kristaps Porzingis and Tim Hardaway Jr. 

Jason Kidd revealed the reasoning behind the expanded rotation in his postgame comments. 

Seven of the 15 players played in fewer than 10 minutes. 

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Kristaps Porzingis Leaves Game With Lower Back Tightness

Oct 26, 2021 10:48 PM

Kristaps Porzingis exited the Dallas Mavericks' game against the Houston Rockets with lower back tightness. 

Porzingis had nine points and three rebounds on 2-for-10 shooting in 20 minutes before leaving the game. 

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Chandler Parsons Had More Control Over Mavs' Decisions During Tenure Than Donnie Nelson

Oct 22, 2021 2:21 PM

When Chandler Parsons was a member of the Dallas Mavericks, he reportedly played a key role in personnel decisions in consultation with Mark Cuban.

Parsons joined the Mavericks in 2014 on a three-year, $46 million contract.

"Donnie Nelson ultimately won a power struggle after Chandler Parsons was the primary voice in Cuban's ear for a couple of year," said Tim MacMahon on the Brian Windhorst Podcast. "Chandler Parsons had significantly more control over personnel than Donnie Nelson did for two years. That is simply a fact."

Parsons left the Mavericks in 2016 on a four-year, $95 million deal with the Memphis Grizzlies. 

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Haralabos Voulgaris Compares Mavericks' Dysfunction To 'High School Drama'

Oct 22, 2021 7:34 AM

Haralabos Voulgaris compared the dysfunction within the Dallas Mavericks during his tenure to "high school drama."

Voulgaris was the former director of quantitative research and development for the franchise.

Voulgaris had tension with Donnie Nelson in particular. 

"I wanted to be a part of something. I wanted to win basketball games," Voulgaris told Pablo Torre on the ESPN Daily podcast. "Changing the organizational structure of the Dallas Mavericks was never something I was interested in unless I was going to be the guy in charge, and I wasn't even sure. I never actually wanted to be the guy in charge until it became clear that the guy in charge didn't want me around. And then I was like, 'Oh, OK, now it's competitive.' ...

"But when it became personal, like then the competitive part of me started to kind of kick in. Like, 'Oh, this guy wants me out of here.' It never became obvious that he wanted me out of there. You can just read between the lines a little bit. You can kind of see. Just to be very clear, the first two years or whatever, Donnie was very pleasant around me when I was there. It's just, you hear certain things, you learn certain things, you're told certain things. It was a very gossipy workplace, very gossipy. It was like a sewing circle over there."

Voulgaris started consulting for the Mavs on a full-time basis in 2016 and was hired as a full-time executive in 2018, when he said former coach Rick Carlisle "had to bless the hire."

"I sent [Cuban] an email where I was like, 'Hey, look, I'm just trying to fit in. I appreciate the opportunity. I don't want to ruffle any feathers,'" Voulgaris said. "And he was very clear, like, 'No, I don't want you to fit in. We're deficient in areas that you're good at. If it's hard, hard conversations have to be had.' Looking back on it, it was kind of like I was this missile to go in there and create the change and unlock some boulders that couldn't be moved before."

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Mavericks Exercise 22-23 Option On Josh Green

Oct 20, 2021 9:21 AM

The Dallas Mavericks have exercised their 2022-23 rookie scale team option for Josh Green. This is the third-year option for Green.

Dallas drafted Green with the 18th pick of the first round at the 2020 NBA Draft. As a rookie, Green played in 39 games with five starts. The Arizona product played limited minutes, as he found himself behind several veteran wing players.

Green also played for the Salt Lake City Stars during the 2021 G League bubble. In six games, he averaged 13.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game.

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Mavericks Waive Tyrell Terry, Feron Hunt, Carlik Jones

Oct 16, 2021 8:27 AM

The Dallas Mavericks have waived Tyrell Terry, Feron Hunt and Carlik Jones.

Terry was the 31st overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. Terry entered the NBA as a three-point specialist, but went 0-for-7 over 56 minutes last season. Terry also shot 33.9 percent on three-pointers in 13 G League games. In the preseason, Terry went 1-for-4 from three over 30 minutes. 

Terry is still owed a guaranteed salary of $1.5 million this season and $1.8 million the following season as part of his rookie contract.

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Luka Doncic Edges Giannis Antetokounmpo In GM Survey For Player To Build Around

Oct 5, 2021 10:15 AM

Luka Doncic has edged Giannis Antetokounmpo by a 43 percent to 40 percent margin as the player NBA general managers would choose to sign if they were starting a franchise today.

Doncic and Antetokounmpo were tied at 43 percent apiece last season.

Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Nikola Jokic and Zion Williamson also received votes.

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Luka Doncic Signs With WME Sports

Oct 4, 2021 10:08 AM

Luka Doncic has signed with WME Sports for all areas of his representation.

Doncic is represented on the court by Bill Duffy and Quique Villalobos at BDA Sports Management.

“I’m excited,” Doncic said. “WME Sports has so much to offer, and I know they’re the perfect partner to help me achieve all of my goals off the court.”

Endeavor acquired a stake in BDA Sports in December.

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