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Barkley Jumping On Mavericks Bandwagon | Tue 9 Mar

Noted critic Charles Barkley is almost ready to jump on the bandwagon. A team that was like a “pretty girl with no brain” has earned Barkley’s respect after a trade that transformed the Mavericks’ personality. “The key was defense and rebounding.”

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French Team Eyeing Beaubois For Worlds? | Tue 9 Mar

The play of Roddy Beaubois this season has perked up the ears of the French Federation, which runs the French national basketball team that will compete in the World Championships this summer. “I got a call a few days ago,” he said Monday.

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Shawn Marion Says He Sacrificed A Lot | Mon 8 Mar

Shawn Marion loves winning. He’s done everything this season to that end. He’s also sacrificed as much as any other Maverick, maybe more. “You got to sacrifice certain things to get that ultimate goal, and that’s a ring, the hardware,” Marion said.

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Dirk Nowitzki: We’re Deeper Than In 2006 | Mon 8 Mar

With Terry, Erick Dampier, Brendan Haywood and Tim Thomas sidelined for Saturday’s win, the Mavericks had only nine healthy players. That led Nowitzki to make the ultimate proclamation. “We’re deeper than the team that went to the Finals,” he said.

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Mavericks Creative In 10th Straight Win | Sat 6 Mar

No Jason Terry. No Brendan Haywood. No Rick Carlisle. No problem for the Mavericks. As their manpower situation continued to deteriorate, the Mavericks pushed their winning streak to 10 games on Friday. “We’ve got to improvise,” said Dirk Nowitzki.

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Jason Terry To Be Absent 10 To 14 Days | Fri 5 Mar

Guard Jason Terry underwent surgery Friday to repair facial injuries sustained Wednesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves and is expected to make a full recovery, the team announced. Terry is expected to return to basketball activities in 10-14 days.

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The Mavericks Not Keeping Von Wafer? | Fri 5 Mar

Dallas will decide today whether to re-sign Von Wafer to a second 10-day contract. Based on the fact that Wafer didn’t play in any game in the first 10 days, it seems the odds are against it. “I think at this point, we’re going to ride with what we got,” Nelson said.

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Terry Could Miss A Week To Two Months | Fri 5 Mar

Jason Terry’s surgery today to fix facial injuries – which include a fractured orbital bone that will sideline him anywhere from a week to two months – will open up opportunities for teammates. It will also cement his reputation as the Mavericks’ ironman.

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Terry To Have Surgery On Broken Bone | Thu 4 Mar

Jason Terry is scheduled to have surgery to repair facial injuries suffered Corey Brewer’s elbow and forearm struck the left side of Terry’s face during the third quarter of Wednesday’s game. A timetable will be released after the surgery is performed.

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Resting Kidd Nearly Backfired Mavericks | Thu 4 Mar

Jason Kidd is the motor for the Mavericks. No doubts there. And he was given Wednesday night’s game off after playing monster minutes over the last two weeks. An ounce of prevention, coach Rick Carlisle called it. It was almost at the cost of a rare loss.

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Nelson Says Mavericks Are “Standing Pat” | Tue 2 Mar

Forget about a reunion with Michael Finley. Mavericks president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said the team is “standing pat.” He also said the Mavericks are not interested in Mark Blount. “We like our team and we don’t want to mess with it.”

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Tim Thomas Won’t Be Back This Season | Tue 2 Mar

For most of the last two months, Tim Thomas hasn’t been with the Mavericks because some things are far more important than basketball. He has been caring for his wife, Tricia, who has been suffering from serious health issues for over a year now.

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Cuban Not Happy (Again) With Schedule | Mon 1 Mar

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who expressed his disgust with an earlier segment of the NBA schedule that had the Mavericks playing something like eight games in 12 days, took to his Twitter account to pay homage to the league’s schedule maker.

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Butler Now Allowed Bench Straw-Chewing | Mon 1 Mar

Here’s the agreement Caron Butler and the league came to: he can chew the straws on the bench but he has to throw them away when he goes into the game. Butler estimated he went 15-20 straws Sunday against New Orleans. “It was cool,” Butler said.

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Dallas Hangs On For Seventh Straight Win | Mon 1 Mar

The Mavericks are the hottest team in the NBA, but you’d never know it by the way they finished Sunday’s harder-than-it-should-have-been win over New Orleans. They led by 25 points in the third quarter, but had to slug it out down the stretch.

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NBA To Ban Butler’s Plastic Chewing Habit | Thu 25 Feb

DallasBasketball.com reveals that the NBA is committed to curing basketball of oral fixations and therefore Caron Butler is going to have to perform without his weird addiction of chewing plastic straws. “They say it’s against the rules,’’ Cuban said.

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Von Wafer Is Officially A Dallas Maverick | Wed 24 Feb

As expected, Von Wafer signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks this morning. Wafer, a five-year NBA veteran who averaged 9.7 points for the Houston Rockets last season, will be available for tonight’s game agaisnt the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Dallas Decides To Pass On Dwayne Jones | Wed 24 Feb

The Mavericks have decided to pass on D-League center Dwayne Jones after bringing him in for a job audition Tuesday. Mavericks president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said the team decided that one newcomer on a 10-day contract was sufficient.

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The Dallas Mavericks To Sign Von Wafer | Tue 23 Feb

The Mavericks have already lined up Von Wafer to provide some backcourt depth by signing a 10-day contract, which is expected to be formally inked Wednesday to maximize the number of games Wafer can play in after he started this season in Greece.