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Center Battle Should Be Intense In Dallas | Sat 21 Aug

Donnie Nelson watched the exhibition game at Madison Square Garden between France and Team USA last week with a little bit of a smile on his face. For a good part of the game, Tyson Chandler and Alexis Ajinca exchanged some elbows and shoves.
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Ian Mahinmi Injured His Finger In Practice | Fri 20 Aug

Ian Mahinmi, the new big man of the Dallas Mavericks, will have to observe a break of 10 days following an injury to the left middle finger. His coach decides to keep him in the roster, even if Mahinmi could miss the FIBA World Championships later this month.
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Dallas Sign Tim Thomas To One-Year Deal | Wed 18 Aug

The start-and-stop Mavs career of Tim Thomas is starting again, the 33-year-old having finalized a one-year contract worth the vet’s-minimum $1.34 million after passing his physical. “We think there is good news there,” Donnie Nelson tells FOX Sports.
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Forward Tim Thomas To Sign On Tuesday | Tue 17 Aug

Free-agent power forward Tim Thomas has passed his physical and should finalize a one-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, his agent Bob Myers said. Thomas and the Mavs agreed to a deal last week that will pay him the veteran minimum.
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Tim Thomas Agrees To Return To Dallas | Thu 12 Aug

Tim Thomas and the Mavericks will give it another go this season, as the power forward has agreed to a one-year deal with the team. He is expected to sign a contract Thursday upon passing a physical. “We are excited to have him back,” Mark Cuban said.
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Rodrigue Beaubois To Miss 2-3 Months | Tue 10 Aug

Guard Rodrigue Beaubois will undergo surgery Friday to have a pin inserted in his broken left foot, a procedure that is expected to sideline him two to three months. “We’re going to do it right so it’s not a recurring type of situation,” said Donnie Nelson.
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Tim Thomas Close To Deal With Mavericks | Mon 9 Aug

Forward Tim Thomas will visit the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday and the sides are expected to reach an agreement on a one-year deal for the veteran’s minimum, his agent, Bob Myers, said Monday. “If all goes well, we’ll reach an agreement,” Myers said.
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Tim Thomas Working On Return In Dallas | Sat 24 Jul

Tim Thomas is eager to return to the NBA after missing most of last season to take care of his ill wife. He’s eager to return to the Dallas Mavericks, too. Thomas’ agent, Bob Myers, told ESPNDallas.com that he and the club are working toward a new deal.
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Rodrigue Beaubois’ Plane Hit By Lightning | Wed 21 Jul

Rodrigue Beaubois’ airplane was hit by lightning above the Caribbean Sea. Fortunately, the craft was able to land in the Virgin Islands and the basketball player is safe and sound. Beaubois will join the France team in Pau, on Monday, for a training camp.
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Dallas Mavericks Still Eyeing Chris Kaman | Tue 20 Jul

Sources say that the Dallas Mavericks, meanwhile, have continued to register trade interest in Kaman, which happened as recently as earlier this month before Dallas’ flirtations with an Al Jefferson trade and its eventual acquisition of Tyson Chandler.
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Dallas Not Interested In O’Neal Anymore | Tue 20 Jul

With or without an official deal for Jefferson, Shaquille O’Neal remains by far the biggest available name on the open market. The Dallas Mavericks have abandoned the idea of a Shaq signing completely — “He is out,” according to one team source.
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Nowitzki Will Skip World Championships | Tue 20 Jul

Dirk Nowitzki will not play for Germany at next month’s world championship. The German basketball federation said Tuesday that he would be back for the 2011 European Championship that will also serve as a qualifying tournament for the 2012 Olympics.
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Mavericks Officially Re-Sign Dirk Nowitzki | Tue 20 Jul

Dirk Nowitzki made his return to the Dallas Mavericks official Monday, signing his name to a contract that will keep him with the only NBA team he’s known. Sources close to the talks told ESPN.com’s Marc Stein that it is a four-year deal worth $80 million.
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Jason Kidd Asked To Advise Team USA | Mon 19 Jul

It’s a bit too soon to start calling him the next Coach K, but that’s the world Jason Kidd is going to sample this week. Kidd will be in Las Vegas starting Monday as a special guest of the Team USA coaching staff as preparations begin for the World Championships.
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Jeremy Lin’s Future With The Mavericks? | Sat 17 Jul

If Jeremy Lin signs a contract with the Dallas Mavericks, who have two roster spots open, he would almost certainly take on the job as starting point guard for the Texas Legends, the Mavs’ new D-League affiliate that will play in Frisco this fall.
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Mavericks Looking To Deal Alexis Ajinça | Thu 15 Jul

The Mavericks had no centers under contract when free agency started. Now they have four. Don’t be surprised, though, if the one of the new arrivals is traded again before the season starts … provided that the Mavericks can find a taker for Alexis Ajinca.
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Tyson Chandler Gets Team USA Audition | Wed 14 Jul

Tyson Chandler has accepted the invite to try out for the national team, which meets for its first mini-camp this weekend. He’s the only Maverick participating in the camp since Jason Kidd said that his international career as a player is probably over.
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A Mid-Level Exception For Al Harrington? | Tue 13 Jul

Just hours after trading for Tyson Chandler, reports are surfacing that the Mavs are looking to sign free agent Al Harrington. Despite predominately serving as a bench player for Mike D’Antoni’s team, he filled up the stat sheet when he entered the game.
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Tyson Chandler Traded To The Mavericks | Tue 13 Jul

The Charlotte Bobcats has traded Tyson Chandler and Alexis Ajinca to Dallas for Erick Dampier, Matt Carroll and Eduardo Najera, a league source tells Yahoo! Sports. This is really quick after the precedent trade involving Tyson Chandler with Toronto failed.