The Dallas Mavericks shook the basketball world making one of the biggest trades in recent memory, acquiring a package that includes star big man Anthony Davis in exchange for a package that included star scorer Luka Doncic.
Kyrie Irving scored 25 points and added five rebounds and five assists as the Mavericks defeated the Western Conference leading Oklahoma City Thunder 106-98.
Despite the continued absence of stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, the Mavs dropped the surging Lakers by a 118-97 score, then topped the Portland Trail Blazers 117-111 on Thursday.
For the first time since 2011, the Dallas Mavericks are going to the NBA Finals. Then, Jason Kidd was the point guard — and he led the Mavs to the only title in franchise history. Now he is the Coach, looking to do it again.
For the second time in Jason Kidd’s three years as head coach, the Dallas Mavericks are headed to the Western Conference Finals, and they’ll once again have a chance to prove they are the best in the West.
Fresh off a first-round playoff series victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, and with coaching vacancies popping up all over their league, the Dallas Mavericks showed how much they value what Jason Kidd has built and contributed to in Dallas, signing Coach Kidd to a multi-year contract extension.
To hear Kyrie Irving tell it, a player-coach relationship with Jason Kidd has been years in the making. The Dallas Mavericks are glad it has finally come to fruition.
Coach Jason Kidd’s Dallas Mavericks flipped the series on the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday, picking up a huge win in LA to even the series as it heads back to their home court in Big D.
The Mavericks clinched the 16th 50-win season in franchise history and their fifth Southwest Division title on Wednesday with a 111-92 win over the Heat in Miami.
The Dallas Mavericks survived their toughest test of the season and Jason Kidd’s squad is officially the hottest team in the league.