We do have a WFAA/KFAA/MavsTV broadcast of Mavs vs Cavs & it’s underway! Mavs coming off a win in Memphis last night Khris Middleton - 22 pts in 4Q Highest scoring qtr in his career Highest scoring 4Q for any Mavs player this yr 35 pts for game, tied 3rd most pts for a Mavs player off bench ever

4 games in 5 nights used to be a once, maybe twice, a season occurrence for NBA teams. Mavs haven’t had one since Dec. 2016. Due to inclement weather postponement reschedules, start a 4 in 5 tonight at Memphis (7p KFAA/MavsTV). Fri vs CLE Sun at CLE Mon at NO All on KFAA/MavsTV.

Only Mavs ever w/ a perfect shooting game on 10+ FGA, Brandan Wright once and Daniel Gafford twice. Gaff was 10/10 Sunday at Toronto w/ a season best 21 pts and 11 rebs, MavsTV broadcast highlights below👇. More Landlord dunks (and screams) w/ Mavs at Hawks tonight (KFAA/MavsTV, 6:30p, pregame at 6).

Tune into KFAA/MavsTV for Mavs vs Celtics and Cooper Flagg’s first game in Boston tonight (pre 530, game 6p). Was great to see Coop back last night after a 3 week absence w/ a left foot sprain. We had a lot of fun highlights on MavsTV as he had 18 pts, 5 rebs, 6 assts & 4 blks!

For combined reg season and playoff games, Klay Thompson moved into 3rd all time in made 3s after the 7 he hit vs Orlando. Steph - 4883 Harden - 3770 Klay - 3359 Ray Allen - 3358 Split for Klay (2858 reg season, 501 playoffs). Thanks Basketball Reference for keeping this list!

With his first FGM in his return at Orlando, Cooper Flagg reached 1,000 pts in his career. By age - the 2nd youngest to get there (reflected in the graphic from MavsPR). By number of games, tied 2nd fastest among NBA teenagers: LeBron - 49 gms Cooper - 50 Luka - 50 Durant- 52 Carmelo - 53

Cooper Flagg returns for the Mavs tonight at Orlando. He’s missed the last 8 with a left foot sprain. Target is 20-25 minutes according to JKidd. More on Mavs CenterCourt at 5:30 and game broadcast at 6p CST on KFAA/MavsTV.

This week’s Take Dat Wit You podcast episode with Brian Dameris and me is available. We discuss a busy weekend of roster changes and look ahead to the Mavs longest road trip in 15 years. youtu.be/6ojfrmD87qg?...

More Mavs roster moves: They've added John Poulakidas and Tyler Smith on two-way contracts (and waived two-way Miles Kelly). Both should have 12 games for the remainder of the season of NBA active roster eligibility. More on each below 👇

Mavs rosters moves over the wknd: Tyus Jones waived and today they have filled that roster spot by converting two-way Ryan Nembhard to a standard contract. Season numbers for Nembhard in 38 gms: 6.7 ppg, 4.9 apg (leads rookies) and shooting 43/38/77. In 17 starts, 10P/6A per gm.

As of Tuesday, Naji Marshall now has a career high 32 starts this season. As a starter this season he’s averaging 17.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 3.5 apg and shooting 54%. In all games a top 20 ranking in each of FG% - .530 2ptFG% - .616 Paint FG% - .636

We’re back w/ our first Take Dat Wit You in 2 wks. Recorded yesterday in Indy, Brian Dameris and I discuss travel and weather issues, viewing guide for the rest of the year thru the Cooper Flagg prism and Khris Middleton helps the Mavs get a dub vs the Pacers youtu.be/AUwgpYfJfWs?...

Been cool to see/feel the vibe of Khris Middleton here. His 25P/7R/7A game propelled the Mavs to 134-130 win at Indiana Total pro & great vet w/ track record of solid rebounder at his position & an underrated passer. 5 seasons avg. both 5+ rpg & 4+ apg. Now, 181 career gms w/ both 5+ rebs & 5+ asst

Mavs at Pacers starting now on KFAA/MavsTV. Devin, Lesley and me for game #56! Both teams using their NBA leading 31st different starting lineups of the season.

Tyus Jones recorded 6 assists & 0 TOs Friday and now has enough assists to qualify for NBA season leaders in assist/TO ratio. His 8.4 to 1 A/TO ratio this yr is easily tops in the NBA His career 5.7 A/TO ratio is the best of any qualifying player since avail data in 83-84. Career best season is 7.4

Mavs at Timberwolves is on WFAA/KFAA/MavsTV tonight at 6:30. A post break schedule full of road games for the Mavs who have a league high of 17 remaining. We'll see Anthony Edwards in his first game since winning MVP of the new and successful All-Star Game format last weekend.

The Mavs announced a Kyrie Irving update this morning. He won’t return this season as he continues to rehab his torn left ACL. Details here

Cooper Flagg numbers at the All-Star break - 20.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 4.1 apg With help from SportRadar researching the last 60 years, the only players to avg at least 20P/6R/4A in pre All-Star break games of their rookie season: Cooper, Luka, Jordan, Sidney Wicks, Kareem.

Rooting so hard for Dick Motta to make it to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Named a finalist for the class of 2026. Was 3rd in NBA history in coaching wins when he retired in 1997 & still 14th. A title in Washington, Coach of the Year w/ Chicago & a great builder as we saw in Dallas!

ICYMI, the Mavs announced last night that Cooper Flagg has a left mid-foot sprain and is out vs the Lakers tonight and the all-star weekend Rising Stars game on Friday. Ace Bailey of the Jazz was named his replacement today for the Rising Stars game.

This is one of those games we can do a side by side with NBC…so Mavs vs Celtics is on KFAA/MavsTV!

In case you missed it, the jersey retirement ceremony for Mark Aguirre aired on MavsTV and is available here on YouTube- just over 31 mins… youtu.be/4-ZRxxhQGps?si

I’d assume after Thursday’s big games Cooper Flagg & Kon Knueppel wrapped up Rookie of the Month awards for January in their respective conferences going into their final Jan games Saturday. Coop: 19.6 ppg/6.7 rpg/4.5 apg, 47.2% FG Kon: 18.1 ppg/5.9 rpg/3.6 apg, 49.5% FG Will make both 3/3 on RotM

Amazing to see Cooper Flagg’s game on the Aguirre night and vs Kon. He certainly met the moment! 49 pts, 20/29 FG: A new Mavs rookie pts record At 19y 39d, youngest in NBA history w/ 45+ pts & youngest w/ a 40 point dbl-dbl Most pts by a rookie since Trae Young (49 in 2019) MavsTV highlights here!

Big night for #1 draft picks with the Mavs! Cooper Flagg is back tonight and leads the Mavs into a matchup vs Charlotte and his first game in the league against college roommate Kon Knueppel and at halftime the jersey retirement ceremony for Mark Aguirre. Coming up now on KFAA/MavsTV

Scheduled adjustments for the Mavericks because of the postponed game this past Sunday at Milwaukee. Dallas at Milwaukee will now be played March 31. Dallas at Memphis game originally scheduled for April 1 has been moved to March 12.

I’m w/ Jamal Crawford & Grant Liffmann for Clippers at Jazz on NBA on NBC Coast to Coast Tuesday at 10 ET. Lauri Markkanen back for Jazz, was out last 7, (1-12 this yr w/out him, 14-19 with). Since Dec 20- Clippers, best record (15-3) & scorer in NBA, Kawhi Leonard (31.8 ppg). Kawhi ?able (L knee).

ICYMI…Mavs at Bucks tonight has been postponed since we couldn’t depart. Makeup date TBD. Kudos to our plane crew and Love Field ground ops who worked their butts off to try to get us out last night and for several hours today to try and make it work but Mother Nature had other plans.

Some have asked and this is the latest from the Mavs for Saturday’s game at AAC. Nothing has changed w/ regard to the expectation/timing of game being played just some minor tweaks to arena ingress/egress. SOP in most of these cases for the NBA - if teams/referees are here the game will be played.

Available now this week’s episode of Take Dat Wit You w/ Brian Dameris and me. Covering Max Christie’s supernova at Madison Square Garden, the Mavs 3-game win streak, Cooper Flagg’s first NBA game at MSG, and milestones for Klay Thompson. Plenty of Mavs convo right here!! youtu.be/UGSetz6EMXw?si

Available now this week’s episode of Take Dat Wit You w/ Brian Dameris and me. Covering Max Christie’s supernova at Madison Square Garden, the Mavs 3-game win streak, Cooper Flagg’s first NBA game at MSG, and milestones for Klay Thompson. Plenty of Mavs convo right here!! youtu.be/UGSetz6EMXw?si

Klay Thompson moved into 4th in NBA history in made 3s in the Mavs 144-122 win vs the Utah Jazz. With two late 1Q 3pters he tied and then passed Damian Lillard at 2,805 made 3s, w/ our MavsTV highlights of those below. His team high 26 pts propelled the Mavs to an 8th win in their last 10 at home.

Mavs vs Nuggets tonight and we'll have a KFAA/MavsTV broadcast at 8:30 CST. A series over the long haul remarkable in how evenly matched it has been. Since Feb 1, 2003, 82 games, a 41-41 split. DAL - 8611 total pts DEN - 8610 total pts MavsTV statistician Brian Sperry coming thru with that note!

On Monday, Klay Thompson hit 6 3s to reach 2801 made 3s in his career, including 3 big 3s in the 2H of the win vs BRK as seen below in clips from MavsTV. Top 3 all time in 3s are Steph, Harden & Ray Allen. Klay needs 4 to pass Dame Lillard for 4th. Maybe tonight…Mavs vs Denver (830 CST, MavsTV/KFAA)

Doing prep for Mavs vs Nets tomorrow which begins a run of 10 of 13 at home for the Mavs. Found a Rockets note related to John’s post below. Their home payback starts this week, no team has more home games from Jan 12 to Feb 12 (last day of games before the all-star break) than Houston who has 12.

In Chicago tonight, it’s @dallasmavs.bsky.social vs Bulls (7p CST, KFAA/MavsTV). Max Christie playing back home and going into the game 6th in the NBA in 3pt% (.455). He hit another three 3pters, all in the 2H, on Thursday in Utah as seen on MavsTV…tune in for some more tonight!!!

Some Cooper Flagg notes from Stathead after 26P/10R/8A game @ Utah 9th game already w/ at least 20P/5R/5A, rises to 4th most among all teenagers in NBA history 9 consec games of at least 10P/5R/5A. Longest streak for a rookie in Mavs history & 6th longest in NBA history Last 9 gms 7.2 rpg/6.7 apg

Notes thread from Mavs 100-98 win Tuesday at Sacramento: Brandon Williams made a go-ahead 3 w/ 33.3 left. He hit 5 of last 6 FGA to go 7/13 for 18 pts. His last 5 gms: 19 ppg, 58% FG, 20/25 FTs. Shot profile/efficiency in those 5: Restricted area: 25/35 Paint, non RA: 4/13 Mid-Range: 4/7 3s: 3/7

We do have a KFAA/MavsTV broadcast tonight for Mavs vs Kings in Sacramento. Tipoff coming up at 10:12 CST w/ Devin, Lesley & me. Dallas lost out here on Dec 27. Tonight, PJ Washington out for Mavs (R ankle). Domantas Sabonis (L knee) & Keegan Murray (L ankle) out for SAC.

ICYMI, Cooper Flagg is West Rookie of the Month again. His December, 23.5 ppg/6.2 rpg/4.8 apg & included poster dunks, fast breaks, fancy finishes, clutch FGs, dimes & blocks…many of which were on MavsTV (highlights below). Looking forward to some more tonight, it’s Mavs vs Houston (730 KFAA/MavsTV)

Some 2025 review and 2026 look ahead is on this week’s Take Dat Wit You podcast episode w/ Brian Dameris and me. As noted in the pod we might as well start a segment called “This Week in Cooper” because there was plenty to discuss there also. All here on YT youtu.be/OP7A1bU0M1c?...

Cooper Flagg’s 27 points yesterday ended up being the 5th highest rookie total in a Christmas Day game in the last 40 years: LeBron James - 34 (2003) Patrick Ewing - 32 (1985) Kyle Kuzma - 31 (2017) Jaime Jaquez Jr. - 31 (2023) Cooper Flagg - 27 (2025)

For future reference, Josh Giddey is the youngest player w/ a triple-double in NBA history at 19 yrs 84 days old (coincidentally vs the Mavs). A near-miss last night, Cooper Flagg had a helluva run at one in the Mavs thrilling win vs Denver w/ 33 pts, 9 rebs & 9 assts (2 days after his 19th b-day).

Mavs have won 7 of last 11…of note to me in this run: Coop: 25.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.3 apg, 53.4% FG Naji: 16.2 ppg, 64.3% FG, 78.7% on Paint FGs!!! AD, played in 6 of the wins and in those games: 24.7 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 3.5 stocks/gm (stls & blks combined). Nembhard, in the Ws: 52 asst, 11 TOV, 57.6% FG.

On this week’s episode of Take Dat Wit You, Brian Dameris and I spent several minutes noting the Mavs have developed a big home-road gap in the last couple of weeks, showing an ability to beat very good opponents at home. And lots of Cooper Flagg discussion on the pod also youtu.be/VhY1uhVvBhk?...

The Mavs have a 5 game home win streak, their longest since 7 in a row in March/April 2024. A thrilling 131-130 win vs Denver ends the Nuggets franchise record 11 game road win streak. The Mavs home win streak is Miami, Houston, Brooklyn, Detroit, Denver.

Happy 19th Birthday to Cooper Flagg. As an 18 year old he accomplished: 1. The first 18 yr old to score 40+ (42 vs Utah. 2. 3rd most pts as an 18 yr old (526), behind Kobe (539) & LeBron (625). 3. 2nd highest ppg before 19, 18.8 ppg, to LBJ (20.2). 4. 2nd most 20+ pt gms (12), to LBJ (14).

Historic heights last night for Cooper Flagg and some context on his accomplishments leading up to his 19th birthday this wknd…all that & more on this week’s Take Dat Wit You w/ Brian Dameris and me, recorded Tues AM after a late night arrival from Salt Lake City youtu.be/Obl9tg1FVtw?...

42 points for Cooper Flagg Monday night at Utah. The most ever by an 18 yr old (turns 19 Sunday). Ties Mavs rookie pts record of Mark Aguirre. The 7th teenager ever in the NBA w/ 40+ (LeBron, KD, A, Edwards, Melo, Cliff Robinson, GG Jackson). Some highlights of how it looked/sounded on MavsTV.

Massive 2nd half for Anthony Davis last night in 119-111 Mavs win vs Brooklyn with 20P/11R/2B/2S. AD is the only player to hit those benchmarks (or better) in a half in the last 10 years (last night and Nov. 22, 2022). MavsTV clips here of AD’s big 2H, key component to 5th win in last 6 games.