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Help Design New Dallas Mavericks Uniforms

May 14, 2013  ·  11:30AM

ALL BALL NERVE CENTER –Have you ever looked a team’s uniform and thought, “I could come up with something better than that?” Well, has Mark Cuban got a proposition for you: You can design new uniforms for the Dallas Mavericks.

In the wide universe of sports uniforms, everything old is new again. Or at least it seems that way, as franchises introducing new uniforms increasingly look to throwback logos and color schemes, trading on nostalgia to find looks that simultaneously feel new and familiar. The Mavs have had the same basic look since 2001, with a few notable exceptions: Who could forget the drab gray alternates in 2003-04…

Steve Nash moves ball

…or the P-Diddy-designed green alternates?

Houston Rockets v Dallas Mavericks

Now it’s time for something new (well, for the 2015-16 season). Mavs owner Mark Cuban is crowd-sourcing this project on his blog, asking fans who have an idea or a plan to offer up their designs in his comments section. If you win, you could see the Dallas Mavericks rocking your uniform on the court. Pretty simple.

If there’s a catch here, it’s that Cuban says you will not be paid for your work — he suggests maybe some free tickets could be in the offing — but he’s up-front about the deal and suggests that if this offends you, don’t get involved. (I can’t help but wonder if this isn’t some elaborate Willy Wonka-type situation where Cuban is just looking for someone who is willing to do the work for free, and then he will reward you by giving you the Texas Legends D-League team or something like that. With Jerry Jones as Slugworth? OK, sure, probably not.)

Anyway, do you think can do better that what you’ve seen here? Swing by Cuban’s blog and show the world.

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Three For All: Dallas Mavericks

March 12, 2012  ·  8:59AM

by Micah Hart



As everyone knows by now, the compressed NBA schedule will force every team to play three games in three nights at least one this season (42 times in total). With only 66 games to stake a claim to a playoff spot or seed, how teams perform during these killer slates could have a large impact on how their seasons turn out.

With that in mind, we’re going to keep track of each of the 42 three-plays to see which teams take advantage and which teams fall apart. Up next, the Dallas Mavericks, who played three straight from Mar. 8-10.

The defending champs have had their share of struggles this season, which is to be expected of any team coming off the kind of high that was the Mavericks’ title run. Order seemed to be restored at one point, but then Dallas faced a nine-games-in-twelve-nights stretch to begin the second half of the season, culminating in the three for all, with all three games on the road to boot. A recipe for disaster? Let’s see:

Game 1: Suns 96, Mavericks 94 – Dallas had beaten Phoenix eight straight coming into the game, and led by 11 at the half. All seemed well. Then the Suns got it going, and Rodrigue Beaubois missed two shots in the game’s final seconds that might have sent it to overtime. Tough start. -2 points

Game 2: Kings 110, Mavericks 97 - This is exactly the kind of loss we should expect to see in this compressed season — a young, athletic team racing past an old, tired squad of veterans. The Kings were up 10 at the break and never looked back. -1 point

Game 3: Warriors 111, Mavericks 87 - See previous paragraph, and double it. 0 points

We’ve seen oh-fers twice before this season, by the Pistons and Suns, two teams on the outside of the playoff hunt looking in (Ironically, both teams have been playing their best ball of the season lately — perhaps the humiliation of the winless threeplays were the inspiration?). We weren’t supposed to see this kind of thing from the Mavericks.

However … we’ve seen a few veteran playoff teams take some games off this season. Mark Cuban said himself on the B.S. Report last week that seeding doesn’t matter this year, that every team is just trying to survive the compressed schedule, and that regular season performance will not necessarily translate to the playoffs. So, -3 points for the Mavericks. Were they giving it their all? Or were they taking a couple losses in battle right now in hopes of winning the war later on? Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Up next: The Suns are back at it with a chance to redeem themselves, playing three straight Mar. 14-16.

Three for all Top Ten:
– Miami Heat (15 points)
– Chicago Bulls (13 points)
– OKC Thunder (12 points)
– New Jersey Nets II (8 points)
– Atlanta Hawks (8 points)
– Houston Rockets (7 points)
– Portland Trail Blazers (6 points)
– L.A. Clippers (6 points)
– Philadelphia 76ers (6 points)
– Denver Nuggets I (6 points)

Full Three for all standings

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Oval Office Gets Dose of Mavericks

January 10, 2012  ·  1:35AM

by Zettler Clay

Mark Cuban and the boys visited the District yesterday. The barbs from the Commander-in-chief are worth the price of admission, including this poke at the Mavs’ seniority:

“This is the first time I’ve been with some world champions who are my contemporaries.”

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Cuban to Piers Morgan: “Mavs knew they had it after Game 3″

August 31, 2011  ·  2:55PM

by Micah Hart

In case you missed this the other night, Mark Cuban dropped by Piers Morgan Tonight to discuss, among other things, the Mavericks’ thrilling run to the NBA title in June.

I love that the Mavs’ players knew after Game 3 that they had Miami beat. I wish they would have shared that information with the rest of us. We might have slept a little easier during the Finals.

I know there is heady stuff to deal with right now with labor negotiations and whatnot, but you can see that Cuban is definitely still reveling in his team’s title run. As well he should.

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Dominique Jones sees your bicep tattoo, Jason Terry, and raises you a neck

June 20, 2011  ·  3:29PM

by Micah Hart

We are all aware by now of the infamous Larry O’Brien tattoo Jason Terry got before the season. Now that Terry’s Mavs have made good on his promise, it seems his teammates are ready to get in on some of that action. Like Dominique Jones for example, who recently had this added to his neck:

Jones got no postseason minutes for Dallas, but no matter — he’s on the team and therefore a victor, and to the victor go the spoils. By the way, the new trend of getting a tattoo of the championship trophy, is that the new thing?

H/T Eye on Basketball

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Mavs sing ‘We are the champions’

June 14, 2011  ·  3:19PM

by Micah Hart

Though it is hard to tell from this video, it was retweeted by parade-payer-forer Mark Cuban himself, which gives it all the legitimacy I require for posting.

Here are the 2011 NBA champion Dallas Mavericks, singing Queen’s “We are the champions”:

Man that’s gotta feel good.

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Enjoying yourself, Mark?

June 13, 2011  ·  9:55AM

by Micah Hart

You think Mark Cuban is having a good time right now?

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Conventional Wisdom Report: May 11

May 11, 2011  ·  9:49AM

by Kevin McCormack

Each day until the end of the NBA Finals, we’ll be taking a look at the conventional wisdom of the moment — which team is currently the favorite to win it all, and which team should be ashamed to still be putting on their jerseys.

Here’s how it looks on the morning of Wednesday, May 11.

Start planning the parade:

Dallas Mavericks

It’s a tale of two series in the West. The Mavs dispatched the Lakers with relative ease while the OKC-Memphis series has all the makings of a seven-game classic. A potential Game 7 in Oklahoma would be played on Sunday, meaning that the West Finals couldn’t start until Tuesday, May 17 at the earliest — giving the Mavs a whopping nine days off since they sent Kobe and Co. to the golf course.

For a veteran team (I’m fairly certain Jason Kidd’s knees appreciate the week off), having the ability to rest, regroup and focus on the second half of the playoffs will be invaluable. Hey Cubes — cue the confetti!

Give it up already:

Atlanta Hawks

All Ball HQ is about two miles from Philips Arena, so we’re quite familiar with the basketball stylings of the Atlanta Hawks. And as a seasoned watcher of this team, let’s just say that it’s been a fun playoff run, but that run is about to end. And here’s the reason: Joe Johnson.

In case you forgot, the Hawks doled out a whopping $119 (!!) million to Johnson over the summer — a staggering sum of money for a player who you could argue isn’t among the 20 best players in the league. To make matters worse, consider the plight of 2014-15 Hawks. That’s when a 34-year-old Joe Johnson, in the final year of his massive deal, will be making $24.1 million. And if the CBA negotiations result in a hard cap, I hope the fans of Atlanta look forward to Joe Johnson and four guys from The Varsity taking the court each night.

This is all just a long way of saying that if the Hawks are to somehow win two straight games against the Bulls, they need Joe Johnson to start playing like he deserves that contract. Scoring only 15 points in a critical Game 5 just won’t cut it.

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Mark Cuban, you may be my hero

December 16, 2010  ·  12:09PM

by Micah Hart

If Mark Cuban is successful in establishing a college football playoff, this will become my permanent face

You may not know this about me, but aside from my love for the NBA, I also have a great deal of love for college football (I went to the University of Texas, that should explain it pretty easily). As a college football fan, I am decidedly on the pro-playoff, anti-BCS side. Anything that will help lead to the destruction of the BCS and the creation of a method of determining a true champion, I am completely in favor of.

Which is why it warmed my heart yesterday to read a story on ESPN.com with the headline “Mark Cuban exploring BCS alternative.”

From the story:

Cuban, the outspoken owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, told ESPNDallas.com on Wednesday that he is “actively interested but in the exploratory stage” of creating and funding a playoff system to crown a champion for major college football.

Ummm, yes please.

Mark, please consider me at your service to help in this cause. Whatever you need, I am your humble servant.

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The Situation – Can he ball?

October 22, 2010  ·  4:36PM

by Micah Hart

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another edition of the hugely popular series “Can he ball?”. Last week we discussed boy wonder and laser tag competitor Justin Bieber, who you decided (65%-35%) can in fact NOT ball, despite I’d say compelling evidence to the contrary. Maybe its jealousy.

This week, our contestant is another famous face — and famous torso:

The Situation

One of the latest in a line of famous-for-being-famous celebrities, Mike “The Situation” from MTV’s The Jersey Shore is all over the landscape right now. The Jersey Shore. Dancing With The Stars. Pretty much every talk show on the planet. If Andy Warhol said everyone gets 15 minutes of fame, I’d say he’s at approximately 13:30 and counting.

But, that’s neither here nor there. The issue at hand today is whether The Situation has had time between ab workouts to learn to handle the rock. Let’s look at some of the evidence.

– His real name is Mike Sorrentino, but he goes by The Situation. In addition, he has a nickname for his nickname, as he also calls himself “Sitch”. Hmmm. A guy with multiple nicknames — sounds like an NBA player to me.

– According to ever-truthful Wikipedia, the Situation went to Manalapan High School in Manapalan, New Jersey. The school is known for it’s rigorous Science and Engineering track, and it’s big athletic claim to fame is that it won a New Jersey HS bowling title in 2005-06 (Really? Bowling?). If that’s the highlight of your athletic resume, I’m guessing men’s hoops hasn’t been cutting down any nets recently. What does this mean about Mike? I have no idea. But if he could play, I’d think it wouldn’t be that hard to get on the school’s team.

– He may never play in the NBA, but apparently he has contacts. The NY Post reported yesterday that Mavs owner Mark Cuban was spotted dining with Sorrentino at a restaurant in New York’s meatpacking district. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

– In the only known competition between him and a basketball player, The Situation went up against former Lakers star (and current NBA TV contributor) Rick Fox on the current season of Dancing with the Stars. Fox is still alive, while Sitch got got last week. Advantage, America.

Alright, I think we’ve addressed the situation sufficiently, it’s time to put it to a vote.

What say you?

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