Oh, And How Did This Deron-To-Dallas Rumor Get Legs?

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

     Thursday Morning Mavs Donuts. … JJB + PR = GQ … Deron Williams to Dallas? Where do these people get this stuff? … We wonder why Europeans smell that way and then we wonder why Europeans call us "Ugly Americans'' ... Is Kevin Durant the next Wilt? Or would him being the next Dirk be a big-enough deal? ... Where is DB.com's big 'Melo story?

    Time to make the Mavs Donuts!

Mavs Center Performs Well; Notes On JJB, Mahinmi And Calathes

By Michael Dugat -- DB.com

   With Wednesday’s competition against an inferiorly talented Iranian team, many thought the US would find ample opportunities for their backups to take the court. Once the totals came in from this 88-51 victory over Iran in the Worlds in Turkey, it’s safe to say that was true.

   No player on Team USA totaled over 21 minutes, and Tyson Chandler found himself as the first big man off the bench in both halves -- and pitched in with easily his best game of the tournament.

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

   They are, in theory, edging away from having been Los Angeles D-Fenders and inching toward being Dallas Mavericks.

    They are the 10 players claimed in Monday’s expansion draft by the D-League Texas Legends, a collection of players led by ex-Knick Joe Crawford.

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

    We don’t live an especially extravagant lifestyle over at the Fish house. Marcia will have a glass of wine and I’ll have my M&Ms and the kids will not do their homework. … You know, we’re Americans! There is one area, though, where we’ve decided to spoil ourselves just a little bit … We have “family night’’ movies and we like our music and like you, we watch lots and lots of sports. … and we’ve decided to do technology right.

    And that’s where AV Spots and Game Havens come in.

We Kick Around Atlanta Trade Ideas Before Kicking Them To The Curb

By DallasBasketball.com staff

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

By Michael Dugat -- DB.com

   Some fans may find their Mav-centric optimism for the FIBA World Championships tied at the ankle to the sinking cinderblock of Tyson Chandler’s place on the Team USA depth chart. While that fact may be disconcerting, there remain reasons for local optimism in this tournament … beyond the exciting 70-68 win the US pulled out over Brazil today.

   First, let’s look at a couple of current Mavs who have been big contributors to their respective teams, though only one has found team success: JJ Barea and Ian Mahinmi.

Mavs New Center Once Again Bumped In Team USA Rotation

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

     We’ve spent the back end of this summer searching for and celebrating the feel-good aspects of The Tyson Chandler Story: His status as an expiring contract, his return to health, and most of all, his exalted position as “the only center’’ on Team USA.

      Today, we note that along with the omnipresent feel-not-so-good story about Chandler (he wasn’t quite the DUST take we had in mind), there is this: Tyson Chandler might be “the only center’’ on Team USA. But as Team USA opens play in Turkey in the World Championships, it is finding ways to not use him nevertheless.

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

    Monday Morning Mavs Donuts. … What are The Six Skills You Want From Your NBA Owner? … Forgettable Lakers moments. … Mark Cuban’s financial advice for the little guy … The modern-techno version of "The Dog Ate My Homework'' ...

  Now you eat your Donuts! 

By Steven Carter -- DB.com

    For me it was perhaps he scariest sentence I ever heard. It was one that made me quake in my boots. It was yesterday when my wife said to me, "We need to go to the mall and to Wal-Mart.''

   Honestly, That combined probably the two things in life I hate more than anything, more than being told that Eric Dampier is being rehired to teach the rest of the Mavs ball-handling skills. More than Brussels sprouts. More even than chili with beans.

   Well, maybe not that much, but still I hate it.

Chandler's Minutes Sink; JJB Scores 25 In Puerto Rico Loss

By Michael Dugat -- DB.com

   In the first game that counts, Team USA easily put away Croatia 106-78 to open the World Championships in Turkey. During a game that was out of reach by halftime, when the US led by 22, it’s hard to put too much into the second-half minutes. However, for this contest, Kevin Love seemed to move into the role of backing up Lamar Odom at center after halftime. ... a move that impacted the role of Mavs center Tyson Chandler.

A Dozen Emotions (LaLa!) And Stats And Questions Abour Anthony

By Michael Dugat -- DB.com

   With the growing sense that Carmelo Anthony’s days are numbered in Denver (see Woj’s article here), perhaps it’s time to re-address the notion of Dallas pursuing ‘Melo. We’ll do this in the coming days from at least three angles from at least three DB.com contributors: Fish is working to update this last-time-we-checked thinking from Mavs HQ. David Lord’s coming project is about Dallas’ general approach when it comes to delicate dealings such as this one. And me?

     When entering into this discussion there is one obvious initial question that must be noted: We’ve heard of Anthony’s desire to play in New York and Houston, and to a lesser extent other teams. Why is Dallas never one of them?

   I’m baking the Saturday Morning Mavs Donuts to address the situation in a dozen ways …

Adding Up Five Years Of Western Conference 'Playoff Points Earned'

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

   It’s not exactly “The Big Lie’’; I mean, this is DallasBasketball.com, not “Mein Kampf.’’ But it – the Mavs’ “history of first-round failures’’ – is an albatross, a stigma, a disgrace, a “trend’’ that makes Dallas more of a “successful loser’’ than the rest of the NBA West …

    Right?

    In 2006, Dallas qualified for the Finals. And then in 2007, a first-round failure. And in 2008, a first-round exit again. In 2009, a second-round ouster. And last year, another first-round boot.

   How does that compare, really?

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

   FOX Sports Southwest will telecast 64 of the Dallas Mavericks’ 2010-11 regular-season games, with Mark Followill and Bob Ortegel back behind the microphones.

DB.com Is Collecting Your Ideas ... More Video? Podcasts? What Is Your Wish?

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

   Dear DallasBasketball.com Reader … You will notice that The 75-Member Staff is doing some tinkering. Check out the new banner (thanks, Beau Shoulders and Dave T!) … You will notice the great support from our sponsors and partners. … You have undoubtedly sensed that a partnership with FOXSports is brewing (details still to come). ..

    But here’s where I’d like your help … where I’d like your advice …

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

Friday Morning Mavs Donuts. … Revis and Cowlishaw and how this sort of thing works. ... Dirk ranks how low? ... Powerful news on Carmelo Anthony -- and maybe we should stop that Mavs funeral? ...  Baron Davis gets a lesson in "fat.'' ... And speaking of weight gain, how 'bout a Dozen Donuts?

Live Chat at 2:30PM

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

Dar Tucker, Michael Fey And Ex-Knick Joe Crawford Among Prospects

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com

   The D-League Texas Legends have so many pieces in place to begin their inaugural season, which tips off in November.

    But now they need players.

    The roster will begin to take shape by way of an Expansion Draft, a 14-player draft pool made up of solely of the returning players from the 2009-10 Los Angeles D-Fenders.

By Mike Fisher -- DB.com