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To Trade Or Not To Trade: Dallas’ Lamar Odom Dilemma

Andrew Greif, dimemag.com

It’s not about Dirk Nowitzki’s conditioning. It’s not about Tyson Chandler leaving. This season, the Mavericks are about — and will go as far as — Lamar Odom. It might seem like a weird thing to say for a guy who’s started four games, plays 21…

Jeff Caplan, ESPN.com

Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle declined to expound on his reasoning for benching guard Jason Terry on Thursday.

ESPN.com, ESPN.com

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban issued a statement on his blog Friday, apologizing for a remark he made last Saturday at a conference in Boston.

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

Then he'd be like a lot of people living in Phoenix. (h/t Tom)

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

After a day of watching college kids miss game-winning free throws and commit non-stop turnovers, we needed a couple of highlights to get us going again last night. Shannon Brown, who might feel slightly dumb right now considering he went to Phoenix to …

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Is Stan Van Gundy a master motivator or just annoying enough to stoke the Magic’s fire? There’s evidence each way, but the result was a much-needed win for Orlando against Chi-town. SVG had called out his team just days ago, saying they were being com…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Jared Dudley scored 12 of his 18 points in a third-quarter comeback and Phoenix held on to beat Dallas 96-94 on Thursday night, the Suns' first victory over the Mavericks in nine tries.